Benedicta "Dick" Du-Baladad
Founding Partner and CEO
Benedicta “Dick” Du-Baladad is a multi-awarded accountant-lawyer and the Founding Partner, Chair, and CEO of Du-Baladad and Associates. She is a prominent leader whose expertise is evident throughout her 30 years in the practice; with her repertoire spanning from being a former official of the country’s tax authority to head of the tax department of a leading auditing firm.
Dick is also a recognized business leader with various directorship positions in various organizations and Foreign Chambers. Her expertise makes her a valuable and much-sought-after resource speaker often invited to seminars and fora organized by prestigious associations such as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Management Association of the Philippines, and the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, among others. She is also currently a professor of Taxation at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and the University of the Philippines (UP).
Her clients and stakeholders benefit greatly from her knowledge and proficiency in high-end tax advisory, tax disputes and refund claims, transfer pricing, and advocacy. Her sector expertise includes banking and financial institutions where she has authored 3 books on the taxation of banks, insurance, and other financial intermediaries.
She was named National Leader for Southeast Asia-Corporate Tax in the 2022 edition of Who's Who Legal (WWL) Thought Leaders and recognized as the Tax Dispute Resolution Lawyer by Women in Business Law (2021). She is consistently ranked by Asia Business Law Journal as one of the Philippines’ top 100 lawyers and as the only Elite Tax Practitioner in the Philippines by Asia Profiles. She is a recipient of the CPA Centenary Award of Excellence from the Board of Accountancy and has been awarded as a Distinguished Alumna of the University of Santo Tomas. And just recently, she was named one of the Top 15 Female Lawyers in Asia 2024 by Asian Legal Business.
Dick’s community involvement is done through the BDB Law Foundation which she founded in 2014 to help address the gaps in humanitarian, cultural, and socio-civic developments by focusing on projects for improving the quality of education, sustained livelihood, clean environment and better health. The Foundation, in coordination with DECS, has already built several school buildings under its build-a-school program, located in remote places in the country.
Areas of Practice
- Tax Consulting and Advisory
- Tax Planning
- Handling Tax Disputes, Assessments and Claims for Refunds
- Tax Litigation
- Transfer Pricing
- Tax Compliance/Due Diligence Review
- Advocacy
Sector Expertise
- Banking, insurance, financing companies, capital market, other financial intermediaries
- Construction and real estate
- Technology
Professional Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant
- Lawyer
- Institute of Corporate Directors (Fellow)
Education
- Advanced Management Program Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA (2007)
- Master of Laws and International Tax Program Harvard University (1997)
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines (1989)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, Magna Cum Laude, St. Louis University (1982)
Professional Qualifications and Memberships
- Vice President and Member of the Board, Bank of Commerce, Philippines
- Co-Chair, Tax and Financial Services, European Chamber and Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), 2024
- Member of the Board, WTS Global, Netherlands
- President, Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), 2023
- President, Financial Executives of the Philippines (FINEX) 2017
- President, Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP) 2005
- Cluster Chair for Taxation, Investment Promotion and Capital Market, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) – current
- Member, Women Business Council of the Philippines.
- Past President, Rotary Club of Manila Metro
- Member of the Board, Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD)
Awards and Rankings
- Asialaw Profiles Elite Tax Practitioner
- ITR Awards (Highly Regarded; Women in Tax Leader)
- Chambers and Partners Band 1 Tax Law Practitioner
- The Legal 500 Leading Individual - Tax Practice
- Whos Who Legal (WWL) Recommended Thought Leader (Since 2017 to 2024)
Contact Information
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Landline : +63 2 8403-2001 loc. 300