Atty. Sicangco was previously an Associate of a prestigious litigation firm in the Philippines. He obtained his Masters (LL.M.) Degree in Comparative Law (1997) from the University of San Diego, California, USA, with concentration in International Negotiations and Environmental Law. He completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), a consistent Dean's Lister, alumni scholar and graduated Valedictorian of his class (1994) at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law, Espana Manila. In 1989, he completed his undergraduate course - Bachelor of Science major in Biology at the same University in Espana Manila. Atty. Sicangco specializes in litigation of various civil, criminal, family, corporate, labor, and administrative cases including alternative dispute resolution or arbitration, corporate transactions, negotiations, formation of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects, intellectual property and trade laws. Moreover, Atty. Sicangco is a lawyer with broad and diversified experience. By academic training, Atty. Sicangco is a rare lawyer-biologist combination. His earliest training was in the field of construction, land development and infrastructure projects representing a large conglomorate of companies doing business in the Philippines. Upon the completion of his Masteral Degree, he worked as an Associate in a prestigious litigation firm in the Philippines where litigation practice is anchored on thoroughness in the review of facts and the marshalling of evidence, in the identification of the applicable doctrines of law and the effective presentation of facts and law. He is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and formerly the Vice-president (1996-1997) of the Comparative Law Forum of the University of San Diego, California, USA. He is also one of the seven founding members of the Ordo Luminis Legis (an organization for academic excellence) of the University of Santo Tomas.