Honey T. Cesista

Partner

Intellectual Property, Immigration, and Real Estate Development

Atty. Honey is a Partner whose practice focuses on real property law, immigration, litigation, and intellectual property. She heads the Firm's immigration and intellectual property departments. 

Atty. Honey is heavily experienced in securing development permits and licenses to sell of condominium and subdivision projects. She likewise oversees all the post-license compliances pertaining to the sale and transfer of all the condominium units from the unitization of individual titles to their transfer to individual buyers. As the head of the immigration department, Atty. Honey facilitates the acquisition of the necessary working permits and visas of the Firm's executive clients. She also chairs the Firm's intellectual property department. Recently, the Firm through its intellectual property team was able to successfully defend a domestic corporate client's trademark from an attempt of a multi-national corporation to take it down on the basis of confusing similarity.

Atty. Honey has also appeared in administrative litigations in multiple agencies such as the Intellectual Property Office, the Human Settlements Adjudication Commission, and the Professional Regulation Commission, among others. She regularly provides regulatory and in-house guidance for corporate employment concerns. 

Atty. Honey likewise serves as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Firm. She oversees its internal day-to-day functions and ensures that the Firm addresses its tasks in a timely manner. Atty. Honey received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science Major in Law and Policy Studies from the University of San Carlos in 2018. She obtained her Juris Doctor Degree (with Thesis) from the same university in 2022. She was admitted to the bar in 2022 and joined the firm in the same year.