Mr. Sabornay is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Registered Foreign Attorney in Japan, and a Trained Arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.
His current practice focuses on international commercial transactions and international commercial arbitration.
Before joining Uryu & Itoga in Tokyo, he was a Senior Law Associate at one of Philippines' major law firms, in which he focused on negotiations, real estate, labor, civil and commercial litigation, commercial arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and securities and investments.
Mr. Sabornay was part of the inaugural batch of trainees of the ASEAN Law Academy organized by the Center for International Law of the National University of Singapore in 2018 and, in 2019, was an intern of Shimuta International Law Firm, Kitahama Partners, and Meilin International Law Firm in Fukuoka, and Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners in Tokyo, assisting in various cross-border transactions and international disputes, that mostly involved Japanese companies.
He obtained his Bachelor and Master of Arts in Philosophy and Juris Doctor from the University of the Philippines. In 2019, he obtained his European Union Graduate Diploma and Master of Laws in International Economic and Business Law from Kyushu University, Japan as a Young Leaders Program Scholar of the Japanese Government. He also holds a Professional Certificate in FinTech from The University of Hong Kong.
In 2022, he graduated from Shizenkan University’s MBA in Design and Leadership for Societal Innovation with Academic and Leadership Distinctions.
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