On 22 to 26 September 2025, Deputy Government Corporate Counsel (DGCC) Aniceto Calubaquib Jr. and Asst. Government Corporate Counsel Manuel F. Santos Jr. went on official travel to The Netherlands to participate in a global lawyers’ summit and to attend official meetings with Hague-based international legal organizations in order to strengthen the OGCC’s international network and to identify and strengthen areas of mutual cooperation.

On 25 September 2025, DGCC Calubaquib and AGCC Santos had an exploratory meeting with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), represented by its Deputy Secretary-General Garth Schoefield, Legal Counsel Atty. Sandra Mae Magalang and Asst Legal Counsel Atty. Brenda Karanja. The next day, on 26 September 2025, they met with The Hague Academy of International Law (THAIL), represented by its Secretary-General Jean-Marc Thouvenin. The objectives of the meetings include establishing international linkages and exploring future collaboration for capacity-building activities for OGCC lawyers and in-house counsels of OGCC’s client government corporations in the field of international commercial arbitration and other areas of international law.

The two also made a courtesy visit on 25 September 2025 with The Philippine Embassy in The Hague, led by Ambassador J. Eduardo Malaya, Consul Jarie Osias, Vice-Consul Crystal Gale Dampil and Atty Edna Yasay to express gratitude for the assistance the Embassy extended in arranging the meetings with the PCA and the THAIL. Earlier, they attended the 21st World Lawyers Forum Europe 2025 held on 22-23 September 2025 in Amsterdam.

OGCC is indeed going global as it celebrates its 90th Anniversary in December this year!