Ian Daniel B. Galang

ATTY. IAN DANIEL B. GALANG is a Senior Associate of VILLANUEVA GABIONZA & DY whose practice currently focuses on corporate, civil, and criminal litigation, appellate practice, labor and employment, family law, succession and settlement of estates, property, and mining law.
Mr. Galang drafts and reviews pleadings, memoranda, position papers, contracts and other legal documents. He has appeared and represented clients before courts, administrative agencies, and quasi-judicial bodies including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Regional Trial Courts, Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Office of the City Prosecutor, Office of the Ombudsman, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Labor Relations Commission, Department of Trade and Industry, and the Bureau of Immigration.
Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, he worked as legal counsel and compliance officer of a multinational telecommunications and software company. He also worked as a legislative staff officer at the Legal Affairs Division, House of Representatives of the Philippines and as an Executive Assistant to the Chairman and the Office of the General Counsel at the Office of the President – Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG).
Mr. Galang graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, Major in Economics and Minor in Psychology in 2009 as a student athlete and an active student council leader.
Thereafter, he obtained his Juris Doctor degree at the San Beda University, College of Law – Manila in 2017. While in law school, he served as Vice Chairperson of the San Beda Law Bar Operations. Mr. Galang took the Philippine Bar Examinations on November 2017 and was admitted to the Bar on June 2018 after signing the Roll of Attorneys.
Mr. Galang is currently a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Makati Chapter, and was designated by the Supreme Court as an Investigating Commissioner of the IBP Commission on Bar Discipline in September 2024.
He also teaches Criminal Law Review and Legal Writing at the University of Nueva Caceres, School of Law.
Mr. Galang’s active participation in the IBP and law teaching complements his skills in civil and criminal litigation.