Atty. Eleazar B. Reyes obtained his Bachelor of Laws, Cum Laude (Class Salutatorian), from the University of the Philippines in 1971. He received his Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Santo Tomas in 1967. He was the recipient of various awards and honors in the law school, both for academic excellence and leadership. He was a consistent member of the Order of the Purple Feather and is a member of the international honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu. In 1970, he served as Editor-In-Chief of the Law Register, the official organ of the U.P. College of Law, and in 197,1 as a member of the Editorial Board of the Philippine Collegian and Philippine Law Journal. He is a member of the Sigma Rho Fraternity.
After placing twelfth in the 1971 Bar Examinations, he joined one of the bigger law firms in the Philippines in 1972. He rose to become a senior partner in 1980 until he became one of the founding members of PECABAR. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors and/or Corporate Secretary of companies engaged in varied areas of business such as banking, investment banking, telecommunications, insurance, broadcast and print media, car assembly and distribution, tourism services, marketing and retail sales of consumer products, commodity futures trading and manufacturing. Survey reports of legal practice in the Philippines acknowledge him as among the leading practitioners in the areas of merger and acquisition and in commercial and civil litigation.
He has long been a member of professional and business organizations like the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the European Chamber of Commerce.
He currently serves as Of Counsel to the Firm.