Practice Areas
How Can We Help You?
Legal Services
a.
ABRITRATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
i. Our firm provides excellent client representation in both domestic and international arbitration, ensuring that our clients are guided and properly informed to make sound and cost-efficient decisions in every step of the dispute resolution process.
ii. With our pool of accredited and highly-trained arbitrators and counsels, with expertise in international commercial business matters, we are fully-equipped to assist and represent our clients in the various forms and stages of ADR.
iii. We also provide representation before ad hoc or institutional arbitral tribunals and courts to secure specific reliefs including interim measures of protection, recognition, vacation, enforcement and execution of arbitral awards.
iv. Our services include:
1. Arbitration
a. From drafting of arbitration agreements to settlement of disputes
2. Negotiation
3. Mediation
4. Dispute Review Boards
5. Expert Determination
b.
Competition
i. Our office renders a wide spectrum of competition law services, including but not limited to advising on merger and acquisition regulatory mandates, reviewing commercial agreements and policies, and developing competition law compliance strategies, programs, and audits.
ii. Our experienced consultants provide personalized guidance and practical solutions tailored to your business needs.
c.
Data Privacy
i. Our team is well-versed in industry best practices and norms on data protection, providing advice that is accurate, pragmatic, business-oriented, and tailor-fit to address each client’s specific needs.
ii. We provide expert assistance to local and foreign clients in navigating through the complex requirements of privacy and data security laws.
iii. Our firm offers comprehensive data privacy and security services to help clients structure and maintain their data protection systems, formulate security measures and procedures, and comply with registration and other requirements of the National Privacy Commission.
d.
Family Law
i. Our experienced team provides compassionate guidance in all family law matters, specializing in a wide range of services tailored to meet your unique needs. We understand the importance of trust and confidentiality in family matters, so you can be assured that your case will be handled with the utmost care and professionalism.
ii. Our firm provides advice and assistance on all aspects of family relations including, but not limited to:
1. pre-nuptial agreements and property relations
2. adoption (domestic and inter-country)
3. child custody
4. annulment of marriage
5. legal separation
6. wills, succession, and estate planning
7. paternity disputes
8. domestic violence.
iii. Our cross-border capabilities also allow us to support our clients in family matters with international facets, such as recognition of foreign divorce decrees in Philippine courts and cross- jurisdictional custody cases.
iv. We take a step further and aid foreign clients with recognized marriages abroad, such as same sex partnerships. Our team helps these couples navigate through the complexities of settling down and starting a life as a family in the Philippines.
e.
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
i. We provide expert assistance to clients with its various compliance requirements, both internally and externally, consistent with relevant regulatory frameworks issued by the Department of Labor and Employment, among others.
ii. We effectively represent clients and its officers, as necessary, in disputes arising from employer-employee relations, including monetary claims associated with such
relationship, both before labor tribunals and agencies, as well as in connection with administrative proceedings within the organization involving its own personnel.
iii. We also handle negotiations, either as actual representatives of the client or in an advisory capacity for purposes of collective bargaining.
f.
TRADE
i. Our team assists in assists various industries and businesses in navigating Philippine trade and market access issues.
ii. We assist and advise our clients on the most effective trade remedies to address injurious imports, including applying for provisional measures before government trade agencies.
CORPORATE PROJECTS
a.
BUSINESS CONSULTANCY AND DEVELOPMENT
i. Our team assists in assists various industries and businesses in navigating Philippine trade and market access issues.
ii. We assist and advise our clients on the most effective trade remedies to address injurious imports, including applying for provisional measures before government trade agencies.
b.
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
i. Our experts provide market analysis and strategic
guidance to help you make informed decisions.
ii. Our team will assist clients in increasing and maximizing
the value of their real estate portfolio by closely working
with developers, investors, construction companies, and
other major participants in the real estate industry
regarding legal issues affecting the acquisition,
development, management, and disposition of land,
buildings, and other real properties in the Philippines.
iii. We also aid with timely securing permits and regulatory
approvals needed to realize each real estate project or
transaction owing to our vast experience in dealing with
key regulators and appropriate government agencies.
iv. We help our clients in various capacities including:
1. Legal advice on regulatory compliance with the
applicable property laws and regulations
2. Assistance in the documentation and financial
closing of key real estate transactions:
a. Construction, development, and management
of condominium projects
b. Acquisition and lease of prime residential,
industrial, and commercial properties, and
other dealings involving real property.