Practices

Areas of Practice

  • Legal advice on general banking transactions
  • Opinions on special purpose asset vehicles (SPAV)
  • Consultation on quasi-banking transactions and activities and setting-up of quasi-banking business
  • Foreclosures
  • Writs of Possession

  • Preparation and Negotiating contract conditions
  • Analysis of contract liability
  • Filed investigations

  • Due diligence audit
  • Opinions on existing laws and regulations on corporate rehabilitation
  • Handling of corporate rehabilitation cases
  • Corporate take-overs, mergers and consolidation

  • Preparation of commercial instruments of credit
  • Consultation on mortgages, loans, promissory notes, and other forms of negotiable instruments

  • Consultation on the provisions of existing Philippine laws and proposed legislation and regulations on energy, oil and gas
  • Preparation and review of power and gas purchase agreements
  • Consultation on regulatory aspects of power projects
  • Handling of cases before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and before the concerned government agencies and local government units

  • Legal advice on the requirements of existing Philippine laws relating to environmental impact assessment, air, water and noise pollution, hazardous wastes, solid and toxic wastes and other environmental concerns
  • Assistance in securing Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)

  • Representation and prosecution cases for legal separation, annulment and declaration of nullity of marriages
  • Dissolution of property regime
  • Adoption and child custody cases

  • Incorporation and amendment of corporate and constitutional documents, and corporate secretarial services
  • Advise on corporate restructuring
  • Conduct due diligence audits of target corporations
  • Mergers and acquisitions

  • Assistance in securing extension of waivers
  • Assistance in obtaining approval of 9-G Visa, special investors resident visa applications and other appropriate visa applications and extensions before the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID)
  • Assistance in securing Alien Employment Permits (AEPs) before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
  • Handling of immigration cases

  • Assistance in the search, application and registration of patents, trademarks and trade names
  • Representation before the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in cases involving applications and violations of intellectual property laws
  • Enforcement of cases against violators of the laws on intellectual property

  • Handling of labor cases before labor arbiters, the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and appellate courts
  • Advise on labor laws and regulations
  • Consultation on collective bargaining agreements, strikes, labor disputes and other labor-related concerns

  • Legal advocacy relative pending bills and draft regulations
  • Assists in drafting of bills of and local ordinances

  • Civil and criminal litigation
  • Administrative, anti-graft and quasi-judicial proceedings
  • Appellate practice

  • Legal advice on the provisions of existing Philippines laws and proposed legislation and regulations on mining and natural resources
  • Handling of mining disputes before the PMRB, PA and appellate jurisdictions

Foreclosures of Real Estate Mortgages

  • Land acquisition and transfer matters
  • Consultation on regulatory aspects of property and project development
  • Assistance in the registration and annotation of mortgages, sale, deeds adverse claims, lis pendens and other transactions involving land
  • Foreclosures of mortgages, reconveyance of property and ejectment
  • Extra-judicial settlement of Estate

  • Land acquisition and transfer matters
  • Consultation on regulatory aspects property and project development
  • Assistance in the registration and annotation of mortgages, sale, deeds, adverse claims, lis pendens, and other transactions involving land
  • Foreclosures of mortgages, reconveyance of property and ejectment
  • Extra-judicial settlement of estate

  • Assistance in the application for tax treaty relief
  • Prosecution of tax refund cases and representation before the Court of Tax Appeals
  • Assistance in securing ruling and opinions from the Bureau of Internal Revenue

  • Advise on the regulatory aspects of the grant and operation of water concessions
  • Assistance in the application and renewal of water permits