Litigation

We are always ready to provide general legal consultation for people who need legal advice and assistance.

We also offer General Retainer Services for clients who need legal assistance on a regular basis. Our General Retainer Service includes routine telephone and video consultation, preparation of written legal opinions, contract reviews and notarization services.

We conduct due diligence and review of land titles, as well as the preparation and drafting of real property documents.

We handle and process various transactions with the Land Registration Authority such as the registration and issuance of land titles, annotation transactions, subdivision and consolidation transactions, and condominium transactions.

We provide legal representation in land registration cases such as expropriation proceedings, reconstitution of title, re-conveyance, cancellation of title, to name a few.

We process the application of different kinds of visas such as work visa, tourist visa, and other special visas.

We also handle immigration remedies such as appeals and removal of name from the blacklist.

We provide assistance in the preparation of employment contracts and drafting of employment manuals and policies.

In employment-related activities, we provide assistance in the collective bargaining agreement negotiations, unfair labor practices and certification elections. We provide representation before the Labor Arbiter and the National Labor Relations Commission in illegal termination cases and other labor cases.

We process applications for business registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bureau of Internal Revenue.

We handle post-registration services such as amendments of the articles of incorporation and by-laws, increase of authorized capital stock, election of members of the Board of Directors, preparation and filing of Minutes of Corporate Meetings, transfer of shares of stocks, and safekeeping of corporate books and records.

For corporate special projects, we handle mergers and acquisitions, corporate rehabilitation, corporate liquidation, as well as corporate secretarial, director-nominee services, and data processing officer services, among others.

We offer Corporate Retainer Services which includes routine telephone and video consultation, preparation of written legal opinions, contract reviews, preparation and filing of reportorial requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other government agencies, corporate housekeeping and due diligence, and assistance in stockholders’ meetings and Board of Directors’ meetings.

For judicial proceedings, we represent corporate clients in their corporate disputes, corporate rehabilitation and other commercial law cases.

We advise candidates regarding the election laws, and assist them during the filing of candidacy, campaign, election and counting, etc...

We advise candidates regarding the election laws, and assist them during the filing of candidacy, campaign, election and counting and canvassing of votes.

We also train the watchers and volunteers of the candidates with regard to their duties and responsibilities during the election and counting and canvassing of votes.

We represent candidates and litigate on their behalf in election protests, pre-proclamation controversies and quo warranto proceedings.

We handle marriage-related cases such as Petition for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage, Annulment of Marriage, Legal Separation, etc...

We also handle family cases such as domestic and foreign adoption, custody, support, guardianship, child abuse, and violence against women and children.

We process applications for registration of trademarks, patents and copyrights, as well as handle appeals and oppositions.

We litigate intellectual property cases such as unfair competition and infringement of intellectual property rights.