GENERAL COUNSELLING AND
RETAINER

Retainer services and general counseling cover all functions related to day-to-day affairs of the client. These consist of consultations, contract documentation and issuances of legal opinions. Consultations involve providing legal advice on the application of pertinent laws, cases, rules and regulations affecting corporate, tax, financial, insurance, and labor relations aspects of the client’s activities. Documentation includes the preparation and review of legal documents such as bills, deeds, and other contracts.

LITIGATION

Litigation services embrace all aspects and stages of litigation in civil, commercial and criminal cases. The Firm can represent both sides in a criminal case, either for the prosecution or the defense. The Firm also represents clients in all types of civil cases, including such fields of law as contracts, commercial transactions, family law, succession, torts, corporation law, and civil and commercial arbitration.

MARITIME AND INSURANCE
CASES

With its wide experience in the practice of law, the Firm has earned a solid reputation in the highly specialized field of maritime and insurance laws. In fact, among its valued clients are big corporations and entities in maritime commerce and insurance business. The Firm has a recognized competence in these specialized fields---whether as counsel for foreign entities or for local companies---and has won almost all of its cases in the Supreme Court.

LABOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE CASES

The Firm is also actively involved in the practice of Labor Law. It specializes in contract preparation and interpretation, termination disputes, complaints regarding labor standards, workmen’s compensation, unfair labor practice cases, and grievance and arbitration proceedings.

Also, the Firm has gained considerable expertise in handling administrative cases. It has successfully represented clients before various administrative authorities and quasi-judicial agencies, such as the Office of the Ombudsman, the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board and the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission.