Services

GENERAL COUNSELLING AND RETAINER

Retainer services and general counseling cover all functions related to the day-to-day affairs of the client. These consist of consultations, contract documentation and issuances of legal opinions. Consultations cover legal advice on 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 simple legal documents such as bills, deeds and other contracts.

LITIGATION

Litigation services contemplate all aspects and stages of litigation in civil, labor, administrative, and criminal cases. The Firm can ably represent either side in a criminal case. Also, the Firm can competently represent clients in all types of civil cases, including such fields of law as contracts, commercial transactions, persons and family law, succession, torts, estate planning, corporation law and civil and commercial arbitration.

MARITIME AND INSURANCE CASES

With its extensive experience in the practice of law, the Firm has earned a solid reputation in the highly specialized fields of Maritime and Insurance law. In fact, among its valued clients are the biggest corporations and entities in maritime commerce and in the insurance business. The Firm has a recognized track record in successfully representing foreign as well as local shipping companies.

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.