I. Corporation Law
Corporate Structural Organization and Registration.
Our professional corporate services encompasses the entire lifetime of a corporation, starting from pre-incorporation/negotiation, incorporation, business registration, corporate housekeeping, brand protection, business expansions, all the way up to the point of dissolution, closure and liquidation.
Corporate Housekeeping
Our experience in corporate secretarial works include regular attendance and facilitation of board, stockholders, committee, and executive corporate meetings, drafting of memorandum, secretary certificate, board resolution, notices, and advisory and counsel on various corporate legal issues that may come up during meeting discussions. We familiarize and study our client’s nature of business and industry, then provide them with tailor fit legal solutions to their day-to-day business operations and external corporate affairs. We have experience in handling corporate secretarial works for small business, corporations and multinational companies in different main line industries, such as real estate, schools, banks, insurance and other financial companies, resort and hotel, cosmetic and skincare, trucking, power and energy, BPO, IT companies, LPG distribution, construction, food and beverages, food supplement, manufacturing, and online automotive marketing businesses.
Corporate Consultancy and Public Relations
We provide advice and opinion to corporate clients in relation to its regular business operations, including drafting of company policy, employment policy, and contracts.
As part of our corporate retainer, we keep our clients abreast with the relevant laws, new government regulations and rules in relation to their business/industry.
We also represent corporate clients during negotiation, meetings, and coordination with private entities and government agencies in relation to legal matters involving the business of the client.
We review and provide appropriate recommendations on our client’s intended public statements and other forms of public interaction/engagements, to ensure compliance with cyber laws and applicable laws.
II. Trademark and Brand Protection
Trademark Protection and Enforcement
We facilitate and assist our clients in the registration of their trademark and provide them with legal guidance to comply with the dynamic regulations of the Intellectual Property Office. Our professional service includes implementation of practical strategies in brand protection, and we handle actions for enforcement of Intellectual Property rights of our client, including coordination with the appropriate government agency/investigative body, preparation and drafting of demand letters, assistance in application of search warrants/test-buy, filing and prosecution of criminal and civil actions to protect the intellectual property rights and interests of our clients.
Trademark Consultancy and Policy
We provide legal counsel and draft the appropriate contracts, instruments, agreements, and arrangements involving all trademark related transactions of our client, whether as a form of marketing tool or a full commercial monetary utilization of our client’s trademark and intellectual property. We identify the legal risk in our client’s transactions involving their trademark and intellectual property.
Trademark Litigation
We have extensive experience in trial and litigation of trademark law and violation of intellectual property rights. We have represented our clients before administrative/investigative body/tribunal, Bureau of Legal Affairs of Intellectual Property Office, Special Commercial and Regular Courts, and Appellate courts.
III. Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Law.
FDA Compliance and Registration
The advent of modern self-preservation and selfcare advocacies escalated the surge of cosmetics and skincare companies in the Philippines, and created the prevalence of self-made Chief Operating Officers (CEOs) in the said industry. As counsel to these CEOs, our office provides them with professional guidance in navigating the complex regulations and laws involving Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics law. We assist in our client’s application for License to Operate, product registration, and other relevant permits and licenses. Our services include preparation of contracts and internal policy, and legal counselling in relation to cosmetics and skincare.
IV. Litigation Experience
Family Law and Civil Registry
- Nullity/Annulment of Marriages
- Legal Separation
- Action for Support
- VAWC
- Recognition of Foreign Divorce
- Nullity of Extra-judicial Settlement of Estate •
- Judicial Settlement of Estate
- Correction of Civil Entries in Birth Certificate
- Change/Correction of Name
- Recognition of Paternity and Filiation
Contracts
- Nullity and Annulment of Contracts
- Breach of Contracts and Damages •
- Sum of Money •
- Specific Performance •
- Rescission/Cancellation of Contracts •
- Consignation
- Money claims against the Government
Real Estate
- Action for Recovery of Property
- Ejectment
- Re-issuance of Lost Owner’s Duplicate Title
- Cancellation of Encumbrance/Annotation in Title
- Abatement of Nuisance .
- Expropriation
Tax and Commercial law
- Inter Partes proceedings involving Trademarks
- Trademark Infringement
- Unfair Competition
- Violation of the Penal Provision of the Tax Code
- Local Business Tax Protest/Appeal
- Action for Damages/Sum of Money case against Bank/Bank Negligence
- Lifting of Frozen Bank Account
Labor
- Illegal Dismissal
- Money Claims
- OFW Claims
Criminal Law
- Estafa
- Violation of Bouncing Checks Law
- Qualified Theft
- Falsification of Documents/Forgery
- Perjury
- Libel/Cyber Libel
- Slander
- Threats/Grave Threats
- Physical Injuries
- Child Abuse
- Frustrated Homicide/Murder
- Illegal Possession of Firearms/Violation of COMELEC Gun Ban
- Alarms and Scandal
- Malicious Mischief
- Reckless Imprudence resulting to Homicide/Damage to Property
V. Real Estate and Land Acquisition
For clients intending to acquire or sell properties, we provide assistance in all stages of property acquisition and disposal, starting from negotiation, legal advice and consultation on accompanying legal issues and risk in the property transactions, documentation and drafting of all contract and pertinent legal documents, registration of transactional documents/instruments/contracts involving real property, to eventually transfer of title or subdivision of title.
We also provide professional assistance in dealing with complicated legal issues in transactions involving land and property, including land reclassification and conversion.
We provide professional assistance in settlement and property administration of estate.
We have represented clients before the appropriate/applicable government agencies, such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Local Government Units, Register of Deeds, Land Registration Authority and DENR, in relation to real estate.
VI. Immigration
We represent clients before the Bureau of Immigration concerning their visa status, legality of their stay, and other immigration concerns. We also provide assistance in application of visa, and lifting of blacklist status.