Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Since the establishment of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) in 1993, the firm’s lawyers have had the unique experience of serving as its and the Monetary Board’s counsel, handling their most demanding and complicated cases. With an established reputation as the industry leader in banking litigation, boosted by a roster of internationally recognized Certified Fraud Examiners, the firm remains the top choice to represent the country’s leading banks and financial institutions. The firm’s banking practice extends to facilitating various types of lending and security transactions – from the simplest to the most complex – such as syndicated loans, structured finance, project finance, and asset finance. With clients that include corporate borrowers, banks and financial institutions, both local and foreign, the firm also routinely provides regulatory and compliance advice.

Since the establishment of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) in 1993, the firm’s lawyers have had the unique experience of serving as its and the Monetary Board’s counsel, handling their most demanding and complicated cases. With an established reputation as the industry leader in banking litigation, boosted by a roster of internationally recognized Certified Fraud Examiners, the firm remains the top choice to represent the country’s leading banks and financial institutions.

Led by recognized pioneers in the field, the Trade Department assists various industries in navigating Philippine trade and market access issues. Our team advises a wide range of local and foreign clients including those in the vital cement, iron and steel industries on the most effective trade remedies. We also represent our clients before courts and administrative agencies and courts of law.

The firm’s team has vast and significant experience in assisting clients define its objectives and ensuring these objectives are met, even working hand-in-hand with Human Resources Personnel, among others, of the organization. The firm effectively represents clients and its officers in disputes arising from or related to employer-employee relations both before labor tribunals and agencies, as well as in connection with administrative proceedings conducted by the organization itself. The firm’s lawyers also handle negotiations, either as representatives or in an advisory capacity for purposes of collective bargaining. Recognizing the complexities of international and local business developments, our team is proficient in best practices that are designed to attain a balance between achieving management’s economic objectives and ensuring employees are clear on their roles in the company.

The field of Family Law requires the highest degree of sensitivity and experience. Our top-notch team possesses the competence and compassion needed to assist clients in making key decisions regarding their families and future. Our Family Law practice provides counsel on all aspects of family relations, such as pre-nuptial agreements and property relations, adoption and child custody, annulment of marriage, legal separation, wills and succession planning, and even the most difficult and delicate issues such as paternity disputes and domestic violence. Our cross-border capabilities also allow us to support our clients in family matters with international facets, such as the recognition of foreign divorce decrees in Philippine courts and cross-jurisdictional custody cases.

The firm assists clients in navigating through the ever-evolving and complex requirements of privacy and data security laws. Our team provides comprehensive data privacy and security services, including legal structuring and maintenance of data protection systems, formulation of security measures and procedures, compliance with registration and other requirements of the National Privacy Commission, and representation in privacy litigation.

The firm is recognized as a trailblazer in competition law practice in the Philippines. Our team has distinguished itself for its detail-oriented and hands-on approach, consistently balancing full observance of technical and legal restrictions with the commercial objectives of our clients. Rendering a wide spectrum of cutting-edge competition law services, the firm is well-equipped to represent clients in anti-trust investigations and disputes, advise on merger and acquisition regulatory mandates, review commercial agreements and policies, and develop competition law compliance strategies, programs, and audits.

Our team ensures that our clients are guided and properly informed to make sound and cost-efficient decisions in every step of the dispute resolution process. We provide assistance and representation in the various stages of dispute resolution — for both domestic and international arbitration — including the drafting of arbitration agreements, vigorous representation before ad hoc or institutional arbitral tribunals, and securing specific court reliefs such as interim measures of protection, recognition, vacation, enforcement and execution of arbitral awards, and in other post-rendition of award remedies such as appellate representation.