Practice Area

The Firm has a strong Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Team (ADR Team) with its Dispute Resolution (DR) Head and Senior Partner being a Court of Appeals mediator, and its ADR Team Head being an accredited arbitrator of the Department of Justice’s Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution (DOJ-OADR), a trustee and accredited arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI), the premium arbitration center in the Philippines, as well as PDRCI’s Deputy Secretary General and head of the Training and Education Committee.

The Firm handles IP requirements of its domestic and international clients, including registration of trademarks, copyrights and patents, legal advisory on contractual concerns and prosecution and defense of intellectual property infringement actions.

The Firm assists in the formation of corporate vehicles, including domestic corporations, local branches of foreign companies, representative offices and regional operating headquarters.