Commercial and Administrative Litigation

• corporate disputes, including inter-corporate and intra-corporate disputes
• banking and finance disputes, including letters of credit issues
• insurance and reinsurance disputes
• maritime litigation and arbitration
• insolvency and bankruptcy
• securities and commodities fraud litigation
• piracy, infringement and unfair competition cases involving intellectual property
• tax matters
• construction litigation and arbitration

Civil Litigation and Special Proceedings

• Persons and family relations cases
• Property disputes
• Land registration
• Expropriation of property
• Torts and quasi-delict liability claims
• Debt collection
• Will contests and other probate-related matters
• Enforcement of foreign judgments
• Foreclosures
• Conflict of laws disputes
• Settlement of estates

Criminal Cases

The Firm has been engaged by various clients, both for the prosecution and defense. The Firm handles criminal cases heard and tried by the Sandiganbayan, the Court of Tax Appeals and the Regional Trial Courts, as well as those investigated by the Ombudsman, the Office of the Provincial/City Prosecutors, and the Department of Justice. The Firm has a very extensive experience in appellate practice in the Court of Appeals and in the Supreme Court.