Services

Services

Taxation
The Firm is principally involved in tax practice.  Through the years it has established itself as an authority in the field of taxation, providing various tax advocacy and tax advisory services.  

For tax advocacy, the Firm provides assistance in tax assessments, refund claims (from the administrative level until the assessments or refunds are elevated to the Court of Tax Appeals). The Firm is experienced in requesting for BIR Rulings on matters related to tax exemptions, tax-free transfers, and tax-treaty relief. The Firm also handles transactions deemed as One Time Transactions (ONETT) at district office levels, involving transfers of properties, estate tax settlement, registration and other tax payments.  

The Firm’s tax advisory services ranges from basic tax opinion on the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC), special laws on taxation, and the formation of a tax study on extensive or intricate tax settings.  The Firm is also competent in formulating family wealth and estate planning solutions that effectively mitigates tax exposure.  

The Firm is also established in tax litigation with more than a decade of experience of appearing at the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). The lawyers of the Firm have work closely with the CTA dating back to when it was a one division Court of three Judges to a Court with three divisions consisting of nine Justices.  The Firm’s lawyers are well accustomed to litigating before the CTA, where the complex network of stakeholders requires a higher level of expertise and diligence compared to regular courts. 



Labor
The Firm looks after its client’s compliance with Labor Standards and offers a due diligence review of company labor policies and regulations.  As counsel, the Firm provide legal opinion on the current relevant labor laws.  

The Firm also represents clients before the Labor Arbiter, Bureau of Labor Relations, and National Labor Relations Commission, in cases involving labor and employment laws. 

While the Firm provides litigation services for labor disputes, it strongly advocates the promotion of maintaining industrial peace at the workplace.  

Considering the constant shift in the development of labor laws and its interpretation, the Firm ensures that its clients are kept informed of these developments.  


Litigation
The Firm provides litigation services in the field of civil, commercial, and criminal litigation in all courts of justice and administrative bodies performing quasi-judicial functions, as well as representations before arbitrators, involving the following areas:

Tax assessment cases, judicial claims for refund before the Court of Tax Appeals
corporate disputes, including inter-corporate and intra-corporate disputes
enforcement or opposition of foreign arbtiral award/judgment


Other Services
The Firm offers its services to assist clients in matters requiring or involving goverment licenses and authorizations, liaison work, registration of documents and transactions with regulatory agencies, protests contests, litigation and other proceedings before administrative and quasi-judicial bodies, such as:

Local Government Units
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Local Government Finance
Bureau of Customs
Department of Labor and Employment
Board of Investments
Insurance Commission
Bureau of Immigration
Intellectual Property Office
Philippine Export Zone Authority
Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection