JGLaw

Corporate Law and Taxation

Corporate Law and Taxation constitutes one of the firm's strongest practice areas covering the field's every aspect, such as contracts, corporate rehabilitation, real property, infrastructure, energy, foreign investments, securities, telecommunications, banking and finance, insurance, immigration and governmental relations and regulatory affairs.

Our firm provides legal consultancy, business and documentation services, and administrative assistance in complying with the requirements of government agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, Board of Investments, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Bureau of Immigration, Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine Retirement Authority, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Apart from the above, our firm has vast experience in the formation, merger, and acquisition of private companies, joint ventures, and spin-off companies. Our expertise in handling general corporate taxation and establishing tax-efficient structures for investments in the Philippines enable us to provide our client sound advice not only on matters involving the formation or establishment of new companies, but also on matters relating to corporate reorganizations, debt restructuring, stock exchange floatations, initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and tender offers.

Employment Standards and Industrial Relations

Our firm handles a wide array of legal services pertaining to employment standards and industrial relations, ranging from the preparation of labor contracts; company manuals, rules and regulations; and consultancy agreements, to representation before collective bargaining negotiations and hearings before labor courts and agencies. Our firm also conducts seminars on employment-related topics as part of the training and information dissemination program of corporate clients.

Our lawyers are experienced in providing legal advice on complicated labor-related issues such as retrenchment, outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions, and in assisting in the conduct of administrative proceedings for erring employees. Our knowledge of current labor laws and jurisprudence, as well as updated practices and policies of labor courts and agencies, puts us in a premier position as a law firm engaged in the effective and efficient resolution of labor-related issues.

Intellectual Property

Our firm provides counsel and representation in the prosecution of trademark, patent (i.e. inventions, industrial designs, and utility models), and copyright applications and registrations, including drafting Search or Non-Infringement Opinions, Freedom to Operate Reports, and Third Party Observations.

Clients in the telecommunications, automotive, retail, food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and entertainment industries have afforded us opportunities to excel in this practice area.

In addition, we have extensive experience in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts and agreement involving intellectual property rights, such as: license agreement; technology transfer agreements; clinical trial agreements; and compliance certification for licensing agreements and other IP-related matters.

The Firm's IP department also handles civil and/or criminal suits for infringement and unfair competition before regular courts, which include the conduct of raid or search and seizure activities against infringers and unfair competitors; Inter Partes cases, such as Opposition and Petition for Cancellation of Marks, and other administrative actions before the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines and the Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines.

Litigation

Our firm prides itself with a team of competent, dedicated and reliable lawyers who can handle all aspects of civil, criminal, commercial and specialized litigation both at trial and at the appellate level. Our firm's solid reputation in litigation is founded on its decades of experience in handling cases involving aviation, banking, insurance and securities regulation, bankruptcy and insolvency, commercial arbitration, commercial debt collection, contract or warranty breach, election controversies, family law, insurance claims, intellectual property, land, air, and maritime transportation, private international law, product liability, personal injury, professional negligence, telecommunications law, probate of wills and settlement of estates, and stockholder's derivative and class suits.