The Firm provides legal advice and services in connection with a wide range of corporate and commercial law transactions.
Corporate and Commercial laws encompass laws that dictate how to form and run a business. Our practitioners are experienced in all levels of the business from formation, registration, and expansion, up until winding up and dissolution. Throughout our practice, we have extended clients with the best possible assistance in finding the most fitting legal frameworks for the success of their businesses and institutions. Our clients range from small-, medium-, and large-scale enterprises, including multinational companies and other emerging market players. Through our extensive practice and consultancy experience, we are able to provide sound and practical advice in the areas of general commercial and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and franchise agreements, regulation and compliance, business negotiations, contract drafting and review, business torts, and corporate governance.
Our goal is to help our clients develop the right business model, manage risks and liabilities, and promote the continuing growth and security of their businesses.
As local and international tax regimes become more complex, compliance and reporting requirements as to tax obligations become a more daunting task. We help our clients resolve the most composite issues arising from their transactions and controversies by rendering sound and ethical tax opinions and analyses. Our attorneys effectively represent clients in tax cases filed in both administrative bodies and regular courts. Our practice areas include corporate tax, partnership tax, tax assessment protest, tax refund, tax compromise, tax credit, tax abatement, tariff and customs charges, international tax, personal tax, estate planning, tax-exempt organizations and local government tax. The client can also rely on our team to procure rulings from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on inquiries concerning contentious areas of taxation. Through our expertise, we help our clients develop enduring tax frameworks that limit future costs and maximise tax efficiency.
We provide services in ensuring compliance with tax laws, as well as rendering tax planning advice and opinions on various transactions.
The Firm provides legal representation in civil, criminal and commercial cases, as well as disputes before administrative agencies.
Our Firm welcomes the opportunity to handle complex legal challenges involving several practice specialties. We manage our clients’ cases with great dedication and tenacity, even in the face of the unpredictability of continuing developments. Our litigation attorneys represent plaintiffs and defendants whether they be individuals, partnerships, shareholders and corporations in all areas of litigation which may be civil, criminal, corporate, professional, employment, and personal. From the start until the end of the litigation process, we always make sure that we are working closely with our clients in helping them achieve their most desired outcomes. We are prepared to defend you against unjustified lawsuits, as well assist you in enforcing the legal rights you are entitled to under the law.
Dealing with wills, trusts and succession plans demand extraordinary dedication. Oftentimes, no single formula works as a one-size-fits all solution in estate planning. In PSL Law, we tailor our legal services to each individual estate to ensure the effective control, maintenance and disposition of assets even after death. Our attorneys render comprehensive legal assistance to address the specific estate, probate and planning needs of our clients and their families. We guide our clients towards achieving innovative estate plans that preserve, protect and pass on their wealth by minimizing probate, estate, gift, income, and business taxes, and other administrative expenses. Our work centers on estate planning law and administration, drafting planning documents such as wills, donations, trusts, and powers of attorney, gifting strategies, formation of revocable and irrevocable trusts, insurance benefits, retirement planning, estate and trust administration, probate, and conservatorships. Moreover, we also accept cases involving corporate estate planning such as business entity creation, corporate succession, buy-sell agreements, purchase/sale of business, shareholder control agreements and conservatorships and guardianships.
We provide the most cost-efficient advice for the benefit of the estate and its beneficiaries.
The Firm provides comprehensive legal services in connection with real estate acquisition and disposition, land development, and real estate due diligence.
Real estate resources are becoming scarcer, and the competition to acquire prime assets are getting stiffer than ever. Property owners, landlords, developers, investors and tenants face a range of challenges in today’s evolving real estate landscape. Our lawyers possess adequate resources and expertise to help clients come to an efficient and pragmatic solution for their transactional issues. We have experience in the areas of buying and selling of residential and commercial properties, construction, zoning, permits, investment, property disputes with neighbors, easements, landlord-tenant relationships including the preparation of lease agreements, breach of agreements, evictions, mortgage, foreclosures, and eminent domain matters. Through and through, our biggest motivation is the satisfactory and long-enduring protection of our clients’ real estate assets and interests.
The Firm can assist your company with a full range of corporate legal services available for clients across industries such as retail, transport, construction, consumer goods, agriculture, food and beverage, education, technology, energy, software, manufacturing, entertainment, and publishing. Our attorneys serve our corporate clients using the best practices in general corporate housekeeping in the preservation of statutory books and records, maintaining a history of the company’s structure, complying with regulation, and monitoring contractual risk. Aside from these, we also assist in the drafting and negotiation of contracts such as general agreements, partnership agreements, non-disclosure agreements, shareholder agreements, distributorship agreements, independent contractor agreements, power supply agreements, construction agreements and arbitration clauses. Upon request, we also extend support to clients who are planning to set up businesses in the country, on their own or as branches and subsidiaries.
These services include formation of business entities and provision of corporate secretarial and director-nominee services, among others.
The Firm provides services in connection with the registration, protection and enforcement of trademarks and copyrights.
Our lawyers are dedicated in helping our clients in the development, protection, management, and enforcement of their intellectual property rights. By learning our client’s businesses by heart, we are able to come up with innovative and worthwhile strategies and solutions that ensure the achievement of business objectives. We provide a professional and results-oriented approach in the different areas of the full life-cycle of intellectual property involving registration, litigation, exploitation, national and international enforcement of intellectual property rights, technology contracts, licensing, transfer, patent right, trademark, the utility model right, design, copyright, unfair competition, and trade secrets. We specialize in the prosecution of both civil and criminal cases involving infringement and unfair competition involving intellectual property. With the combination of our courtroom skills, unique business acumen, and technical knowledge, we intend to bring our clients to the next level by helping them build and maintain strong IP portfolios that can adapt with the world’s growing technological needs.
Special projects pertain to complicated undertakings which demand the services of multiple departments and/or legal practitioners for the success of the endeavor. In general, these are cases and transactions not falling under any of the primary areas of practice. Our previous exposure to this kind of practice has allowed our attorneys to develop valuable competencies that answer to the difficulties our clients are facing in their respective fields and professions. We are equipped and ready to handle special projects such as technical assistance and technology transfer agreements, licensing and franchise, corporate reorganization, complex consolidations, business expansion involving foreign investors, privatization, land use reclassification, environmental regulations compliance, registration and licensing, banking, investment houses, insurance, stock brokerage, drugs and pharmaceuticals, food and beverage power and energy, construction, telecommunications, mass media and other similar undertakings. We ensure that our clients always meet all their legal obligations in the materialization of their business aspirations.
The Firm handles projects that involve the collaborative efforts of lawyers from different practice areas.
The immigration services include visa applications, conversions, renewals, and extensions, as well as render services to ensure compliance for continuous visa validity.
Immigration law establishes who is allowed to enter, reside, and work in the country, and for how long. We provide expert immigration advice and assistance with visa applications for those interested in visiting, studying, living, working, and doing business in the Philippines. Our objective is to help in moving our clients’ immigration efforts forward whether they be international businesses, entrepreneurs and visionaries, families or individuals. Our practices include facilitating the speedy and efficient processing of all types of visas pertaining to families and individuals, helping resident entities employ foreign professionals, and aiding in the transfer of multinational company executives to local companies located in the country. We combine our expertise and established liaison practices with the public sector to produce results within a cost-efficient time frame. PSL Law is your partner in fulfilling your personal and corporate immigration strategies.
Labor law has traditionally encompassed the relationships among unions, employers, and employees. The practice being fairly diverse, our clients can rely on us as partners who understand their employment concerns and how these may be impacted by the country’s ever-changing laws, practices, and regulations. Our lawyers are experienced in a wide spectrum of labor and employment issues concerning collective bargaining and enforcement, unfair labor practices, employment agreements, including confidentiality agreements and non-compete clauses, compliance, wage and hour laws, certification election and union recognition, grievance proceedings, voluntary and compulsory arbitration, and other cases concerning special projects or contracts that client may be interested in exploring. The Firm works closely with employers and human resource professionals to help them keep their businesses in compliance with the prevailing laws and practices.
Aside from providing legal representation in labor cases, the Firm also provides its clients legal advice on matters relating to labor and employment.
The Firm provides advice on an extensive range of technology law issues, such as legal issues and concerns relating to technology dealings, software licensing, and e-commerce transactions, among others.
The tremendous growth and rapid expansion technology in recent years has brought forth major disruptions in the practices of information technology law and telecommunications and internet law. As business and work practices are evolving faster than the laws that govern them, clients needs attorneys that are as proficient and fast-paced as the emerging technologies. Attorneys at PSL law are prepared to handle legal matters involving cybercrime, privacy, legal technology, IT related laws and contracts, system development contracts, software and hardware networks, and processing. We aim to serve a variety of clients engaged in the technology, business, communications, media, and entertainment sectors. To ensure the success of every client, we combine IT subject-matter expertise and industry experience in developing proactive strategies that deliver the client’s intended objectives.
Business support services stand as a critical component of any endeavor in an increasingly complex and competitive world. As corporate entities operate on a progressively global basis, they require consistent holistic legal support that allows them to focus on the essential and core aspects of their business. The Firm understands that having a reliable business support system helps an organization manage their most important operations while efficiently cutting down on their functioning costs. By taking advantage of our services, our corporate clients are able to boost the productivity of their company while saving valuable resources, time, and money. We provide convenient, on-demand services that enable businesses to maximize their growth across an array of sectors and business contexts. We have substantial experience in dealing with the practice areas of regulation, human resources, payroll support, outsourcing contracts, due diligence, registration, legal entity structuring, contract renegotiations, and accounting and tax compliance. Whatever your business support needs are, we’ve got you covered. Our attorneys are ready to help you be it on a permanent, temporary, or special basis (business expansion or seasonal spikes).
The Firm renders services to ensure compliance with business requirements of different government agencies for continuous business operations.
We provide legal advice and representation in cases involving annulment and declaration of nullity of marriage, legal separation, wills and succession, among others.
Family law besets the most intimate and delicate relationships of a person. To Filipinos, familial ties are especially sacred, and are thought to be the most important and enduring relationship in society. However, these relationships are sometimes embroiled rarely in conflict that cannot be resolved within the home. When family disputes rise to the level of formal litigation, our clients can always rely that our lawyers will handle all these with utmost care and fidelity to their cause. Our family and domestic related expertise include adoptions, guardianships, pre- and postnuptial agreements, annulments, custody, child support, paternity, property distribution, parental rights, power of attorney agreements, parental kidnapping, and elder abuse. It is our practice to observe compassion and conscientiousness in standing as confidants and advocates to our clients until order is restored and a fair resolution for all parties has come about. We strive to provide thorough advice and representation responsive to each family’s unique dynamics and realities.
We offer services in all the leading cases concerning local government matters and elections, particularly to clients who are seeking local and national elective positions. Our lawyers help candidates prepare for the elections by advising them on relevant laws and issuances concerning their desired positions. We also assist in proceedings filed with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), electoral tribunals, or courts of law involving controversies related to local governance and election. The Firm works closely with our clients to ensure that their political activities and aspirations are conducted within the progressingly complex rules governing them. We are able to advise on all types of election contests and issues by utilizing our specialized knowledge in the intersections of the practice areas of political law, criminal law, and media law.
The Firm provides legal advice and representation on issues involving election and local government laws.
The Firm provides legal representation and advice on the use of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution techniques to settle legal disputes in a reasonable and most cost-efficient way.
PSL Law can assist our clients in exploring alternatives to litigation in cases where such will be the most efficient means for them to achieve their objectives. This is because in some cases, alternative dispute resolution options, such as mediation and arbitration are the faster and more cost-effective ways to resolve the controversy and keep the peace between opposing parties. We provide claimants and respondents alike with top-notch legal advice that maximize their timeframes and resources. Part of our work involves identifying possible areas of concern from a dispute resolution perspective. Our client-focused approach and in-depth insight into the arbitration process enable us to offer the best overall solutions to our clients’ out-of-court disputes.