LEGAL CONSULTATIONAND RETAINER SERVICES

Routine Legal Consultation: Providing on-demand phone calls, emails, and meetings to answer general legal inquiries from your management team.

Outside General Counsel Services: Acting as your company's fractional legal department, overseeing all internal and external legal matters without the cost of a full-time in-house counsel.

Pre-Litigation Risk Assessment: Evaluating potential disputes and legal claims to develop strategies for early resolution and avoidance of formal litigation.

Document Review & Vetting: Reviewing routine business documents, letters, press releases, and internal memos for legal risk and compliance before release.

Corporate Governance Advisory: Counseling directors and officers on their fiduciary duties, corporate structure, and best practices for board meetings and shareholder relations.

Regulatory Monitoring: Providing regular updates and analysis on new legislation, regulations, and government issuances (e.g., from SEC, BIR, BSP, relevant to your industry).

Policy Development: Assisting in the drafting and review of internal company policies, codes of conduct, and employment manuals to ensure compliance with current labor and corporate laws.

Transactional Strategy: Providing initial legal guidance and strategy on upcoming business ventures, partnerships, investments, and mergers or acquisitions.

Contractual Framework Review: Regular review of your standard contracts (e.g., vendor, client, employee) to ensure they remain legally robust and current with industry best practices.

Crisis Preparedness Consultation: Developing and reviewing legal protocols for rapid response to major incidents (e.g., data breaches, regulatory investigations, executive misconduct).

Property and Land Disputes: Handling civil cases related to property ownership, recovery of possession, boundary disputes, quiet title actions, right-of-way, easement, and expropriation.

Contract Enforcement and Breach: Filing and defending suits related to the enforcement or breach of all types of commercial, loan, real estate, and financial contracts.

Damages and Torts: Litigating claims for damages arising from negligence, quasi-delicts, libel, and other tortious acts.

Collection of Sum of Money: Pursuing legal action to recover outstanding debts and accounts receivable.

Defense of Accused: Providing robust defense for individuals and corporations facing criminal charges at the preliminary investigation stage (Prosecutor's Office) and during trial (Courts)

Private Prosecution: Representing the offended party in criminal cases, working alongside government prosecutors to ensure the conviction of the accused.

Specialized Criminal Cases: Handling cases involving the Anti-Bouncing Checks Law (B.P. 22), Cybercrime, Estafa, and other complex white-collar crimes.

Arbitration: Representation in commercial and construction arbitration proceedings before local bodies like the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC), Philippine Dispute Resolution Center (PDRCI), or international bodies.

Mediation and Conciliation: Facilitating settlement negotiations and representing clients in court-annexed or private mediation proceedings to achieve cost-effective resolutions.

Acknowledgment: The act by which an individual who has executed a document personally appears before the notary public, declares the document to be their free act and deed, and affirms their identity. Commonly applied to: Deeds of Sale, Mortgages, Contracts, Special Powers of Attorney (SPA), and other agreements.

Jurat: The act where the notary public certifies that the person whose signature appears on a document (like a sworn statement or affidavit) has personally appeared, taken an oath or affirmation before the notary, and attested to the truth of the contents. Commonly applied to: Affidavits, Sworn Statements, Counter-Affidavits, and Proof of Claim forms.

Certified True Copies: Certifying that a copy of a document (e.g., land title, birth certificate, diploma) is a true and accurate reproduction of the original document presented.

Execution of Wills and Testaments: Serving as a notary public to witness and formally acknowledge the execution of a notarial will.

Witnessing Signatures: Witnessing the signing of documents to verify the identity of the signatory.

Consularization Assistance: Preparing documents for authentication by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through the Apostille process for international use (if applicable under current regulations).

Oaths and Affirmations: Administering oaths or affirmations for any legitimate purpose, such as those required for government applications or proceedings.