Philippines

Overview

The firm is one of the oldest in the Philippines. The firm handles all aspects of corporate, commercial, and international business transactions, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, technology transfers, civil and criminal litigation, family law, immigration law, admiralty, labor-management relations, and taxation. Representative clients in patents include pharmaceutical companies, universities, and research institutions. In the area of trademarks, clients include internationally famous sporting and fashion brands. Among the key clients are NBA Properties, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Samsung, Lincoln Electric, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Bayer, and Takeda. The firm acts as legal adviser to the American, British, German, Swedish, and Greek Embassies in the Philippines.