PJS LAW FIRM - Philippine Business, Corporate, Oil & Energy Law Firm

PJS LAW is Puyat Jacinto & Santos, a general professional partnership engaged in the practice of law.

Established in 1997, PJS LAW has earned a reputation for delivering quality work through the technical competence of its people and the Firm’s extensive transactional experience.

PJS Law has been consistently cited since 2003 by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR1000) as one of the leading Philippine law firms recommended for Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisition, and Restructuring and Insolvency.

PJS LAW is a full service law firm offering a comprehensive range of legal services in the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Securities, Litigation, Labor, Immigration, Taxation, Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Energy and Special Projects. The Firm takes pride in providing excellent legal service and total client care, through a combination of traditional approaches and cutting-edge innovations.

Through the combined synergy of the Firm's past and current work and the collective experience of its individual lawyers from previous affiliations, both in public service and private practice, PJS LAW has acquired considerable experience and expertise in its various Practice Areas.

Aside from the regular transactional and litigation requirements of our various clients, the Firm has had the opportunity to work on numerous projects that have had a significant impact on the Philippine economy.

• Served as legal consultants to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities (PSALM) Corporation in connection with the privatization of the government owned National Power Company (NAPOCOR) estimated to generate between US$ 4 - 6 Billion in proceeds for the Philippine Government.

• Acting as legal consultant to the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) and assisting in the preparatory activities for the operation of the Philippine wholesale electricity spot market (WESM).

• Acted as local legal consultant to the buyer in the first successful acquisition of non-performing assets and establishment of special purpose company under the new Philippine Special Purpose Asset Vehicle (SPV) Law.

• Served as legislative consultants to the Philippine Senate as members of the technical working group for the drafting of legislation to govern asset backed securitization (ABS).