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 LITIGATION
 
 
Overall Group Head:
Roy Enrico C. Santos

Over the years, the Firm's Litigation Group has gained considerable experience involving disputes in the fields of contract law, torts and damages, criminal law, real property law, commercial law and family law. The Firm has represented its clients before civil/criminal courts and government administrative bodies such as the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board, Securities and Exchange Commission, Court of Tax Appeals, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Energy Regulatory Commission, Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, Office of the President, and other quasi-judicial agencies. The Litigation Group also has a diverse appellate practice involving complex questions of law before the appellate courts, including the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.

As a measure of its societal commitment, the Firm also devotes significant time to providing pro bono work.
Relevant Experience

•   Currently representing a Philippine private banking institution in cases involving land titling, ejectment proceedings, foreclosure of mortgages, annulment of sale, recovery of property, and other banking related disputes, with representations before the Supreme Court.

•   Assisting a Special Purpose Asset Vehicle in the servicing of non-performing loan portfolio acquired from one of the Philippines’ largest banking institutions, which involves all aspects of trial and appellate practice in debt recovery as well as resort to mediation and dispute resolution that has resulted in the amicable settlement of considerable loan amounts.

•   Acting as external counsel to the largest multi-national cement manufacturer in the Philippines in the institution and prosecution of civil and criminal actions involving the accounts of its cement and aggregates dealer-clients.

•  Serves as counsel to the Electricity Market Operator for the approval of the Electricity Price Determination Methodology which paved the way for the opening of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market in the Philippines.  The Firm also acts as counsel to the Market Operator for its regulatory filings wit the Energy Regulatory Commission.

•   Instituted and assisted in the prosecution of one of the first criminal complaints for “hacking” under the new Philippine E-commerce Law in behalf of local and international ISPs.

•  Acted as counsel to a multi-national petroleum company regarding potential litigation and insolvency issues in relation to the winding up of a Philippine joint-venture project.

•   Handles petitions for annulment of marriage under the Family Code, with issues involving custody of children and separation of marital property pending resolution of the case.

•   Acting as counsel pro bono in case pending before the Supreme Court, involving questions on due process and significant issues of law such as the death penalty and violation of rights of the accused.

•   With the Taxation Practice Group, provided legal advice and training on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to lawyers in the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Head Office.