Full Service Law Firm in Makati City, Philippines

Sicangco & Sicangco Law Offices

1205 Security Bank Centre
6776 Ayala Avenue
Makati City 1226
Philippines

 +63 2 8134967
 +63 2 8134967

www.sicangcolaw.com
 Contact Rosemarie M. Sicangco

Law Firm Overview

Sicangco and Sicangco Law Offices is an experienced, dedicated law firm in Makati City, Philippines. We are a full service law firm offering an entire spectrum of legal services reflective of the diversity of its local and international clients ranging from oil, petroleum, power, chemicals, business process outsourcing, banking, manufacturing, trade, beverage, food, construction, agriculture, transportation, major private corporations to financial institutions, computer and advance electronic technology, mining, construction, real estate, educational institutions, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and individual clients.

Our firm is committed to the pursuit of rendering personalized and exceptional legal services responsive to the needs of its clients. We are committed to the success of our clients, we take responsibility for contributing to that success and we develop business solutions that add value. Out of this principle grew our focus on client service and our appreciation of the importance of building and maintaining a rewarding and beneficial long-term attorney-client relationship.

We acknowledge the importance of these relationships with our clients. We pursue to develop and retain these relationships by providing timely, responsive, professional and personalized service to our clients. We are committed to providing such service only with the highest ethical and professional standards and in the most cost-effective manner, always taking into consideration client expectations.

Legal professionalism is at the forefront of the Firm’s philosophy. Taking into heart such considerations as giving the client the best legal advice, guidance and option, representing the client in as wide a spectrum as possible while taking into account any conflict of interests that may arise, and under any and all circumstance always keeping in mind the primordial responsibility towards the sanctity of attorney client privilege.

Year this Office was Established: 1999

Languages: Filipino; English.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Mining; Guardianship; Unfair Labor Practice; Deportation Defense; Infringement; Civil Law; Annulment.

Practice Areas Description

Sicangco and Sicangco Law Offices' practice areas are the following:

- Corporate Law

We have extensive experience in corporate and commercial law practice involving both Philippine and foreign clients, and deemed as the Firm’s key area of expertise. Our clients in this field of specialization include various Philippine and foreign institutions as well as multinational companies engaged in oil, petroleum, power, petrochemicals, business process outsourcing, banking, manufacturing, trade, beverage, food, agriculture, transportation, mining, computer and advanced electronic technology, construction, real estate, educational institutions and related business sectors. Our corporate and commercial practice covers the following key areas: Corporate Services and General Company Advice; Commercial Contracts; Banking and Project Finance; Capital Markets and Securities; Joint Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outsourcing; Restructuring and Insolvency.

* Commercial Contracts

We have extensive experience of advising both suppliers and customers on a wide range of commercial contracts across many different sectors and business related activities. Our practice includes commercial contracts for services, licensing, development, distribution, marketing, manufacturing, equipment procurement and construction, supply agreement, export agreement, outsourcing, maintenance alliance and support agreements.

* Banking and Project Finance

The Firm provides advice on regulatory issues involving banking institutions and borrowers in all kinds of domestic and international financing transactions, credit transactions, including project financing, export credits and guarantees, documentary credits, debt to equity swaps, and other forms of restructurings. Our Firm provides advice on regulatory matters relating to banks and financial institutions both domestic and foreign. We assist in the establishment and operation of banks in the Philippines and provide advice on financing transactions including syndicated loans, structured finance, project finance, asset finance and derivative products.

* Capital Markets and Securities

We advise on various transactions which aim to raise capital whether through debt or equity. We continuously monitor and update the Firm on the new developments on this field, particularly market regulations and corporate governance issues. We have expertise in handling equity and equity-linked instruments, including but not limited to initial public offerings, private placements, rights issues, secondary offerings. We provide advice on securities and related requirements including bonds, debentures, commercial papers, certificates of interest and participation, commodity futures contracts, pension plans and pre-need plans.

* Joint Ventures

We have wide ranging experience in advising joint ventures and strategic alliances and have actively participated, advised, and directed some of the major joint ventures conducted between Philippine and multinational corporations of the past years. Of particular significance is the need for proper legal advice to foreign investors or entrepreneurs in the start-up phase of any joint venture over which the firm has extensive experience.

* Mergers and Acquisitions

We provide advice on a wide range of deal structures relating to mergers and acquisitions and other forms of corporate reorganization of both local and foreign corporations, We assist clients with complex agreements involving corporate divestment, privatizations, buy outs, dissolution, liquidation, spin-off tender offers through to divestments and other corporate reorganizations. In completing these transactions, we assist our clients with all the necessary legal and regulatory compliance requirements as well as in depth due diligence investigations of a team of lawyers with various specializations.

* Outsourcing

We assist clients at outsourcing locator services at an ecozone area or information technology building, incorporation and business organization, business permit and licensing requirements. We also handle registration requirements with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority and Board of Investments of outsourcing companies. We also provide advice in the preparation of relevant employment contracts, outsourcing agreements and confidentiality agreements. Our Firm is noted for bringing together experts who have unique experience of acting for both suppliers and customers across an extensive range of sectors.

* Restructuring and Insolvency

We provide advice on matters involving creditors’ and debtors’ rights, debt restructuring, and insolvency law. We represent and advise creditors with regard effective remedies in pursuing their rights and recovering their share in debtor’s remaining assets. We also assist debtors in the negotiation and implementation of their rehabilitation plans, debt restructuring agreements, loan and security agreements and other similar contracts and provide advice on insolvency risks in structuring transactions and securitization. We assist in reviewing loan security and collateral, negotiating forbearance agreements and enforcing guarantees.

- Litigation and Arbitration

Our litigation practice is focused on addressing client’s specialized and unique requirements and the development of the most effective and cost efficient approach to meet their goals and objectives. From strategic theory development, drafting of appropriate pleadings for the defense or prosecution, the drafting of complaint or preparing defenses, argumentation and enforcement of awards, our lawyers are skilled in the demands of the entire litigation process. Ever mindful that the key to a successful litigation is preparation, the Firm prides itself in the practice of its lawyers to conscientiously and thoroughly prepare before any litigious procedure is undertaken.

- Employment and Labor Relations

The firm's labor practice takes into special consideration the intertwined importance of employer-employee relationship vis-à-vis business considerations. Our firm has broad experience in advising and assessing all aspects of employment relations. Our firm represents clients in compulsory and voluntary arbitration as well as in adversarial and non adversarial labor proceedings involving unfair labor practice cases, termination of employment, strike disputes, employee money claims, and other conflicts between labor and management. We also provide advice to complicated labor issues such as retrenchment, redundancy, deadlocks in collective bargaining, downsizing, implications resulting to mergers, dissolution of companies and plant closures.

- Immigration

The firm provides advice and assistance on immigration related matters to individual clients and to expatriate personnel of corporate clients of the firm. The firm also assists in securing tourist, temporary visitor, pre-arranged employment, treaty trader, special non-immigrant, special investors resident, quota and non quota immigrant visas, including special multiple entry visas, alien employment permits, and special work permits. We likewise make the necessary representation or appearances before the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation on related immigration litigation. We also provide representation on deportation defense including blacklist lifting.

- Intellectual Property

We provide advice and representation on registration of trademarks, copyright, utility model and design, and, patent or inventions, registration and compliance certification for voluntary and compulsory licensing, and other electronic commerce matters. The firm has long standing expertise in drafting technology transfer agreements, license agreements, franchise agreements, area development agreements and trademark/servicemark agreements as demonstrated through its years of successful practice in the field involving local and multinational companies. We provide advice on protection of trade secrets and other confidential technical and commercial information and compliance with regulatory requirements and standards.

- Estate Planning and Trusts

The firm assists clients in the identification of the estate planner’s needs, the drafting of the estate plan, consultation with regards to drafting and probate of last wills and testament, formation of inter vivos or testamentary trusts, implementing the estate plan, administration of estates as executors or as agents of nominated executors, determination and assessment of the liquidity of the estate. We apply the law on property, trusts, wills, future interests, insurance and taxation in order to implement the estate planner’s affairs for his benefit and enjoyment as well as that of his family, during his lifetime and after his death. We focus on the practical implementation of the estate plan taking cognizance of the related duties and administrative costs including legislative changes.

- Real Property Transactions

Our firm extends general consultation, advice and opinion regarding all aspects of real property including the assessment of pertinent environmental laws and regulations. We have experience in the development of condominiums, subdivisions and industrial estates; establishment of manufacturing facilities in special economic zones; securitization; and sale and purchase of properties. We assist clients in reviewing domestic and commercial leases and other types of real estate transactions.

- Taxation

Our firm is engaged in general taxation practice covering all areas of tax planning, tax advising and tax litigation. The firm assists clients in the establishment of tax efficient structures for investments in the Philippines, provides advice on all commercial transactions including project financing, corporate acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy, securities issues and public offerings and real estate and stock transactions.

- Family and Civil Law

Sicangco & Sicangco Law Offices represents clients in annulment proceedings, declaration of nullity of marriage, legal separation, child custody, judicial separation of properties, adoption, guardianship, and presumptive death.

- Government Contracts

The firm provides advice to clients on related regulatory, legislative and contractual requirements including but not limited to the preparation and submission of eligibility requirements to various government agencies on diverse transactions.

- Information and Communications Technology

Our firm assists clients on legal aspects concerning the telecommunications industry. We provide advice on various legal and regulatory issues, preparation of contracts with third parties, resolution and settlement of disputes, joint ventures and acquisitions, securing and maintaining franchises and permits to operate public and private communications facilities, issuance of pertinent legal opinion.

- Infrastructure and Development Projects

We assist clients in project evaluation, tender and transaction support, project documentation, pre-bidding qualification and actual bidding requirements, tax review and assessment, review of regulatory issues and other requirements.

- Mining and Natural Resources

We provide advice on Philippine mining and environmental laws, compliance with nationality and capitalization requirements, government approvals, licenses and registrations required for the conduct of the mining operations, review of applications for mineral agreements and exploration permits and preparation and review of all contracts related to the mining industry.

Lawyers

Rosemarie P. Medina-Sicangco, LL.B. Attorney Business Law, Corporate Law, Employment, Estate Planning, Family Law

Roberto V. Sicangco, LL.B., LL.M. Attorney Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Corporate Litigation, Criminal Law

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