Full Service Law Firm in Makati City, Philippines

Law Firm Overview

Sicangco and Sicangco Law Offices is an expert, committed law firm based in Makati City, Philippines. We are a full service law firm offering broad spectrum of legal services reflective of the diversity of its local and international clients.

Our law firm is dedicated to the pursuit of rendering personalized and exceptional legal services responsive to the needs of its clients. We are committed to the favorable outcome of our clients, we take responsibility for contributing to that success and we develop business solutions that add value.

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. Legal professionalism is at the forefront of the Firm’s philosophy.

Year this Office was Established: 1999

Languages: Filipino; English.

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: Commercial Contracts; Capital Markets and Securities; Mining; Guardianship; Unfair Labor Practice; Deportation Defense; Infringement; Civil Law; Mining and Natural Resources; Annulment.

Areas of Law Description

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

- Corporate Law

Our law firm 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.

* Banking and Project Finance
Our law 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.

* 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.

* 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.

- Litigation

Our law firm is focused on addressing client’s specialized and unique requirements and the development of the most effective and cost efficient approach to meet their aims and objectives. We pride ourselves in the practice of our lawyers to conscientiously and thoroughly prepare before any litigious procedure is undertaken.

- Arbitration

Our firm are known to provide our clients with a litigation team composed of individuals with the expertise and experience to meet the specific needs of the case. We are skilled in the demands of the entire litigation process. Our lawyers take maximum effort to secure enforcement of awards.

- Employment and Labor Relations

Our knowledge of current labor laws and regulations including working practices and policies of labor authorities and groups enable us to bring about a valuable and competent resolution of labor related disputes. We have wide experience in advising and assessing full aspects of employment relations.

- Immigration

We provide 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 special non-immigrant, securing tourist, pre-arranged employment, temporary visitor, treaty trader, special investor’s resident, quota and non quota immigrant visas.

- Intellectual Property

Our firm provide advice and representation on registration of trademarks, patent or inventions, utility model and design, copyright, registration and compliance certification for compulsory and voluntary licensing, and other electronic commerce matters. We assist clients in having their intellectual property rights properly protected.

- Estate Planning and Trusts

Our lawyer assists clients in the identification of the estate planner’s needs, probate of last wills and testament, the drafting of the estate plan, and consultation with regards to drafting. We provide advice on the formation of trusts as well as the tax and legal consequences of such an arrangement.

- Taxation

We assists clients in the establishment of tax efficient structures for investments, provides advice on all commercial transactions. Our law firm is engaged in general taxation practice covering entire areas of tax litigation, tax advising and tax planning. We provide advice to inbound investments and implications on tax treaties between the Philippines and tax treaty countries.

- Family and Civil Law

The Firm represent clients in declaration of nullity of marriage, annulment proceedings, judicial separation of properties, legal separation, adoption, guardianship, presumptive death, and child custody.

- Government Contracts

The law 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.

- Mining and Natural Resources

Our law firm 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 Lawyer Business Law, Corporate Law, Employment, Estate Planning, Family Law

Roberto V. Sicangco Lawyer Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Corporate Litigation, Criminal Law

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