PHILIPPINES Law and Practice Contributed by: Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko, Ramon G. Songco, Anthony W. Dee and Russel L. Rodriguez, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was found- ed in 1945 and is one of the largest law firms in the Philippines. It has a wide-ranging litigation practice in virtually all court levels – from the municipal trial courts and the regional trial courts to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, as well as in various administrative agencies. The firm also has a very ex - tensive arbitration practice, being involved in foreign arbitration, international commercial and other do -
mestic arbitration, and construction arbitration. The firm handles some of the most significant, high-value and complex Philippine commercial law disputes, a number of which involve the Philippine government. The firm represents both foreign and local clients in a wide array of industries such as mining, power, bank - ing, pharmaceuticals, food manufacturing, distilled spirits, hotels, airlines, construction, hospitals and transportation.
Authors
Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko is a senior partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and heads its litigation department. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), an accredited arbitrator in various
Ramon G. Songco is a senior partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. His practice areas include litigation and arbitration (civil, commercial, criminal and administrative), covering contract
international and domestic arbitration institutions, and has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, construction arbitration, mediation, and civil, commercial, corporate and criminal litigation. Mr Ongkiko has handled and tried a broad range of cases involving contract and commercial disputes, real property disputes, infrastructure and engineering disputes, intra- corporate controversies, insurance cases, tort, enforcement of foreign judgments, and more. He has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, dealing with commercial and construction disputes as arbitrator and arbitration counsel.
disputes, tax cases, environmental cases, international commercial and sports arbitration, local taxation, estate proceedings, and general corporation law. Mr Songco has experience in trials and appeals, hearings, oral arguments, and pleadings before Prosecutors’ Offices, Municipal Trial Courts, Regional Trial Courts, the Office of the Ombudsman, “Sandiganbayan”, the Local and Central Boards of Assessment Appeals, the National Labor Relations Commission, the Energy Regulatory Commission, ICC Arbitral Tribunals, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (Geneva), the Court of Appeals, the Court of Tax Appeals, and the Supreme Court.
Anthony W. Dee is a senior partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and a member of its litigation and intellectual property (IP) departments. He currently heads the firm’s IP department. Mr Dee has
Russel L. Rodriguez is a partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and a member of its litigation, tax, and employment and immigration departments. He has handled and tried a broad range of
represented numerous clients at all court levels and has extensive experience in the practice areas of litigation and arbitration. He has handled noteworthy eminent domain projects involving millions of dollars, particularly in providing strategic and legal advice on expropriation of land and acquisition of rights of way. He also has considerable experience in corporate rehabilitation and rescues as well as IP cases.
cases involving contract disputes, corporate restructuring and rehabilitation, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, family law and settlement of estates, infrastructure and engineering disputes, intra-corporate controversies, labour disputes, and insurance claims. He also has extensive experience in employment and immigration law and criminal litigation, both as a private prosecutor and as defence counsel.
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