PHILIPPINES Law and Practice Contributed by: Ramon G. Songco, Anthony W. Dee, Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko 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 appellate courts 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, hotel, airline, construction, hospital and trans - portation.
Authors
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
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) and an accredited arbitrator in various
disputes, tax cases, environmental cases, international commercial and sports arbitration, local taxation, estate proceedings, and general corporation law. Ramon 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), appellate courts, the Court of Tax Appeals, and the Supreme Court.
international and domestic arbitration institutions, with extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, construction arbitration, mediation, and civil, commercial, corporate and criminal litigation. Ricardo 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, and enforcement of foreign judgments. He has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, dealing with commercial and construction disputes as arbitrator and arbitration counsel.
Anthony W. Dee is a partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and is a member of its litigation and IP departments. He currently co-heads the firm’s IP department. Anthony has represented numerous clients at all
Russel L. Rodriguez is a partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and a member of its litigation, tax, and employment and immigration departments. He currently manages the firm’s branch in
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.
Subic, Philippines. Russel has handled and tried a broad range of 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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