Poblador Bautista & Reyes is a professional partnership founded in 1994 by Alexander J. Poblador, Mario Luza Bautista and Gilbert Raymund T. Reyes.
It is a general practice and full-service law firm with lawyers who have extensive experience and expertise, particularly in the fields of litigation and commercial arbitration, corporations, real estate and construction, intellectual property, media and telecommunications, anti-trust and competition, insurance and banking, insolvency and restructuring, family law, taxation and immigration.
The firm currently has 15 partners, 23 associates and 2 consultants. Its lawyers are members of various legal organizations such as the International Trademark Association (INTA) in New York, the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP), the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and the Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP).
Founded in 1994
50 people in their team
One of the Firm’s main strengths is in commercial and criminal litigation. Its commercial litigation practice covers contracts, torts and damages, commercial debt collection, product liability, bankruptcy and insolvency.
It has handled several of the biggest cases in Philippine legal history, involving public bidding, privatization, real estate disputes, consumer claims, damages and breach of contract.
It is also active in adversarial and special proceedings before judicial and quasi-judicial bodies on matters involving personal injury claims, marriage law, adoption and support, probate of wills, settlement of estates, private international law, insurance claims, tax and criminal litigation, government administrative cases and inter/intra-corporate disputes.
The Firm is experienced in different means of alternative dispute resolution. It has successfully represented clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
The Firm assists its foreign and domestic clients in corporate formation, organization and planning. It has assisted numerous clients in their registration with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, Board of Investments and other similar agencies. The Firm also has a strong practice in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures and has represented clients before the Philippine Competition Commission for mandatory notifications. It also assist clients in corporate restructuring, debt and equity issues, loan syndication and documentation, due diligence, franchising and licensing, finance and banking, insurance and securities transactions. It advises clients on the latest governmental regulations on operational and reportorial requirements, and on tax issues, including tax avoidance strategies.
In step with recent statutory and jural developments concerning the arts, sciences and industrial technology, a considerable part of the Firm’s practice is dedicated to industrial and intellectual property law. It offers legal services in the registration of patents, trademarks and copyrights. In relation to its commercial law practice, the Firm assists its clients in contract negotiation, documentation, execution and registration of technology transfer and licensing agreements. The Firm also engages in the prosecution of infringement and unfair competition cases. The Firm is a leading innovator in intellectual property rights protection and enforcement programs and strategies which it designs and implements for owners of internationally famous marks.
In line with its intellectual property work, the Firm does international liaison and support work for major clients such as the Association of American Publishers, based in Washington D.C.
The Firm has lawyers who specialize in labor and industrial relations. It offers dispute-preventive counseling and represents clients in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance proceedings. It also provides legal advice on and assistance in certification elections and labor standards concerns.
The Firm handles administrative cases on unfair labor practices and counsels clients on retirement and benefit claims.
To effectively extend integrated legal services, the Firm assists its foreign clients in the areas of alien admission and registration. It processes applications for working and immigrant visas, including student, special non-immigrant and retirement visas, dual citizenship and recognition of Philippine citizenship, as well as alien employment permits.
The Firm has lawyers who specialize in labor and industrial relations. It offers dispute-preventive counseling and represents clients in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance proceedings. It also provides legal advice on and assistance in certification elections and labor standards concerns.
The Firm handles administrative cases on unfair labor practices and counsels clients on retirement and benefit claims.
To effectively extend integrated legal services, the Firm assists its foreign clients in the areas of alien admission and registration. It processes applications for working and immigrant visas, including student, special non-immigrant and retirement visas, dual citizenship and recognition of Philippine citizenship, as well as alien employment permits.
