Villaraza & Angangco was founded in 1980 under the leadership of young lawyers including now Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. Carpio and F. Arthur L. Villaraza, student leaders and top graduates from the University of the Philippines.
V&A Law (founded 1980) is a full-service law firm, with recognized expertise in Litigation, Intellectual Property and Corporate and Commercial Law. With decades of experience in serving a full spectrum of our client's interests, our lawyers are equipped to skillfully handle the most intricate problems and provide comprehensive solutions that deliver results.
Founded in 1980
50 people in their team
As it celebrates its 40th year, Villaraza & Angangco, through its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, continues to enjoy its position as the premiere litigation and dispute resolution law firm in the Philippines. Its proven track record of successfully representing clients in their most challenging legal issues, complex multi-jurisdictional and cross-border disputes, and significant business transactions is renowned and respected by clients and peers alike.
The Firm has been the chosen counsel of both local and foreign business leaders in diverse industries, high ranking local and national officials, and high net-worth individuals, for its ability to solve the most intricate legal problems and provide innovative, comprehensive and practical solutions that deliver results. The Firm has been consistently acclaimed, both locally and regionally, having been recognized numerous times as the Philippine Litigation Law Firm of the Year in the Asian Legal Business Philippine Law Awards, Asia Business Law Journal and In-House Community, as well as having been ranked yearly as a leading Litigation and Dispute Resolution Firm by Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific, The Legal500 Asia-Pacific, Asialaw Profiles, and Benchmark Litigation.
Our lawyers follow a proud tradition of excellence, handling disputes that represent the entire spectrum of disputes in the litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and labor practice. From pro bono litigation in defense of abused women and children, to major corporate battles and the break-up of monopolies, and even to the impeachment of an incumbent President, the Firm has earned the distinction of being at the forefront of historic cases that shaped the future of the nation.
Throughout The Firm's vibrant history, the Corporate & Commercial Law Department has proven its commitment to deliver indispensable commercial and practical legal solutions to help clients attain their strategic goals. Our lawyers are purveyors of change in the evolving business world, addressing highly intricate transactions with vigor and passion and advising with innovative ideas on the most complex regulatory issues on a broad spectrum of industries. Domestically and internationally ranked consistently as one of the premier business law practices in the Philippines, our collaborative approach reflects V&A Law’s experience and breadth of skills.
Not only have our lawyers been recognized as thought leaders in their varying fields of specializations, The Firm continues to actively lead in the stabilization of the country’s economic milieu by confronting high-stakes issues faced by our clients in some of the Philippine’s landmark mergers & acquisitions, rehabilitation and restructuring transactions, energy development, and government projects in the last century.
Our core practice areas include banking and finance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, foreign investments, property development and real estate, power and energy, mining, immigration, telecommunications, media and technology, gaming, transportation, restructuring, insolvency and corporate rehabilitation, manufacturing, insurance, taxation, tourism, and public utilities.
Banking & Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Debt Restructuring & Corporate Reorganization
Property Development and Real Estate Transactions
Corporate Governance & Regulation
Tourism and Leisure
Infrastructure, Transportation
Gaming Law
Capital Markets, Securities Regulation and Finance
Foreign Investments
Infrastructure and Public Utilities
Immigration
A league of its own, V&A Law's Intellectual Property Department easily handles the prosecution of countless trademarks & patents belonging to some of the world's leading companies. Apart from its lauded accuracy & efficiency in IP prosecution, V&A Law takes pride in its sterling reputation in IP litigation. Its victories in big-ticket IP litigation have paved the way for the entry of cheaper medicines into the Philippines & have resulted in the promulgation of some of the country's landmark case laws in intellectual property.
Owing to the leadership of seasoned lawyers, who are adept in conventional & emerging aspects of IP, together with the invaluable contribution of its budding lawyers with backgrounds in medicine, molecular biology, physics, politics, media & fashion, V&A Law offers multifaceted advice on IP commercialization, IP rights enforcement, border control measures, food, drug & cosmetics regulatory compliance, freedom-to-operate searches, domain name registration & over-the-top regulation.
On the Firm's 40th year, the Firm's IP Department, which is consistently recognized in numerous legal rankings, continues to espouse a commitment to render legal services outside the bounds of time-tested playbooks for its clients in a seemingly borderless practice area.
Trademark and Patent Prosecution
Copyright Registration
Intellectual Property Commercialization, Licensing & Franchising
Intellectual Property Rights Litigation
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Actions
Border Control Measures
Food, Drugs & Cosmetics
Media Entertainment & Broadcasting
Labor
Labor Litigation
Appellate Practice Involving Labor Related Cases
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Labor Relations
Labor Law Compliance
Immigration
Telecommunications and ICT are progressive fields that require market players to keep abreast with the latest developments in order to remain competitive. With continuously emerging technologies such as value added services and digital television, the legal landscape of telecommunications and ICT is forever changing. In line with this mandate, the extensive training and expertise of the Firms lawyers ensures that it is capable of assisting the clients needs every step of the way in this ever-expanding field of legal practice.
Through the years, the Firm has developed a dynamic and wide-ranging expertise in handling all legal aspects of telecommunications and ICT. Our Firm provides clients with legal advice, as well as representation before the National Telecommunications Commision (NTC), a Department of Transportation and Communication and Congress in applying for and securing licenses, certificates of public convenience and franchises. The Firm also represents clients in litigation before the NTC and the judicial tribunals. Moreover, our mergers and acquisitions experience in the telecommunications industry includes negotiating, structuring and documenting acquisitions of equity in telecommunication entities and of telecommunications assets, such as frequencies, licenses and franchises.
