RETAINER AGREEMENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Agreement made and executed this ___ day of September 2010 at Makati City,
Philippines, by and between:
ANSCOR CASTO TRAVEL CORP., a company duly organized and
existing under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with principal
office address at 2nd Floor Tuscan Building, 114 V.A. Rufino St., Legaspi
Village, Makati City, herein represented by its President, AGUSTIN W.
VALLEJO, and hereinafter referred to as the CLIENT;
-andPINLAC AND ASSOCIATES, with office address at Suite 301,
2670 Agutaya St., Brgy. Pinagkaisahan, Makati City, herein represented by
Atty. NESTOR P. PINLAC, and hereinafter referred to as the LAW FIRM;
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the CLIENT needs the professional services of a lawyer to attend to
legal matters pertaining to its travel agency business with main office at Makati City;
WHEREAS, the LAW FIRM is composed of members who have been duly
admitted by the Philippine Supreme Court to practice as Attorney-at-Law in all courts of
the Philippines, who are in good and regular standing as such, who have not been
suspended or disbarred and is not laboring under any disability to practice law in the
Philippines;
WHEREAS, the CLIENT is willing to retain the services of the LAW FIRM and the
latter is willing to render services to the former;
1. EFFECTIVITY, DURATION AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall
commence on September 2010, and shall continue to be in full force and effect
indefinitely until expressly terminated by either party through one (1) month prior written
notice by one to the other; PROVIDED, however, that the CLIENT may at any time
dismiss the LAW FIRM or substitute another in the latters stead with or without cause,
reserving to the latter the right to seek just compensation for services actually rendered
up to the time of termination.
2. RETAINER FEE AND SCOPE OF SERVICES. The CLIENT shall pay the
LAW FIRM on or before the last working day of each month, the sum of FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS (Php5,000.00) ONLY, which shall cover the following services:
professional advice, counseling and consultation on non-litigation matters through faceto-face conferences, through written memoranda and/or by means of electronic
communications devices (telephone, fax, e-mail, etc.).

3. For litigation work, the same be subject to stipulation by the parties on a caseto-case basis, using the Schedule of Fees as per revised Proposal dated 3 September
2010 (hereto appended).
4. EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by the LAW FIRM in rendering services for
the CLIENT under this Agreement, such as government fees, reproduction of
documents, telecommunication, postal or messengerial charges, fares and other
transportation costs, etc., may either be advanced by the CLIENT, subject to liquidation
by the LAW FIRM, or reimbursed by the CLIENT, upon presentation by the LAW FIRM
of invoices, receipts or other proofs of payment.
5. DUTIES AND RELATION. The duties of the LAW FIRM to the CLIENT shall,
in all cases, be subject to the pertinent provisions of the Code of Professional
Responsibility and the relationship between the LAW FIRM and the CLIENT shall, in all
matters not covered thereby and by the express stipulations of this Agreement, be
governed by the Philippine civil law provisions on obligations and contracts, particularly
those pertaining to agency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the representatives of the parties herein have hereunto
affixed their signatures on the date and at the place first abovewritten.

NESTOR P. PINLAC
PINLAC AND ASSOCIATES

AGUSTIN W. VALLEJO
ANSCOR CASTO TRAVEL CORP.

Signed in the presence of:

______________________

_______________________

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
)s.s.
BEFORE ME, a NOTARY Public for and in _____________, on this ___ day of
September 2010, personally appeared:
NAME

TIN/PP/SSS

Issued at

Issued on

NESTOR P. PINLAC

TIN 224-692-442

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02 June 2010

AGUSTIN W. VALLEJO

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known to me and to me known the same persons who executed the foregoing Retainer
Agreement and acknowledged that the same is their free act and voluntary deed and
that of the entities they respectively represent.

The foregoing instrument refers to a Retainer Agreement, consisting of two (2)

pages, duly signed by the respective parties on each and every page hereof.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on the date and at the place first abovewritten.
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