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CONTRACT of SERVICE

This contract of services (the "contract") is made and entered into this 25th

day of January 2020 by and between:

Client Mrs. Amina Chio, 30 years old and a resident of the Saligumba Drive

Passi City, Iloilo.

- and -

ROACH Law Firm, a law firm organized under and by virtue of the

laws of the Republic of the Philippines as a general professional

partnership, with principal office at 5923 W. Commonwealth Ave. Passi

City, Philippines, and represented in this act by, Jose Edu G. Bonto.

WITNESSETH: That -

WHEREAS, the LAW FIRM has offered its professional legal services to

the CLIENT and CLIENT agrees to retain the professional legal

services of the LAW FIRM under a retainership basis, subject to the

terms and conditions hereinafter stipulated:

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual

covenants and agreements herein agreed upon, the CLIENT and the LAW

FIRM, by these presents, have entered, as they hereby enter, into a

contract of services whereby the LAW FIRM shall render legal services to

the CLIENT, under the following terms and conditions:

1. The term or duration of this contract shall be for one (1) year effective

upon signing of this agreement and shall automatically renewed on a year


to year basis unless either party pre-terminates the same upon serving a

thirty (30) day-prior written notice to the other party, without need of cause;

2. The LAW FIRM, while in the performance of its duties, shall be entitled to

a fixed fee of PESOS: twenty thousand pesos (P 20,000);

3. The LAW FIRM shall make itself available for ready consultation by the

CLIENT or its duly authorized officers in all matters or business requiring

legal advice and opinion affecting the said corporation in general. Written

opinions rendered by the LAW FIRM on matters affecting the

business and operations of the corporation shall be subject to

confirmations;

4. The LAW FIRM shall handle the case as referred to it by the CLIENT for

a fee that shall be determined by mutual agreement of the law firm and the

CLIENT, on a case to case basis, such as, but not limited to, all suits or

cases for or against the CLIENT.

5. Routinely expenses for mailing of demand letters, pleadings to

court and copies thereof to adverse parties,

costs of photocopy of evidentiary documents, payment of stenographic

notes, costs of publications of notices, as well as filing fees and other legal

expenses in court and other appropriate government offices shall be for the

account of the CLIENT;

6. The LAW FIRM shall submit to the CLIENT at least once every quarter

or as often as required, written reports on all pending matters handled by

the LAW FIRM for the CLIENT;

7. The LAW FIRM, in addition to the herein enumerated services, shall

well and faithfully serve the CLIENT and shall at all times devote its whole
time and attention to the assignments and tasks given and/or entrusted to it

by the CLIENT and shall do and perform all such services, acts and things

connected therewith as the CLIENT shall from time to time direct; nor shall

the LAW FIRM at any time get itself in a situation where a

conflict of interest may arise between those of the CLIENT and the LAW

FIRM and/or its CLIENTS;

8. The LAW FIRM shall not, either during the term of this contract or any

time thereafter, use or disclose to any person, office, corporation or entity

any confidential information concerning the affairs of the CLIENT which he

may have acquired in the course of or as incident to this contract for its own

benefit, or to the detriment or probable detriment of the CLIENT;

9. Any violation of the terms and conditions of this contract by the LAW

FIRM shall give the CLIENT the option to rescind or cancel immediately the

contract without necessity of judicial proceedings;

10. The CLIENT reserves the right to terminate this Agreement without

need of cause or reason upon thirty-day written notice to the LAW FIRM.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized

representatives to sign this SERVICES AGREEMENT as of the date first

written above.

Mrs. Amina Chio


Client

Atty. Jose Edu G. Bonto

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