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CONTRACT OF LEGAL SERVICES

and
RETAINER CONTRACT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This CONTRACT made and executed by and between:

______________________________, a corporation duly organized and existing

under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with principal office at
Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines and represented in this act by its owners,
_____________________, hereinafter referred to as the "CLIENT";

- and –

             ATTY. _______________________, of legal age, Filipino, married with law

office at ________________________Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines,
hereinafter referred to as the "ATTORNEY";

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the CLIENT is engaged in the business of operating a hotel, beach

resort, and spa, operating in Toledo City, Cebu;

WHEREAS, the ATTORNEY is a practicing lawyer who provides legal services

to individuals, proprietorship, partnership, corporations and businesses within the
Philippines including but not limited to Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental;

WHEREAS, the ATTORNEY is likewise a business consultant possessing the

expertise needed by the CLIENT;

            WHEREAS, the CLIENT seeks the services of the ATTORNEY for its facility
operation and for personal matters, and the ATTORNEY agrees to render professional
legal services to the CLIENT 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 ATTORNEY, by these presents,
have entered, as they hereby enter, into a contract of services whereby the ATTORNEY
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 be 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 ATTORNEY, while in the performance of her duties, shall be entitled to

a fixed monthly retainership fee of FIVE THOUSAND PESOS
(PhP5,000.00) in Philippine Currency;

3. Meetings Outside of the Law Office – the ATTORNEY who attends a legal
meeting within Dumaguete City shall be entitled to an appearance fee of
ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (PhP1,500.00) in Philippine Currency
and within Negros Oriental shall be entitled to an appearance fee of THREE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (PhP3,500.00) in Philippine Currency per
meeting in the specified places;

OUTSIDE the Province of Negros Oriental but within the Philippines, the
appearance fee shall be FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (PhP5,000.00) including
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travelling allowances including round trip fare, food, and hotel

accommodation.

4. Deposit for Actual Costs – The CLIENT shall maintain a deposit with the
law office in the amount of ONE THOUSAND PESOS (PhP1,000.00) to
cover all actual costs of the law office for the client i.e. paralegal staff time,
transportation, meals for field work required by the client, postage,
photocopy, computer printing, long distance calls, mobile phone calls, and
other actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the law office as it serves the
legal needs of the client;

The said deposit shall be liquidated and reported to the CLIENT in writing
by the law office for replenishment purposes from time to time when the said
deposit is about 50% depleted.

5. The ATTORNEY shall make herself available for ready consultation by the
CLIENT or its duly authorized representatives in all matters requiring legal
advice and opinion affecting the CLIENT’s business operation and personal
matters; 

6. The ATTORNEY shall demand from customers of the CLIENT any and all
sums of money which these customers owe the CLIENT and which
obligations are due and demandable and remain unpaid;

7. The ATTORNEY shall render documentation and notarial services to the

CLIENT as part of this retainership. Client documents shall be notarized for
a charge at the following discounted rates:

Acknowledgment or Jurat: Contracts involving rehabilitation of a client

----PhP200.00

Affidavits and Certifications ---- PhP100.00

Other documents not among those mentioned above shall be mutually

agreed by the herein parties.

8. The ATTORNEY shall handle cases as referred to her by the CLIENT for a
fee that shall be determined by mutual agreement of the ATTORNEY and
the CLIENT, such as, but not limited to, all suits or cases for or against the
CLIENT, including its officers and employees sued in their official capacity;

9. The ATTORNEY shall not compromise or settle judicially or extra-

judicially any account, foreclosure proceeding or suit wherein the CLIENT
is a party, without the written consent and conformity of the CLIENT or
his/her duly authorized representative;

10. Routinary 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;

11. The ATTORNEY shall keep in her office records of cases referred to her by
the CLIENT, and shall keep such other records as the CLIENT may entrust
to her charge. Said records shall be subject to the inspection and control of
the CLIENT or her authorized representatives;
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12. The ATTORNEY 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
she may have acquired in the course of or as incident to this contract for
CLIENT’s own benefit, or to its detriment or probable detriment;

13. Any violation of the terms and conditions of this contract by either party
shall give the other party the option to rescind or cancel immediately the
contract upon prior written notice of thirty (30) business days.

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this instrument this

_____________ at Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines.

CLIENT ATTORNEY
ID NO. ID NO.
____________________________ ____________________________

Signed in the presence of:

______________________________ _____________________________

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

CITY OF DUMAGUETE . . . . . . . . ) SS.
 
BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for the City of Dumaguete and the Municipalities
of ________________________, this _______________ in Dumaguete City, Philippines,
personally appeared the parties, both known to be the same persons who executed the
foregoing instrument of CONTRACT OF SERVICE between _____________________,
consisting of four (4) pages including this page where the acknowledgment is written,
signed by them and their instrumental witnesses on every page hereof and acknowledge
to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL.

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