LABOR AND IMMIGRATION

LABOR
The firm’s Labor Department is composed of consummate competent and experienced lawyers who
represent local and international clients in all employment matters, including but not limited to .
These include labor disputes, compliance with statutory and regulatory standards, and employee
benefits.

The practice group’s expertise encompasses counseling services resolving personnel problems and
managing pre-litigation issues, undertaking labor audits of company policies, reviewing employment-
based contracts and agreements, assisting in collective bargaining negotiations, and handling labor
cases in all stages before the regulatory agencies up to the Supreme Court. The Labor Department
has a robust success record in employment litigation, which has a cross section of illegal dismissal
cases, suits for damages, unfair labor practices claims, union grievances, strikes, collective
bargaining negotiations, certification elections, social welfare benefits issues, and wage distortions
and labor standards compliance. Equally as important, the firm’s labor and employment lawyers
have successfully guided clients in amicably resolving pre-litigation disputes bearing significant
social and financial impact. They have also been are also adept at addressing contentious, union-
related, and job security issues arising from mergers, consolidations, and restructuring of operations
in multi-union and multi-bargaining enterprises.

The firm’s employment law practitioners have been tapped as resource speakers in national
conventions and multi-disciplinary seminars. Their expertise has also been acknowledged
recognized by leading publications and legal guides through the years.

IMMIGRATION
The firm offers a diverse range of immigration services, including those that relate to labor practice
as it relates to the employment of foreigners in the Philippines. We offer prompt and able assistance
in the securing of work permits and pertinent visa types (such as those for temporary visitors, pre-
arranged employees and their families, treaty traders, retirees, immigrants, students, and other
special classes of visitors). Our immigration lawyers also handle deportation and citizenship cases.