REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )

PROVINCE OF ISABELA ) S.S.

CITY OF CAUAYAN )
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RETAINER CONTRACT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
This CONTRACT made and executed by and between:
___________________________, of legal age, Filipino and a resident of ____________,
hereinafter referred to as the "CLIENT"
-and-
_________, 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 ________________,
Philippines, and represented in this act by its Managing Partner,______________________; and
hereinafter referred to as the "LAW FIRM";
WITNESSETH:
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 monthly
retainer fee of ___________________PESOS: (P ____________):
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 render documentation and notarial services to the CLIENT as part of
this retainership. Client documents shall be notarized free of charge while documents requiring
the participation and signature of a party other than the Client shall be subject to additional fees
and charges.
5. The LAW FIRM shall handle other cases 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, including officers and
employees of the CLIENT sued in their official capacity:
6. Clerical and routine 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:
7. 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;
8. 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:
9. The LAW FIRM reserves the right to terminate this Agreement upon giving a thirty- day
written notice to the CLIENT;
10. Likewise, the Client has the right to terminate this Agreement upon giving a thirty- day
written notice to the LAW FIRM.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this instrument this ___________at
_________________,Philippines.

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CLIENT LAW FIRM