SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan law firm news

Infrastructure Projects in the Philippines – Public-Private Joint Ventures

A Look at Philippine Mining Laws from the Perspective of a Foreign Investor

Filipino heavyweights SyCip and Romulo have advised on one of the country’s largest ever M&As: the US$1.6bn share-swap transaction between Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel), the sole owner of Sun Cellular’s parent company Digitel Mobile Philippines.

Rafael Morales has been elected as managing partner of Philippines firm SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, succeeding Llewellyn Llanillo, who retired as a partner of the law firm last year.

Amendments of the Copyright Law will Reflect ISP ‘Safe Harbor’ Provision under the E-Commerce Act

Recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings in the Philippines

Employment Law and the Economic Crisis

Employment Law and the Economic Crisis

Infrastructure Projects in the Philippines – Public-Private Joint Ventures

Real Estate Investment Trusts in the Philippines

A Look at Philippine Mining Laws from the Perspective of a Foreign Investor

Energy & resources is something of a barometer for lawyers and firms in Asia trying to gauge their success in overcoming the effects of the global downturn.

Philippines Adopts Renewable Energy Framework

With the enactment of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004 (i.e., Republic Act No. 9285) (the “ADR Act”), the Philippines sought to promote alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration.

Formulating a National Environmentally Sustainable Transport Program for the Philippines

To accelerate the exploration, development and utilization of renewable energy (“RE”) resources, the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 (“Act”) was signed into law on December 2008.

The Philippines legal market is set to thrive in spite of the economic difficulties pulsing through the region.

Facilitating fair and expeditious interconnection among telecommunications networks

In the Philippines, reclamation projects, whether foreshore or inland is limited and controlled solely by the National Government, yet by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 3-A, it is authorized to delegate this function to any government agency.  At present, there are two (2) government agencies that play key roles in the implementation of these projects.

In an effort to improve existing regulations on securities borrowing and lending ("SBL"), the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue ("BIR") issued Revenue Regulation No. 01-2008 on February 1, 2008, amending Sections 2 to 9 and 12(a) of Revenue Regulation No. 10-2006.