{"id":356,"date":"2023-06-22T20:53:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2023-06-25T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T08:54:57","slug":"practice-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?page_id=356","title":{"rendered":"Practice Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 67%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\">PRACTICE AREAS<br><br>From its humble beginnings as a 16-lawyer firm in 1987, Picazo Law has become one of the largest and most well-respected law firms in the Philippines.<br><br>Full-service Firm<br><br><i>Now a full-service firm of some 60 lawyers, Picazo Law has established expertise in the practice areas of: banking and finance; capital markets; energy and natural resources; estate planning; gaming, entertainment and hospitality; immigration; intellectual property (IP); labor; litigation, other dispute resolution and remedial management; mergers and acquisitions (M&amp;A); ports, tollways and other utilities and services; privatization; real estate and construction; tax; telecommunications, mass media, information and communications technology, and business process outsourcing.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/newspaper.png);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/newspaper.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/newspaper.png 750w, https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/newspaper-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-31 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"is-flex-container columns-2 wp-block-post-template has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-405 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group media is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><h2 class=\"media-content wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=405\" target=\"_self\" >Banking and Finance<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Picazo Law acts as counsel for many banks and leading financial institutions in the Philippines. Picazo Law is proud of its expertise in negotiations and documentation for various loan and financing transactions, including syndicated loans, project finance, corporate notes and bonds, whether as counsel for the banks or for the issuers or borrowers. Many of these transactions involve top tier Philippine companies, and the biggest Philippine and foreign banks as well as multilateral lending institutions and sovereign guarantee and export credit agencies. Some of these transactions have received awards and citations locally and internationally.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-409 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group media is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><h2 class=\"media-content wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=409\" target=\"_self\" >Business Services<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Picazo Law provides legal services necessary to establish and do business in the Philippines, and ensure compliance with all legal conditions and regulatory requirements. These include incorporation of the appropriate investment vehicles with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), registration of foreign investment with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), processing of pertinent work visas with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and work permits of expatriate officers and staff from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), securing business permits and licenses from local government units (LGUs), and tax registration with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Picazo Law also provides corporate secretary services to thousands of Philippine corporations and branches of select multinational companies. Picazo Law actively assists clients (listed companies, public companies and companies holding secondary licenses) comply with the reportorial, disclosure and other continuing listing requirements of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-411 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group media is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><h2 class=\"media-content wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=411\" target=\"_self\" >Capital Markets<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Picazo Law has actively participated in initial public offerings (IPOs) of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). It has also handled various securities transactions, including rights offerings, follow-on offerings, top-up offerings, bond offerings, and hybrid securities issuances of large Philippine corporations, banks and other financial institutions. Picazo Law is retained counsel to many listed companies and actively assist in compliance with reportorial, disclosure and other continuing listing requirements of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-413 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group media is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><h2 class=\"media-content wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=413\" target=\"_self\" >Energy and Natural Resources<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Picazo Law is counsel to power (traditional and renewable) and oil companies. Picazo Law is also counsel to several mining companies and is involved in their mining and exploration projects not just in the Philippines, but also in different parts of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-415 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group media is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><h2 class=\"media-content wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=415\" target=\"_self\" >Estate Planning<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Picazo Law advises on estate planning for individual clients and for officers of its client companies, and on the establishment of trusts. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-417 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group media is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><h2 class=\"media-content wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=417\" target=\"_self\" >Gaming, Entertainment and Hospitality Industry<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Picazo Law was counsel to Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc. from the time it applied for and acquired its provisional license from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), to the construction of its integrated entertainment facilities, and the start-up and operation of its Solaire Resort and Casino.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Practice Areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul style=\"font-size:0.5rem;\" class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-405 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=405\" target=\"_self\" >Banking and Finance<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-409 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=409\" target=\"_self\" >Business Services<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-411 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=411\" target=\"_self\" >Capital Markets<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-413 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=413\" target=\"_self\" >Energy and Natural Resources<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-415 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=415\" target=\"_self\" >Estate Planning<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-417 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=417\" target=\"_self\" >Gaming, Entertainment and Hospitality Industry<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-421 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=421\" target=\"_self\" >Immigration<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-424 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=424\" target=\"_self\" >Intellectual Property (IP)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-426 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=426\" target=\"_self\" >Labor<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-428 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=428\" target=\"_self\" >Litigation, Other Dispute Resolution and Remedial Management<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-430 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=430\" target=\"_self\" >Mergers and Acquisitions (M&amp;A)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-432 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=432\" target=\"_self\" >Ports, Tollways and Other Utilities and Services<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-434 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=434\" target=\"_self\" >Privitization<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-436 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=436\" target=\"_self\" >Real Estate and Construction<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-439 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=439\" target=\"_self\" >Tax<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-441 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-practice_area\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/?p=441\" target=\"_self\" >Telecommunications, Mass Media, Information and Communications Technology, and Business Process Outsourcing<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRACTICE AREAS From its humble beginnings as a 16-lawyer firm in 1987, Picazo Law has become one of the largest and most well-respected law firms in the Philippines. Full-service Firm Now a full-service firm of some 60 lawyers, Picazo Law has established expertise in the practice areas of: banking and finance; capital markets; energy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":674,"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356\/revisions\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbtfs.hulmahan.com.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}