The Philippines

Firm overview

Poblador Bautista & Reyes (PBR) is a professional partnership founded in 1994 by Alexander J. Poblador, Mario Luza Bautista, and Gilbert Raymund T. Reyes. PBR is a general practice and full-service firm with lawyers who have extensive experience and expertise, particularly in the fields of litigation and commercial arbitration (international and domestic), energy, real estate and construction, mining and resources, government contracts, intra-corporate disputes, intellectual property, media and telecommunications, e-commerce, logistics, data privacy, anti-trust and competition, insurance and banking, insolvency and restructuring, family law, taxation, and white collar criminal law.

Over the last few years, PBR's work in international and domestic commercial arbitration has greatly increased and intensified. The firm has collaborated, and continues to work with prominent foreign arbitration counsel and experts to assert or defend the rights and interests of private investors and Philippine conglomerates, involving critical Government and commercial contracts in the energy, infrastructure, utilities, construction, and transportation industries. The firm likewise continues to handle numerous domestic arbitrations before the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission, the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc., the Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution, Inc., and local and ad hoc arbitrations.

Firm overview

Villaraza & Angangco enjoys an exceptional track record as the premiere litigation and dispute resolution firm in the Philippines. It has almost 40 years of experience in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes before courts, government agencies and arbitral tribunals, with an unmatched capability to launch sustained, coordinated, and multi-pronged litigation campaigns. It is acclaimed for its ability to solve the most intricate legal problems and provide comprehensive solutions that deliver results.
 
Owing to its established reputation in handling multifarious commercial and corporate disputes, V&A represents many foreign investors in critical and complicated disputes with their local partners before Philippine courts and international arbitral tribunals. V&A also counsels clients involved in international trade disputes and before legislative inquiries and investigations, and routinely advises foreign clients on contentious issues regarding nationalized industries in the country. The integrative and collaborative nature of V&A’s practices provides clients with comprehensive and wholistic solutions to their problems that are crucial in today's dynamic business environment.
 
V&A has become the chosen counsel of industry leaders in various business sectors, from Banking, Insurance, Telecommunications, Construction, Real Estate, Energy, Infrastructure and others. Beyond industry leaders, the Firm also represents clients with public policy advocacies with highly critical industry-wide impact. V&A has also been consistently recognized as the leading litigation and dispute resolution firm in the Philippines.