OUR PRACTICE AREAS

GENERAL PRACTICE AND LITIGATION

Civil Litigation
Criminal Prosecution or Defense
Administrative & Quasi-Judicial Litigation
Commercial Arbitration

CORPORATE, TAX AND IMMIGRATION

Tax Planning / Tax structuring
Preparation of legal & tax opinions / studies
Corporate Secretarial Services
Corporate Dissolution including Application for Tax Clearance

MARITIME AND LABOR

Assisting and representing seafarers and OFWs in relation to their employment, contracts, employment benefits and privileges.
Litigation of money claims for disability and death benefits as well as illegal dismissal cases before the NLRC and the Appellate courts.

OUR ADVOCACY

Education and Intellectual Property

SVBB vies not only to promote awareness on IPR, particularly within the academic scientific community, but also to support the growth of science and technology in the country, on the premise that the development of IPR rests on a vibrant scientific and technological environment.

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Environment

SVBB is keen with the recent issuance of the Rules of Procedure on Environmental Cases by the Supreme Court which should speed up the determination of environmental cases, with the creation of special environmental courts and special writs like Writ of Kalikasan and Writ of Continuing Mandamus, as well as the Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP).

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Seafarers' Rights

Through the years, SVBB continues to champion seafarers’ rights as it cooperates with various stakeholders in ensuring better protection and more benefits for the Filipino seafarers.

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