Puyat Jacinto & Santos (PJS Law)

The firm enters the Competition/antitrust table this year, while improving its ranking to ‘Outstanding’ in Construction.

Banking and finance

Work highlights

Advised Atimonan One Energy’s Meralco PowerGen on its 1.2GW power plant project financing by seven banks. It is one of the Philippines’ largest peso-denominated project financings ever.

Capital markets

Work highlights

Worked with joint lead arrangers and book runners BDO Capital & Investment, BPI Capital and China Bank Capital, on three note issues by Maynilad Water Services.

Competition/antitrust

Work highlights

Represented Uber before the PCC against a complaint about alleged abuse of dominance behaviour.

Instructed by Aboitiz Equity Ventures, the team ensured PCC approval of the client’s sale share in Petnet to City Savings Bank.

Key clients

Equis, TQMP Glass Manufacturing

Work highlights

Advised San Buenventura Power, an EGCO and MGEN partnership, on the financing, construction and operation of a 460MW coal fired power plant in Quezon. 

Assisted Masinloc Power Partners on several projects. One involves the expansion of a coal fired plant, requiring due diligence on the land titles and registering documents, such as mortgages. The team also helped the client obtain permits for its battery energy storage projects.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Advised Universal Robina on the exit from its joint venture with US packaged food company ConAgra Foods.

Worked with TQMP Glass Manufacturing, the Philippines’s largest flat glassmaker, to buy out Asahi Glass’ stake in AGC Flat Glass Philippines.

Key clients

Aboitiz Power, Electricity Generating, Global Business Power

Client feedback

“Strong knowledge of regulatory issues, laws, ordinances, resolution. Very strong on contract law.”– Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Regulatory