Villaraza & Angangco

Villaraza & Angangco enjoys its improvement in the following ranking categories: Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Intellectual property, Real estate and Technology and telecommunications. The firm also enters the Labour and employment table for this first time this year.

Construction

Work highlights

Assisting Cathay Drug Company in the preparations for the development of a $10 million pharmaceutical laboratory.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Acting for China Telecommunications in their planned investment in Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company, a consortium consisting of Udenna Corporation, Chelsea Holdings, and China Telecom.

Key clients

Fountel Corp, Shopee Philippines

Dispute resolution

Work highlights

Representing Globe Telecom in a case before the Court of Appeals seeking invalidation of the PCC’s ruling. The client’s purchase of 100% shares in Vega Telecommunications was previously not approved by the PCC.

Key clients

Hijo Resources, Rizal Commercial Banking

Intellectual property

Work highlights

Assisting Innogen Pharmaceuticals, a generic pharmaceutical company, on four patent cancellation cases involving two compounds, namely, Etoricoxib and Sitagliptin. A successful outcome will ensure access to more affordable drugs.

Key clients

ABS-CBN, Jarrow Formulas, Petron

Client feedback

“They provide a very professional consultant service.” – Construction

“Provides professional legal due diligence services. The lawyers are professional and patient.” – Corporate and M&A

“Very good. They gave good advice for the proposed joint venture agreement being drafted.” – Corporate and M&A

“Excellent service, good commercial advice and flexible in considering all potential options to assist the client.” – Intellectual property

“They provided satisfactory work at a relatively reasonable cost.” – Real estate

Katrina Doble

“Excellent service, proactive, flexible in presenting different potential approaches to issues and very good knowledge of the law.”

Sylvette Tankiang

“Sylvette has very good knowledge of the industry and very reliable.”