About Nopuente Law Firm
Nopuente Law Firm is a Philippine law firm based in Mandaluyong City. The firm provides business-focused counsel in tax and BIR matters, corporate and commercial work, employer legal risk, and business disputes. It helps clients prevent avoidable legal problems, make informed decisions, and respond with discipline when disputes or government proceedings arise.
Founded in public service. Built for business risk.
Nopuente Law Firm was founded in 2022 by Atty. Ivn Maj M. Nopuente after his work in public prosecution and investigation at the Department of Justice. What began as a solo practice has developed into a coordinated legal team supported by lawyers, Special Counsels, and legal operations professionals.
The firm is built around a practical principle: legal advice should help clients make better decisions, protect records and rights, meet legal obligations, and respond effectively when disputes or government proceedings arise.
Tax and corporate-led. Litigation-capable.
Many legal disputes begin before a case is filed: a poorly structured transaction, an unclear contract, a missed compliance obligation, weak documentation, or an unmanaged response to a government notice. NLF therefore approaches legal risk first through prevention, structure, documentation, and timely advice.
When a dispute cannot be avoided, the firm brings litigation and government-proceeding experience to the protection of the client’s position. This allows preventive legal advice and dispute strategy to be considered together instead of in isolation.
How NLF approaches a matter
Facts and evidence
What happened, what can be proved, which records are available, and which facts still require confirmation?
Deadlines and procedure
What must be filed, answered, preserved, or completed, and by when?
Business consequences
How could the available options affect operations, cost, relationships, reputation, and future risk?
Recommendation and implementation
What is the most defensible practical course, and what must the client and legal team do next?
Core business legal work
- Tax and BIR: BIR audits, tax assessments and collection matters, Court of Tax Appeals proceedings, tax advisory, and transaction-related tax issues.
- Corporate and Commercial: Company formation and governance, contracts, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, and continuing corporate legal support.
- Employer Legal Risk: Preventive labor advice, due process, workplace policies, employment documentation, and the protection of employer interests.
- Business Disputes and Litigation: Civil and commercial disputes, evidence strategy, court proceedings, administrative matters, and criminal issues arising from business conduct.
Leadership, teaching, and legal writing
NLF is founded and led by Atty. Ivn Maj M. Nopuente, a former DOJ public prosecutor and investigation agent. His professional work also includes legal education and writing as a law professor and the author of a taxation textbook published by Rex.
Based in Mandaluyong. Serving clients nationwide.
From its Mandaluyong City office, NLF assists businesses, employers, professionals, and individuals in Metro Manila and across the Philippines through in-person and online engagement, where appropriate.
Discuss a business legal matter
Share the essential facts, the parties involved, and any approaching deadline. The firm will review the matter for fit and conflicts and advise you of the appropriate next step.
Submitting an inquiry does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Engagements are subject to conflict checking and written acceptance.