Expertise
Tax and corporate-led.
Litigation-capable.
Philippine counsel for business obligations, legal risk and consequential disputes.
NLF is tax and corporate-led, litigation-capable. The following practice areas organize how the firm advises businesses through risk, response and dispute.
Tax & BIR
BIR notices, tax assessments, collection defense and corporate tax risk.
Focus and related work
Document-led counsel for BIR notices, assessments and corporate tax risk.
Protect deadlines, build the record, and choose the right response to BIR action.
Corporate Tax Planning & Compliance
BIR Audit Defense & Tax Controversy
Corporate & Commercial
Corporate governance, business structures and commercial decisions.
Focus and related work
Counsel for governance, commercial agreements and the obligations behind business decisions.
Build the approvals, contracts, and records before the transaction or dispute tests them.
Contracts & Compliance
Commercial contracts, drafting, approvals and compliance records.
Focus and related work
Corporate Compliance & SEC Governance
Contract Drafting & Commercial Advisory
Employer Legal Risk
Employment documentation, workplace investigations and disciplinary due process.
Focus and related work
Management-side guidance on workplace investigations, discipline and employment risk.
Get management-side advice before an employment decision becomes a case.
Employer Legal Risk & Labor Compliance
Business & Commercial Disputes
Evidence, legal remedies and representation in consequential disputes.
Focus and related work
Evidence, procedure and business objectives brought into a coherent dispute strategy.
Control the evidence, exposure, and business objective before the dispute controls the company.
Other consequential matters.
Selected matters outside the core business practice are assessed for fit, conflicts and scope.
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