Philippines

For legal and tax matters in the Philippines, DFDL collaborates with Philippine law firm Ocampo & Suralvo Law Offices firm (OS Law), a full-service law firm duly registered in the Philippines.​

OS Law assists its clients with their corporate, commercial, and tax needs across a spectrum of business concerns, including general corporate and commercial matters, company establishment and registration, contract negotiation and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, foreign direct investments, transfer pricing and litigation.

​​OS Law is comprised of Philippine attorneys with outstanding academic and professional backgrounds and decades of legal, government, and regulatory experience. They are skilled industry advisers, having worked at top Philippine law firms and professional service firms where they have been involved in significant transactions and dealt with foreign clients acquiring, managing, or divesting Philippine investments.

The power and energy sector is a key focus for OS Law as it builds on its partners’ experience with the industry. Their partners’ expert knowledge of the Philippine regulatory framework and experience with domestic and foreign investment proposals, combined with access to DFDL’s regional legal and tax expertise and extensive experience in international cross-border transactions in the South and Southeast Asian markets, enables OS Law and DFDL to assist clients in optimizing opportunities and handling investments.

How we can help:

  • Corporate and Commercial
  • Employment
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Data Privacy
  • Litigation
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Restructuring
  • Tax and Transfer Pricing

Address

Ocampo & Suralvo Law Offices, 6th Floor, Liberty Center,
104 HV dela Costa St., Salcedo Village, Makati City, Philippines
View on Google Maps

Contact

+63 2 625 0765
info@ocamposuralvo.com

Opening Hours

8 AM – 6 PM
Monday – Friday

Key Contacts

Partner, Ocampo & Suralvo Law Offices
Philippines
+63 279 683 266
Partner, Ocampo & Suralvo Law Offices
Philippines
+63 2625 0765

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