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Who We Are
AQUENDE ANIAG QUE CASTILLO & DUMLAO (AAQCD Law) is “All About Quality". We are a premier full-service legal professional partnership composed of highly qualified lawyers and legal practitioners who have a broad range of legal experiences in both private and public practices. Guided by the principles of EXCELLENCE, EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVITY, and INTEGRITY, our Founding Partners put together a team of young, brilliant, and dedicated lawyers from the best law schools in the country and overseas, with expertise in various fields of legal practice, to provide top-tier quality legal service.
Why Us
We place the welfare and satisfaction of our clients at the core of our legal practice. As such, we strive to provide quality legal services at the most flexible service packages that matches the varying needs of our clients. We pride ourselves with the attention to detail, diligence, and innovation that we put in our work to produce the exceptional quality of our legal services that compare with the best of the best in the country. We value the trust and confidence reposed upon us by our clients, thus, we go far and beyond the services expected of us in any given situation. We endeavor to develop partnerships with our clients, and we ensure that we are with them every step of their legal journey—a participative and cooperative brand of legal practice that yearns to establish long and lasting relationships.
Our Practice & Services
Arbitration is steadily becoming the favored mode of settling international controversies in the Philippines. With the enactment of Republic Act No. 9285 or the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004, the widespread use of the English language in the Philippines, and the increasing number of experts in various fields including engineering, construction, finance and banking, among others, Philippines is becoming a preferred venue for international commercial arbitrations.
Our team has extensive experience in alternative modes of dispute resolution and arbitration. We assist clients from putting arbitration clauses in contracts, to resolving issues through mediation and negotiation, to representing clients in arbitration proceedings, both local and international.
Our team of legal experts assists clients with loan transactions, loan syndications, debt restructuring, commercial lease negotiations, and project finance transactions.
Our team of legal experts has extensive experience in representing clients in a wide range of corporate legal services, ranging from incorporation, securing business permits, licenses and certifications, corporate restructuring and reorganization, dissolution, rehabilitation and insolvency proceedings, and contract review, among others.
Our team currently assists and advises corporate clients to ensure their compliance with the Revised Corporation Code and the rules and regulations issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our Firm’s taxation team is led by Hardy, a Master of Laws degree holder on International Tax from the New York University School of Law. Hardy is a recognized figure in the local taxation scene, being chosen as a finalist in the 2020 Young Lawyer of the Year of the Asian Legal Business.
Currently, our taxation team advises and helps clients with various tax-related problems and represents them before the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other government agencies.
Our Firm’s litigation practice covers an extensive range of litigation services, representing clients in civil, criminal, administrative and corporate litigation cases.
Our lawyers have represented clients before Metropolitan Trial Courts, Regional Trial Courts, Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court, as well as before various administrative agencies and offices. Our team of litigation experts ensures efficient, effective and personalized strategies for each of the cases we handle.
Our lawyers have assisted and advised former, incumbent, and aspiring local and national elective officials on election laws. We provide legal assistance during pre-election and election period, counting and canvassing of votes, election protests, and other election related legal services.
Our team has assisted companies that are engaged in, or are seeking to engage in, renewable and non-renewable energy generation projects. Our services include assisting clients during and after a competitive bidding, helping them with application and processing of permits and licenses before relevant government agencies, and advising them on matters related to energy generation, transmission, and distribution.
The Firm assists and advises clients in the mining and renewable and non-renewable energy sectors. Our lawyers have extensive experience in dealing with national and local government agencies securing environmental permits and clearances for different projects of our clients.
Our Firm has extensive experience in Family Law—from resolving family disputes, settling estates, handling marital relationships, to support. We ensure that the privacy and rights of our clients are protected and upheld.
Our Firm has advised clients in laws involving data privacy, telecommunications services, cybersecurity, financial technology and cybercrime, and e-commerce, among others.
We also handle special projects and concerns of our clients. We handle all cases that require legal assistance and coordination with government agencies.
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2024 DOJ-NPS RULES ON SUMMARY INVESTIGATION AND EXPEDITED PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
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