Practice Areas
The Firm handles general litigation including labor and administrative proceedings, domestic and international commercial arbitration, general corporate and commercial law matters including mergers and acquisitions, special projects, Public-Private Partnerships, regulatory and government compliance, corporate secretarial work, corporate governance, matters pertaining to public utilities, civil law issues in Family courts, and real estate and property law. In particular, Atty. Raquedan has handled matters in the following areas of law practice:
Litigation
- Successfully managed and handled all cases of a water company in various courts up to the Supreme Court
- Initiated and instituted the use of Small Claims cases leading to successful improvement in the account receivable collection rate of a water company
- Actively handled and attended hearings for criminal and civil cases before the Municipal Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Metropolitan Trial Courts, Regional Trial Courts, Sandiganbayan, Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court
- Actively handled and attended hearings for administrative cases before various agencies including Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB), Civil Service Commission (CSC), National Police Commission (NPC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Assisted and directly handled declaration of nullity and annulment of marriages, and property disputes
Arbitration
- Team lead of the composite team for the biggest international arbitration in Philippine history with a claim of P79B before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore
- Participated in the arbitration between a government public water utility and a foreign contractor
- Participated in the arbitration between a water company and a construction company involving a P600M claim
- Participated in the arbitration between a water company and the government regulatory agency
- Participated in the arbitration, including the appeals process, between two domestic corporation involving a P200M claim
Labor Standards and Labor Relations
- Provided legal advice on legal standards and labor relations to various clients, including workers and management
- Attended hearings before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its regional offices, and the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)
- Handled appellate labor cases before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court
- Assisted clients in Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations and concluded numerous CBAs with various labor unions and organizations
- filed applications and renewed Alien Employment Permits (AEPs), visa and other permits for foreign clients
Family Law
- Marriage and Annulment
- Child Custody and Support
- Adoption
- Property and Asset Division
- Domestic Violence Protection Orders
- Guardianship and Legal Custody
- Parental Rights and Responsibilities
- Family Mediation and Counseling
- Inheritance and Estate Planning
- Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
Immigration Law
- Visa Applications and Extensions
- Work Permits and Employment Visas
- Permanent Residency Applications
- Citizenship Applications
- Deportation Defense
- Refugee and Asylum Applications
- Family-Based Immigration Petitions
- Investor and Business Immigration
- Dual Citizenship Applications
- Immigration Compliance and Audits
- Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) Health Clearance Assistance
Taxation
- Defended a telecommunications company before the Local Board of Assessment Appeals and the Central Board of Assessment Appeals
- Processed tax clearance certificates with the Bureau of Internal Revenue
- Drafted various legal opinions on tax implications of certain transactions
- Provided assistance to a water utility company regarding tax matters, coordinated and managed external service providers and consultants, and supervised the Tax Management Department resulting in the settlement of various tax liabilities including an P11 Billion assessment made by the Bureau of Internal Revenue
Land Acquisition and Registration
- Supervised a water utility company’s Land Acquisition Team for its land, legal easements, or right-of-way requirements and successfully managed the biggest land acquisition in the history of the company amounting to almost P2B for a single land purchase
- Managed and handled Right-of-Way issues for a water utility company
- processed and facilitated the registration of lands; issuance of owner’s duplicate copies of CCTs and TCTs
- drafted various opinions on land registration issues
- facilitated annotations before the Registry of Deeds
Telecommunications
- Reviewed e-commerce contracts between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and service hosts
- Successfully facilitated and processed applications for Provisional Authority for cable TV and DTH services
- Successfully defended legal issues confronting cell sites of a major telecommunications player
- Appeared in courts and quasi-judicial bodies to defend or prosecute cases for or against telecommunications companies
Office Address
RAQUEDAN LAW OFFICES
Unit 304, 3rd Floor, Capitol Masonic Corporation Bldg. 2, No. 37, Matalino St., Brgy. Central, Quezon City, Philippines
Contact Information
Tel. No.: (632) 8356 3231
Mobile No.: 09561632671
Email: info@raquedanlaw.com