Late last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines ("SEC") issued its Memorandum Circular No. 8 (s. 2022) ("MC 8"). MC 8 gives effect to Section 181 of the Revised Corporation…
The year 2019 was a milestone year for alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") in the Philippines. It saw the inaugural Philippine Arbitration Convention organized by the Philippine Institute of…
On the 60th year of the signing of the New York Convention, the Philippines’ Supreme Court, for the first time, declared its adoption of a narrow definition of “public policy” under the said…
