The Philippines is undergoing a significant infrastructure expansion, with the government allocating PHP 1.507 trillion in 2025—equivalent to 5% of GDP—for development projects. This surge, supported…
Third time’s a charm—on 6 May 2025, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) hosted its conference in Manila, the Philippines for the third consecutive year. The number of Philippine…
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) returned to Manila in full force in 2023. While the last SIAC Manila Conference 2019 was an intimate gathering of only 80 participants, this year…
The Philippine Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Maynilad Water Services, Inc., v. National Water and Resources Board, et al., where the Court ruled that (1) disputes concerning changes in…
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…
