DRHV Law’s practice areas fall under four (4) main and eight (8) sub-groupings.

The main groups are:

1. BUSINESS LAW ([please see the eight (8) sub-groupings below);

2. LABOR AND IMMIGRATION LAW (study of preventive labor-management dispute measures and HR-related matters and representation in labor cases; meeting immigration law requirements for alien executives and employees);

3. PUBLIC LAW (handling of advocacy/lobbying matters, advisory support in government consultancy projects and LGU-related issues; representation in legislative and administrative investigations/hearings and electoral contests);

4. PERSONAL AND FAMILY LAW (representation in civil and criminal cases involving personal injury/business-related/marital/family succession claims and issues; wealth and estate planning projects; and charges of criminal or administrative misconduct while in public office).


Under Business Law are these eight (8) sub-groupings:

1. INVESTMENTS (study of the pertinent investment/incentive regime, applications for the applicable incentives and registration as an economic zone and of the locators therein);

2. TAX & CUSTOMS (requests for tax rulings, tax avoidance design and structuring, applications for tax exemptions, refunds, tax credits or duty drawbacks, meeting bonded warehouse compliance requirements; and customs valuation and classification cases);

3. CORPORATE (local and off-shore registrations, equity or ownership structuring, reorganizations, public offerings, secretarial services, mergers and acquisitions, intra-corporate litigation, corporate rehabilitation, dissolution and liquidation, collection suits)

4. CONSTRUCTION (advisory services in the legal component of project negotiations and implementation, representation in arbitration/alternative dispute resolution proceedings and collection-related cases);

5. CONTRACTS (review, documentation and enforcement);

6. FINANCE (entity registration, meeting compliances, regulatory requirements; documentation; and collection suits);

7. PROPERTY, NATURAL RESOURCES & THE ENVIRONMENT (meeting acquisition, project development, disposition, exploration, utilization and regulatory requirements; dispute representation);

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TRADE PRACTICES (copyright registrations, review of trademark conveyance agreements, representation in infringement, product standards, consumer rights and unfair competition cases).