Law Firm Profile

Corporate Practice

The E.T. REYES III Law has established itself as a reliable legal service partner of corporations and business establishments in Iloilo City, especially in delivering assistance in the areas of Corporate Systems, Labor Relations and Human Resource concerns, Banking, Taxation, Government Procurement Projects and SEC/DTI Registration and Compliance.

The Law Firm continues to assist its retained corporate clients with their day to day legal needs from simple concerns in legal documentation and correspondence, drafting and implementation of Code of Discipline and a myriad of Human Resource issues, to complex concerns involving corporate buy-outs and take-overs, closure of business entailing labor, contractual, and community or business goodwill issues.

Whether as Corporate Secretary or Corporate Legal Counsel, the Law Firm has amassed a wealth of skill and knowledge in advising its clients on particular problem areas, and whenever particular issues give birth to litigation, the Law Firm is similarly equipped to represent its clients to bring these issues to court.

Presently, the Firm’s counts in its roster clients coming from the industries of Transport, Banking, Lending and Finance, BPO’s, Security and Manpower Service Firms, Professional Services, Food and various Retail Industries.

Criminal Law Practice and Litigation

Similarly extensive and just as varied is the Law Firm’s exposure to Criminal Law Practice that has brought its Founding Partner Atty. Eduardo T. Reyes, III to the august halls of the Office of the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan as defense counsel in celebrated cases, while still actively defending or prosecuting clients’ causes in the Cities of Iloilo, Roxas, Bacolod, and in the province of Guimaras.

Notable cases involve the presentation of DNA evidence in criminal defense proceedings, defense of Foreign National in criminal and Deportation proceedings and a host of other cases needing specialized skills in the area of criminal law . As an off-shoot of its position as legal counsel to various business enterprise it acts as private prosecutor in criminal cases such as Estafa, Reckless Imprudence, Qualified Theft, Physical Injury cases and the like.

Land Registration, Land Disputes and Real Estate Concerns

As a lecturer in the subjects of Land Registration, Property, and Natural Resources, Atty. E.T. Reyes, III, has steered the Law Firm into having a firm focus in representing clients and family estates who face legal controversies that involve Foreclosure of Mortgage, Land Registration, Land Titling, Ejectment, and Settlement of Estates. The Law Firm also handles non-litigious matters such as the Transfer of Titles, Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate and Administrative Titling of Alienable Lands.

Family Law, Annulment of Marriage, Adoption, Support, Anti-Violence Against Women and Children

A distinct area of legal practice that the Firm has focused on involve Family Court Cases particularly in petitions for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage, Adoption, Support, Anti-Violence Against Women and Children, Guardianship, and cases involving minors.

Appellate and other Areas of Legal Practice

The Law Firm has a substantial and successful track record in handling Appellate cases.

Other areas of practice include cases for Naturalization, and other Special Proceedings cases.

The Law Firm has also represented clients in cases before the Civil Service Commission, the National Labor Relations Commission, Department of Agrarian Reform, Bureau of Immigration, and other government agencies with quasi-judicial functions.