Mr Eduardo Martinez > Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad > Manila, Philippines > Lawyer Profile
Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad Offices
33RD FLOOR, THE ORIENT SQUARE
F. ORTIGAS JR. ROAD, ORTIGAS CENTER
1600 PASIG CITY, METRO MANILA
Philippines
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Mr Eduardo Martinez
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, ADR, Immigration, Intellectual Property
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Mr. Martinez, Senior Partner, is the Head of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
He specializes in litigation, alternative dispute resolution, labor, and immigration, as well as legal proceedings involving family law and succession law cases. He has advised and represented clients in cases of adoption, annulment of marriage, legal separation and other domestic relations cases. He is also highly-immersed in succession law practice, having handled probates of will as well as intestate proceedings.
The extensive experience of Mr. Martinez as a litigator specifically allowed him to gain expertise in trial and appellate practice. At the same time, he is also a seasoned practitioner in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and even served as an Appeals Court mediator accredited by the Philippine Judicial Academy.
Some of the recent matters he handled include:
- Acted as counsel to a defendant universal Bank and its trust department in case filed by PDIC for specific performance involving Bank’s purchase of assets of defunct bank, and successfully secured a summary judgment in favor of the Bank, resulting in the release of multi-billion payment to the client Bank
- Represented an insurance company in proceedings before the Insurance Commission involving a multi-million all risk insurance claim
- Advised a real estate company in land dispute proceedings, complicated by estate proceedings, and successfully proposed a compromise agreement among parties for the high-value, strategically located property of the client
- Successfully defended properties of a long-time client of the Firm, resulting in dismissal of adverse claims filed before the trial court
Languages
English; Filipino
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Education
Lawyer Rankings
Philippines > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Jointly spearheaded by Eduardo Martinez and Shirley Alinea, the versatile team at Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad
is experienced in all areas of criminal and civil law, in addition to commercial and administrative litigation. It also has a strong practice in commercial arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Martinez, who is an appeals court mediator accredited by the Philippine Judicial Academy, is also actively involved in the firm’s family law practice. He covers civil, criminal and commercial litigation. Alinea specialises in debt restructuring, as well as arbitration and other alternative modes of commercial dispute resolution. Kristine Bongcaron is also recommended. She heads the firm’s intellectual property team and co-heads the commercial arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, data privacy and security practice groups. In addition, Bongcaron is a trained arbitrator of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution
- Immigration
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction