Gulapa & Lim (Gulapa Law)'s key services include regulatory and compliance advice, with its client roster encompassing companies that are active across the consumer goods, technology, financial services, and real estate sectors. Leading the practice, Marcley Augustus D. Natu-el focuses on financial services and technology-related work, with his expertise covering restructuring, VAT, and income tax issues. Other key contacts include Aris Gulapa and Charmaine Rose Haw-Lim, who frequently lead on an array of matters.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- CommVerge Solutions Philippines, Inc.
- CCL Label Industries Philippines, Inc.
- Heirs of Saturnina Amora
- Stormgeo PH Inc.
- Cebu Sealife Park, Inc.
- Fiberhome Philippines, Inc.
- Pivot International Regional Operating Headquarters
- Millenium Cash Finance Company, Inc.
- STMPI Corporation
- Systra France SA
Work highlights
Defended a stock brokerage firm successfully from tax assessment issued against it by the taxing authority of the Philippines that would make it liable for $8.9m.
Advised a financing company operating multiple branches in the Philippines on the analysis of the applicable taxes to client and defenses against current and future tax audits.
Advised a client on the application for a reduced rate of 15% for intracorporate dividends remitted to its non-resident parent company in the British Virgin Islands.
Practice head
Marcley Augustus D. Natu-el
Other key lawyers
Aris Gulapa; Charmaine Rose Haw-Lim