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Gulapa & Lim (Gulapa Law)

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The team at Gulapa & Lim (Gulapa Law) primarily advises TMT clients on compliance and regulatory matters. Recent work includes assisting clients with the submission of unsolicited proposals for the development and operation of IT solutions under the PPP Code, advising on the establishment and operation of smart cities and e-government services, and providing guidance on the legal and regulatory framework governing mobile software technology and applications. Aris Gulapa heads up the team, bringing expertise in public-private partnerships, joint venture agreements and regulatory matters. Other key team members include Dan Kevin Mandocdoc and Jose Maria Angel P. Machuca.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Gulapa Law Office provides excellent and exceptional service in helping us structure and address all the issues that arise in the bidding of our major ICT project under the PPP Code. The lawyers of the Gulapa Law go above and beyond in explaining how to approach the project from cases and regulations relating to ICT to potential issues that we need to consider.’

  • ‘Aris Gulapa is one of the leading infrastructure legal experts in the country. This has been extremely helpful to us in our discussions, both internal and with other government agencies, on how to structure an ICT project within the bounds of Philippine infrastructure law.'

  • 'Very good and knowledgeable team.'

Key clients

  • Asian Development Bank (“ADB”)
  • APO-UGEC Security Printing Joint Venture (APO Production Unit, Inc. and United Graphic Expression Corporation)
  • International Finance Corporation (“IFC”)
  • AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation
  • Day1Tech Inc.
  • Vigan Banco Rural Incorporada
  • Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.
  • Avignon Laserderm Lifestyle Corporation
  • MCX Tollway ,Inc.
  • Bases Conversion and Development Authority
  • Asian Development Bank (“ADB”)
  • APO-UGEC Security Printing Joint Venture (APO Production Unit, Inc. and United Graphic Expression Corporation)

Work highlights

Advising the Asian Development Bank and Bases Conversion and Development Authority in relation to the proposed New Clark City information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Project under a public-private partnership.
Advising on the implementation of the joint venture agreement between APO Production Unit, Inc. (“APO”) and United Graphic Expression Corporation to upgrade APO's printing facility to become a world-class printer to enable APO to print the Philippine ePassport including the redesign of the passport booklet.
Assisting the International Finance Corporation in conducting a study on the feasibility of implementing the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s national broadband infrastructure investment plan through all available modes of procurement including public-private partnership.

Practice head

Aris L. Gulapa

Other key lawyers

Dan Kevin C. Mandocdoc; Jose Maria Angel P. Machuca.