Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Guided by the objective of achieving successful outcomes for clients either at the negotiating table or, when necessary, through formal proceedings, V&A Law maintains a strong and results-driven practice in Alternative Dispute Resolution. The Firm prioritizes cost-effective avenues for resolving disputes and avoiding protracted and costly litigation, employing efficient and strategic approaches through negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration.

The Firm has extensive experience in construction and infrastructure arbitration, as well as commercial arbitration, having appeared and successfully represented clients in both local and international arbitral bodies. These engagements involve highly technical project-related disputes and high-stakes contractual and business controversies.

Beyond the private sector, V&A Law is also the counsel of choice of various government institutions in arbitral proceedings, further demonstrating the trust reposed in its Alternative Dispute Resolution capabilities. Across these engagements, V&A Law remains steadfast in its decisive, efficient, and results-driven approach to client representation. 

Contact Persons:

• • Alejandro Alfonso E. Navarro
  • Augusto A. San Pedro, Jr.

V&A Law’s appellate practice is top notch, with its track record in the past decades reinforcing its reputation as a go-to for the most complex cases pending before the local appellate courts. Its litigators have vast experience in appellate practice arising from trial courts and Sandiganbayan, as well as those which originate from quasi-judicial agencies elevated before the Office of the President. 

V&A Law earned its distinction as a leading force in its appellate practice through successful representation of its clients, which include prominent corporate entities engaged in different industries. Through its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, V&A Law has gained the enduring trust of its clients, built upon its consistent and principled representation, even with the most critical appellate matters. Such recognition and trust placed upon the Firm is a result of its pristine track record in crafting compelling appellate arguments and legal analysis leading to successful outcomes in complex and high-stakes cases.

Contact Persons:

• • Alejandro Alfonso E. Navarro
  • Thea T. Daep

Banking and financial disputes represent a core pillar of the V&A Law’s practice, having been built on a foundation of commercial pragmatism and technical mastery. The Firm serves as the counsel of choice for a wide range of prestigious financial institutions, with its expertise extending across a full spectrum of high-stakes controversies, including complex banking operations, securities and investment activities, and trust and fiduciary relationships. Through its meticulous risk mitigation strategies developed through experience, the Firm ensures that clients remain resilient against both operational and regulatory volatility.

The Firm’s specialized capability in navigating the intricacies of bank insolvency, receivership, and central bank enforcement actions distinguishes its position in the market. This reputation for excellence is underscored by a long-standing history of representing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Monetary Board, alongside industry titans such as BDO Unibank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.

Contact Persons:

• • Alejandro Alfonso E. Navarro
  • Augusto A. San Pedro, Jr.
  • Thea T. Daep

The Firm has long stood at the forefront of corporate rehabilitation in the Philippines, navigating this complex legal landscape since its inception. This deep-rooted expertise allows the Firm to provide elite strategic guidance, either as counsel for the nation’s largest creditor banks or for distressed debtors seeking a path to recovery.

A testament to its dominance in the field is V&A Law's appointment as counsel by a consortium of leading local banks in the rehabilitation proceedings of a shipping company in the largest default in Philippine history. This highlights the trust the financial industry reposes in the Firm showcasing its ability to manage intricate multi-party restructuring efforts.

V&A Law’s corporate rehabilitation abilities ensure a distressed company’s best opportunity for a successful turnaround. Today, the Firm remains a definitive leader in both litigated and non-litigated recovery efforts, recognized for its tenacity required in resolving the country’s most significant financial crises.

Contact Persons:

• • Augusto A. San Pedro, Jr.
  • Thea T. Daep

V&A Law’s trial practice and advocacy is widely recognized as top-tier owing to its consistent and excellent representation of its clients before trial courts and quasi-judicial agencies involving a wide range of disputes of varying scope and complexities, often undertaken in close collaboration with the Firm’s other practice areas. V&A Law’s litigation lawyers are known for their strategic case preparation spanning all aspects of the issue, persuasive arguments, and meticulous attention to factual and legal details. Its clients place their full trust to the Firm’s litigation lawyers to protect and advance their interests through disciplined, results-driven, and responsive trial representation.

The trial practice and advocacy of the Firm includes contract enforcement, commercial disputes, intra-corporate disputes, securities and banking litigation, insolvency, corporate rehabilitation and restructuring, construction arbitration, environmental law litigation, tax litigation, regulatory enforcement, local and international arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, election disputes, and the prosecution and defense of white-collar crimes and administrative cases.

Contact Persons:

• • Alejandro Alfonso E. Navarro
  • Augusto A. San Pedro, Jr.
  • Thea T. Daep