Atty. Via Monina C. Valdepeñas is a Junior Partner with ten years of experience in litigation and dispute resolution, and is a member of the Firm’s Arbitration Practice Group. She has extensive experience representing clients before trial and appellate courts, including the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), and before various quasi-judicial agencies, such as the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) and the Tariff Commission. Her practice has resulted in numerous significant victories, including her role in securing a favorable Supreme Court ruling for a major banking institution client in a multi-billion-peso claim.
She has likewise obtained several multimillion-peso awards in favor of major construction companies in arbitration proceedings before the CIAC, and has successfully obtained dismissals and acquittals in cases against high-ranking government officials before the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan.
Via currently represents several large taxpayers in challenging the validity of tax assessments before the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the CTA, and cement importers in proceedings before the Tariff Commission and the CTA.