ARITAO LAW OFFICES' preferred area of practice is General Business Law and Compliances as well as Entertainment Intellectual Property Law and Contracts. This includes compliances with the DTI/SEC, BIR, DOLE, NPC, SSS, HDMF, Local Government, and other applicable regulations.

The partners' personal advocacy includes empowering clients to grow sustainable and profitable businesses that increase job opportunities in the Philippines.

Areas of Practice
General Business Consultancy, Entertainment Intellectual Property and Contracts, General Contracts, Business Compliances, Corporate House Keeping, Start-Up Business Registration, Appellate Litigation, Data Privacy and Protection, Employment Labor/Service Contracting and Labor Compliances, Real EstateLaw, Family Law, Estate and Business Tax Compliances, Wills, Probate and Estates, Limited Litigation.

Three Generations of Legal Practice
ARITAO LAW OFFICES is a professional partnership of a family of lawyers spanning three generations. Atty. Juan S. Aritao (deceased) began his law practice in the Republic of the Philippines in the 1927, even before the Commonwealth Period (1935-1945).

In the late 50s to early 60s, the late Atty. Juan S. Aritao was joined in the practice of law by his two sons, Atty. Teodoro V. Aritao (deceased) who joined the Philippine bar in 1957 and Atty. Benjamin V. Aritao (deceased) who joined the bar in 1962.

Today, the family practice is continued by the sons of Atty. Benjamin V. Aritao: Atty. Lawrence E. Aritao and Benjamin E. Aritao Jr.; as well as Atty. Grace C. Pastorfide, who were admitted to the bar in '08, '09 and '10.

ARITAO LAW OFFICES has experience in litigation, corporate compliance, corporate law and family law. The partners have broad and diverse experience with transborder litigation, criminal litigation, public sector transactions, arbitration, labor counseling and litigation, election law and litigation, contract drafting and review, tax and tax litigation, corporate services and secretaryship, and insurance banking, entertainment law and counseling.

The preferred area of practice however is in providing legal advice for the registration and compliance of Small to Medium Enterprises (manpower complement of under 100).

All partners obtained their law degrees from the University of the Philippines. Atty. Lawrence E. Aritao is an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia and a Director at International Justice Mission's Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children. Atty. Benjamin Aritao Jr. and Atty. Grace C. Pastorfide obtained their masters of law in Sustainable International Development Law from the University of Washington. Atty. Grace C. Pastorfide is part of the University of the Philippines Law School Faculty.