ARITAO LAW OFFICES

Preferred Areas of Practice

Our preferred area of practice is General Business Law and Compliances as well as Entertainment Intellectual Property Law and Contracts. This includes compliances with:

  • Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) / Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
  • Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
  • National Privacy Commission (NPC)
  • Social Security System (SSS)
  • Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
  • Local Government Units (LGU)
  • Other applicable regulations

Our Advocacy

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
  • Cross-Border Transactions
  • Cross-Border Project Finance
  • Commercial International Arbitration
  • Appellate Litigation
  • Data Privacy and Protection
  • Employment Labor/Service Contracting and Labor Compliances
  • Real Estate Law
  • 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 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 ('08 Bar) and Benjamin E. Aritao Jr. ('09 Bar); as well as Atty. Grace C. Pastorfide ('10 Bar), and Atty. Benjamin Sa-Ong Luis ('09 Bar).


Diverse Expertise and Experience

ARITAO LAW OFFICES has extensive 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, contract drafting and review, tax law, corporate services, insurance, banking, and entertainment law.

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

All partners obtained their law degrees from the University of the Philippines.

Our Partners

Atty. Lawrence E. Aritao

  • Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia
  • Director at International Justice Mission's Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children

Atty. Benjamin Aritao Jr.

  • Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Sustainable International Development Law from the University of Washington
  • 2013-2014 Fellow of the Barer Institute for Leadership in Law and Global Development
  • Co-founded and manages The Paper Project, Inc., a social enterprise

Atty. Grace C. Pastorfide

  • Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Sustainable International Development Law from the University of Washington
  • Faculty Lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law

Atty. Benjamin Sa-Ong Luis

  • Masters of Law (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School as a Fulbright Scholar
  • Senior (Law) Consultant at PT & Associates, Thailand