Our preferred area of practice is General Business Law and Compliances as well as Entertainment Intellectual Property Law and Contracts. This includes compliances with:
The partners' personal advocacy includes empowering clients to grow sustainable and profitable businesses that increase job opportunities in the Philippines.
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).
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.