Our experience

Go and Umali advises on all issues involving the client’s business and operations – from providing guidance to the best course of doing business in the Philippines, incorporation and post-incorporation registration, corporate housekeeping, and processing of dissolution, among others. The Firm has handled various types of business and industries ranging from shipping and logistics, real estate, schools, manufacturing, railway operations, construction, banking, automotive industries, food and beverage, packaging, fuel and oil, energy, and infrastructure.

The Firm also assists clients in their commercial transactions and regular operations, including employment and human resource concerns, taxation issues, data privacy matters and compliance with regulatory requirements set out by government agencies such as the Department of Labor and Employment, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Securities and Exchange Commission, Philippine Competition Commission, and the National Privacy Commission. 

Go and Umali also conducts legal audits and due diligence, involving the review of contracts, business operations, compliance with government requirements, permits, and business structure, among others. The Firm is likewise adept in giving legal advice in acquisitions and transfers of real estate.