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Key contacts
Managing Partner: Roy Enrico C. Santos
Quick facts
# Partners

19

# Other qualified practitioners

36

# Total number of lawyers

55

Languages

English and Filipino

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
Corporate and M&A
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Firm overview

Puyat Jacinto & Santos (PJS Law), established in 1997, is a full-service law firm providing solutions to clients in established and emergent markets.

Operating from the heart of one of Asia’s fastest growing economies, we reach out to the world with its comprehensive range of legal services in both established and emergent practice areas, as well as the Firm’s in-depth knowledge and extensive transactional experience in specialized fields such as energy, infrastructure, corporate/ mergers and acquisitions, banking, finance and capital markets, and conflict resolution.

Our dynamic and diverse team of legal practitioners and professionals create a formidable workforce committed to upholding its core values of competence, integrity, relationship, commitment, and leadership in all aspects of operations. Guided by a deep sense of responsibility, accountability, and a steadfast commitment to our shared values, we continuously innovate and create effective solutions that comply with the unique needs and specifications of each and every client.

Key practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Competition
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
Sector expertise
  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Address:
10F 8 Rockwell, Hidalgo cor.
Plaza Drives, Rockwell Center,
Makati City, Metro Manila,
1210
Tel:+632 8840 5025 Fax:+632 8810 0890 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://pjslaw.com/
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Project development
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Financial and corporate

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Makati City, Puyat Jacinto & Santos (PJS Law) is a full-service law firm that offers a comprehensive range of legal services in both established and emergent fields of practice.

 

Focusses / specialisms

The firm has established in-depth knowledge and extensive transactional experience in specialised fields such as energy, infrastructure, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, banking, finance and capital markets, and conflict resolution.

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