Anti-Dummy Law Liabilities in the Nationalized or Regulated Industry Sectors in the Philippines
Anti-Dummy Law risks in nationalized industries: criminal exposure for local nominees, foreign control, and unlawful management in restricted sectors.
Negotiating Right-of-Way for Transmission Lines: Expropriation Laws Affecting Private Energy Developers (Philippines)
Philippine rules on transmission line right-of-way, expropriation, and just compensation for private energy developers connecting plants to the grid.
Ocean and Tidal Power Generation: Establishing Concession Rights in Philippine Territorial Waters (Philippines)
Guide to EEZ rules, ECC requirements, and tenure permissions for offshore wave and tidal power projects in Philippine waters.
Ocean and Tidal Power Generation: Permits, Jurisdiction, and Environmental Compliance for Commercial Wave-Energy Projects
Guide to ocean energy permits in Philippine waters: ocean energy, RE service contract, and environmental compliance for wave and tidal power.
Transferring Energy Service Contracts: DOE Approval Protocols for Selling Corporate Rights
Guide to DOE approval for transferring RE service/operating rights, with notes on foreign ownership restrictions and compliance steps.
Protecting Geothermal Reservoir Data as a Confidential Corporate Asset in the Philippines
Guide to protect geothermal reservoir data as confidential information, align with State ownership rules, and control disclosures in permits and contracts.
The Criminality of Dummy Corporations: Asset Forfeiture in Foreign Real Estate Investments (Philippines)
Anti-Dummy Law risks in foreign land ownership: dummy corporations, void contracts, in pari delicto, and possible asset forfeiture or escheat in the Philippines.
Anti-Dummy Law Prosecutions: Foreign Investors Accused of Using Local Fronts (Philippines)
Anti-Dummy Law risks for foreign investors: dummy arrangements, land ownership limits, void contracts, prosecution coordination, and compliance steps.
Airline and Aviation Operations: The Legal Groundwork for a 100% Foreign-Owned Domestic Carrier in the Philippines
Learn how PSA amendments allow 100% foreign-owned airlines in the Philippines, and what CAB licensing, TOP/CPCN approvals, and compliance still require.
Exercising Full Foreign Ownership of Maritime and Shipping Operations Under the Amended Public Service Act (Philippines)
Guide to foreign ownership in Philippine shipping: domestic transshipment under R.A. 10668, domestic shipping limits under R.A. 9295, and compliance points.
