Corporate Law Services, Incorporation and Business Registration, Mergers and Acquisitions

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How Are Intra-Corporate Arbitration Clauses Enforced?

This dispute resolution overview explains how the newest corporate regulations allow companies to legally bypass trial courts by mandating arbitration in their articles of incorporation.

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When Must Corporations Pay Directors’ Legal Fees?

Philippine rules on corporate indemnification, director legal fees, and advancement of expenses in intra-corporate suits by activist stockholders.

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When Are Directors Liable for Illegal Dismissal?

Learn when Philippine directors may personally pay backwages for illegal dismissal and what bad faith, participation, and due process require.

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Can Interlocking Directors Annul Unfair Corporate Contracts?

Can interlocking directors annul unfair contracts? This explainer covers Sections 30–32 and 43 of the Revised Corporation Code, corporate remedies, and veil piercing.

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How Are Self-Dealing Corporate Contracts Ratified?

Learn how Philippine corporations must disclose, approve, and ratify supplier contracts involving a director’s external company.

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Can Philippine Directors Rely on the Business Judgment Rule?

Learn how Philippine directors can use the business judgment rule and avoid liability for bad faith, conflicts, gross negligence, and unlawful corporate acts.

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When Are Directors Personally Liable for Bad Faith Decisions?

Philippine law on director liability: when bad faith, gross negligence, unlawful acts, or conflicts of interest justify piercing the corporate veil.

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