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History:
The
firm’s beginnings are traced to Pillsbury & Sutro which was founded
in 1901 by Oscar Sutro of San Francisco, U.S.A. Oscar Sutro was joined
by his elder brother Alfred Sutro and E.J. Pillsbury, both partners
of the San Francisco firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Because of
a previous requirement that the name of a partner who ceases to be with
the firm should be dropped from the firm name , its firm name has undergone
many changes. Ross, Selph & Carrascoso and Bito, Lozada, Ortega & Castillo
were the firm names for many years. All partners were Americans until
1936 when the first Filipino partner (Antonio T. Carrascoso, Jr.) was
admitted.
Organization:
The firm’s partners are supported by associates and assistants, technical
consultants and administrative and secretarial staff. Each case or assignment
is handled by a team supervised by a partner. If required by the nature,
magnitude and complexity of the work, more than one partner or team
may be involved. Every client has access to a partner for advice on
urgent matters. Practice: The firm has a diversified general law practice
and corresponds with leading law firms in major cities of the world.
It handles all aspects of corporate, commercial and international business
transactions, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights,
technology transfers, civil and criminal litigation, admiralty, labor-management
relations, taxation, aviation law, estates and trusts, media law, immigration
and family law.
Client Base:
The
firm’s clientele includes companies engaged in manufacturing, trading,
distribution and marketing, offshore services, construction, shipping,
aviation, insurance, banking, financing, mass media, advertising, real
estate development, and charities.
Many of its clients are major firms in the United States, Europe and Asia
and their subsidiaries in the Philippines, such as:
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General Motors Corporation
- E.
I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
- Kraft
Foods Corporation,
- 3M
Company
- IBM
- Texas
Instruments Incorporated
- Imperial
Chemical Industries Ltd.
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Schering AG
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NBA Properties, Inc.
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British Petroleum International Limited
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Bayer AG
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Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Shell
International Petroleum Limited
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Ciba Specialty Chemical Holdings
- Takeda
Chemical Industries, Ltd.
- Alticor
Corporation, Amkor/Anam
- Nippon
Cargo Airlines, and
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European and Scandinavian Protection and Indemnity (P&I) associations
of shipowners.
It
also acts as legal adviser to the British and Swedish Embassies in the
Philippines.
Memberships:
The
firm is a member of the the following associations and international unions:
- Philippine-American
Chamber of Commerce
- International
Trademark Association (INTA) in New York
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International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, Inc. in San Francisco
- Association
Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industriele (AIPPI)
in Brussels
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American Bar Association in Chicago
- American
Chamber of Commerce, European Chamber of Commerce
- Maritime
Law Association of the Philippines
- Aviation
Lawyers Association of the Philippines and Immigration Lawyers Association
of the Philippines
Significant Distinctions:
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Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-1965), Ricardo
Paras, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1951-1961), and Amelito Mutuc,
Ambassador to the United States (1962-1964) worked in the firm.
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The firm is the Reviser of the Philippine Republic Law Digest of the
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory.
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