Firm Profile:
SALVADOR & ASSOCIATES ("S&A") was established in 2003 by experts in tax and corporate law practice. It services multinational and Top 500 companies in the country.
S&A is the exclusive Philippines member of Taxand, the global network of over 2,000 leading tax advisors from independent member firms in nearly 50 countries.
S&A's main areas of practice are:
- Tax advocacy and litigation – representing clients in national, local and property tax cases before administrative bodies, the Regional Trial Court, Court of Tax Appeals ("CTA"), the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court; and
- Corporate law advisory and special projects – legal and tax advisory services in connection with power and energy projects, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and investments.
Fundamental to the enduring success of S&A is the tax and corporate background of its partners, who have been in the practice of law for an aggregate of 60 years, together with six senior associates and eight junior associates, all whom are proficient in the areas of taxation, special projects, and corporate law.
S&A's reputation for providing the highest quality of tax and corporate legal services makes the Firm the preferred choice of multinationals as well as local companies engaged in different lines of business.
Why S&A?
S&A is among the biggest tax advocacy service providers in the Philippines.
In just 7 years S&A has built one of the largest and most substantial tax advocacy practices in the Philippines with nearly 300 tax cases involving national and local taxes. Of these cases, S&A handles:
- Judicial protest of deficiency tax assessments with a total combined value of over Php 4 Billion; and
- Judicial claims for refund of erroneously or overpaid taxes with a total combined value of over Php 3 Billion.
S&A represents clients from multiple industries, including:
- Banking and Finance
- Call Centers
- Food Service Industry
- Hotel Industry
- Information Technology
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Property developers
- Power and Energy
- Petroleum
- Telecommunications
In addition to the prosecution of these tax cases with the CTA, S&A actively pursues the cancellation or reduction of deficiency tax assessments and the issuance of TCC in refund cases at an administrative level.
Key contacts:
Serafin U. Salvador, Jr.
Managing Partner
Email: SUSalvador@salvadorlaw.com
Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez
Partner
Email: EJMPerez@salvadorlaw.com
Maria Rosario L. Bernardo
Partner
Email: MRBernardo@salvadorlaw.com
Gerardo V. Francisco
Partner
Email: GVFrancisco@salvadorlaw.com
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