THE LAW OFFICE OF LUGO MARTINEZ-LUGO
Responsible and Reliable Lawyering.
THE LAW OFFICE OF LUGO MARTINEZ-LUGO
Responsible and Reliable Lawyering.
ABOUT US
Law Office Profile
The Law Office of Lugo Martinez-Lugo (LML Law) is led by experienced lawyers, Atty. Monfrey C. Lugo and Atty. Theena C. Martinez-Lugo. They are products of two of the top Law Schools in the Philippines, namely San Beda University-College of Law and University of Santo Tomas-Faculty of Civil Law.
Carrying their respective fields of expertise, they joined forces to establish a law office that strives for law practice excellence by consistently delivering highly-skilled, realistic and innovative legal remedies. While offering a contemporary form of legal service, LML Law remains rooted in the tenet of social justice that it always makes sure that it provides effective, competent, and ethical legal representation tailored to the needs and standards of its clients.
LML Law specializes in Litigation practice. It handles criminal, civil, and family cases; tax, labor and commercial cases; collection suits, consumer protection, land disputes, and estate settlement proceedings; government and public office-related cases, and such cases in other areas of Philippine law.
LML Law also engages in corporate practice, which includes incorporation and business registration, advisory, intellectual property, licensing and franchising, and real estate. It also provides services on contracts, compliance and corporate housekeeping, data privacy, investments, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border transactions. The office also offers special engagement programs and trainings, as well as fraud investigation and corporate problem root-cause analysis.
LML Law’s list of clientele includes entrepreneurs, public officials and prominent individuals, as well as investment and holding companies, and entities, local or international, engaged in the food industry, esports, events, apparel, information technology, cable and wire industry, and agriculture, to name a few.
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
Our Vision
Our Philosophy
Our Mission
LML Law is your dependable partner in championing your cause.
Our Mission
Our Philosophy
Our Mission
At LML Law, we aim to provide high-quality legal services to our clients. We strive to achieve the best possible outcome for them and we are dedicated to helping them navigate the complex legal system with ease.
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
We are committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and ethics in everything we do. We treat our clients with respect, compassion, and understanding. We recognize that every client is unique and has different needs that is why we work hard to tailor our approach accordingly.
DATA PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Law Office of Lugo Martine-Lugo (LML Law) is a service firm located at Unit 105B, SJB Centro Plaza (Centro Plaza Condominium), Scout Madrinan cor. Scout Torillo, South Triangle, Quezon City, 1103. LML Law is duly formed and organized under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. In this Privacy Statement, the words “LML Law,” “Law Office,” “firm,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” shall exclusively refer to the Law Office of Lugo Martinez-Lugo.
LML Law values its relationship with you and is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Accordingly, consistent with the mandate of Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), you shall be informed of the matters below when you avail of our services.
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
LML Law is engaged in litigation practice. It prosecutes and defends cases before the courts and different government agencies. The Law Office is also into corporate practice and provides consultation and advisory, compliance and corporate housekeeping, incorporation and business registration, as well as intellectual property registration, management and monitoring. LML Law offers special projects and training services, as well as consultancy and retainership. For the complete description of the firm, please read the Law Office Profile.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
LMAL Law may collect your personal information and/or sensitive personal information, as the case may be, when you avail our services, or when you contact us, or inquire from us, either personally or through our website or our social media platforms.
Personal Information includes your full name, date of birth, contact details (phone number, email address, mailing address) and your photograph, or any information from which your identity as an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify you (Section 3 (g) of the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
Sensitive Personal Information may include your marital status, age, gender, social security numbers, and government-issued IDS. It also includes your race, ethnic origin, color, religious, philosophical or political affiliations; your health and education, your tax returns, and such other information classified as such under Section (l) of the Data Privacy Act of 2012. These pieces of information may be collected by LML Law to the extent necessary for its case handling, representation, advisory or otherwise, subject to your prior consent.
If you fail or refuse to provide any or all of the needed data, or if you withdraw the data already submitted, LML Law may not be able to extend its services to the fullest extent necessary to champion your cause.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
The pieces of information that we collected from you will be used by LML Law in performing its obligations to you under the engagement contract. In particular, the collected information will be used in preparing and drafting your initiatory and responsive pleadings, as well as your motions, position papers, memoranda, requests or applications, and such other correspondence, papers and documents before the courts, concerned government agencies and other legal fora.
LML Law will likewise use the collected information in assessing your case and in providing you with the most efficient pieces of advice, and in addressing your queries and concerns. The same will also be used for purposes of notice and communication.
SHARING OF INFORMATION
LML Law may seek the services of a third-party provider in completing and accomplishing its legal obligations to you. Consequently, LML Law may, under the circumstances, lawfully share and disclose, with your prior consent, certain personal information which is necessary to provide you with the needed service. LML Law does not sell your personal data to third parties or engage in any agreement that will result in the unauthorized sharing of information.
DATA RETENTION AND SAFE KEEPING
LML Law will keep the information until the purpose for which it was collected is fulfilled or no longer necessary, or consistent with the prescriptions of actions under the applicable laws, periods set forth by the government agencies, and such circulars and issuances from the regulatory bodies. Once the purposes for the retention are served, or the prescriptive periods have expired already, LML Law will take the necessary steps to destroy or delete the information to ensure unauthorize disclosure of the information.
Until the information is deleted and destroyed, in relation to the preceding paragraph, LML Law commits to securing all the collected information, taking into account LML Law’s implementation of organizational, physical and technical measures to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all the collected data, and to prevent any illegal processing, use, access, disclosure, destruction, or any unauthorized activities thereof.
First, with regard to organizational measures, the firm has in-place data privacy guidelines and its employees are trained to secure the same. Second, with respect to physical measures, the copies of documents containing personal information, personal sensitive information, and other confidential and privileged information are kept tightly within the premises of the office, where access controls are implemented. Lastly, LML Law, insofar as technical measures are concerned, also practices encryption and/or redaction of data, whether at rest or in transit, especially when sharing information.
YOUR RIGHTS AS DATA SUBJECT
You can access your data collected by our office. In so doing, you may call us on our declared contact details below. While viewing your data requires no payment, we may collect a reasonable fee should you require the special storing of the data or request for a reproduction thereof.
In the event you need to correct information or update outdated data, you may notify or email us. If the data to be corrected or updated is apparent on the basis of the supporting documents that you will supply us, we will promptly make the necessary corrections and updates.
However, if the subject of correction or updating involves a government-issued document, we will need to verify it first with the concerned government office before we should correct or update it. You may also request the deletion of your data or withdrawal of consent for non-essential data processing, subject to exceptions as the law may require and the legal prescriptive periods thereof.
LML Law is mindful of the primary importance of your privacy. Should you have concerns or complaints, you may raise them in the given contact details below, and we will try to address the same within a reasonable period of time. If we need a longer period to investigate your concerns, we shall let you know. In addition to raising your concerns and complaints directly to LML Law, you may also lodge your complaint with the National Privacy Commission through its official website, www.privacy.gov.ph.
LML Law hereby reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement in order to align it with the applicable laws and regulations. You will be notified should significant amendments are made.
OUR LAWYERS
Atty. Monfrey Castaneda Lugo, JD, CLSSYB, CDPO
Atty. Monfrey is the Senior Partner and Chairperson of LML Law.
Atty. Monfrey has more than a decade of comprehensive law practice. He started his legal career as a Senior Tax Supervisor of one of the top tax and auditing firms in the Philippines. He subsequently pursued litigation practice as a Senior Lawyer in a full-service law firm in the city. He previously headed the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and the Disciplinary Committee of a well-known financing company.
Atty. Monfrey is notable for lawsuit proceedings involving criminal law, civil law, family law, labor law, tax law, commercial law, administrative and public office law, as well as other areas of litigation practice. He has a reputable track record in collection suits , tax assessment cases, and criminal prosecution and defense to name a few. He also has extensive experience in corporate law practice, real estate proceedings, compliance, and tax and corporate advisory.
Our chairperson is a Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO) and assists companies, especially start-ups, in becoming data privacy compliant. He is also a Certified Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt who provides aid in resolving business-related procedural problems through root cause analysIs.
Atty. Monfrey has extensive experience in case build-up and incident handling, and in-depth skills in risk management, fraud detection and fraud investigation. His previous position as head of a disciplinary committee for a long number of years provided him with remarkable proficiency in employee relations and dispute resolution.
Atty. Monfrey obtained his Bachelor’s degree, A.B. Philosophy and Human Resource Development, in 2005, from San Beda University, Mendiola, Manila, with Academic Distinction, Cum Laude average. He was a consistent Dean’s Lister, Academic Scholar, and recipient of Academic and Leadership Awards of Excellence for the entire duration of his tertiary education. He later obtained his Bachelor of Laws and Letters (L.L.B.)/ Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree from San Beda University, College of Law, Mendiola, Manila. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2012.
Atty. Theena Custodio Martinez-Lugo, MPOPS, JD, CCO, CTCS
Atty. Theena is the Managing Partner of LML Law.
With more than a decade of years in the practice of law, she has acquired vast experience in the fields of Corporate Law, Family Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Real Estate, Intellectual Property Law, Cross-border Transactions, Due Diligence Management, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Housekeeping, Incorporation and Company Registration, Business Permit Processing, and Administrative Law.
In her litigation and corporate stint, she was part of the Executive Committee and was appointed as Officer in charge of a medium-scale law office in Quezon City. She also held a Senior Lawyer position in one of the top Labor Law firms in the country. She previously served as the Deputy Legal Counsel of the leading Esports Company in Southeast Asia. She likewise served as corporate secretary/ assistant corporate secretary and provided corporate secretarial assistance to a number of companies in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Our Managing Partner is a Certified Compliance Officer (CCO) and Certified Tax Compliance Specialist (CTCS). These titles, which she diligently earned, exemplify her being well-versed in the laws and policies that govern an organization's operations.
Atty. Theena obtained the degree, A.B. Sociology, in 2005, from the University of the Philippines-Diliman as Cum Laude. She was a consistent academic scholar and dean’s lister, a member of Phi Kappa Phi (International) Honor Society and a nominee to the Phi Gamma Mu Honor Society. She subsequently obtained her Master’s Degree from the same university under a Ford Foundation Scholarship/University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) scholarship where she was a consistent dean’s lister.
Atty. Theena obtained her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Civil Law. She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2014.
PRACTICE AREAS
Criminal Prosecution & Defense
Criminal Prosecution & Defense
Criminal Prosecution & Defense
LML Law specializes in criminal case prosecution and defense before the Prosecutor’s Office, the Department of Justice, Lower and Regular Courts, Office of the Ombudsman, Sandiganbayan, the Court of Tax Appeals, and the Appellate Courts.
Civil & Commercial Law
Criminal Prosecution & Defense
Criminal Prosecution & Defense
LML Law handles civil law and commercial law cases involving disputes between individuals or entities. The dispute may be in relation to a disagreement on, or breach of contract; rights and obligations related to property and ownership; torts and damages; product liability; rental disputes; and such other disputes affecting the parties' private and commercial relations.
Family Law
Criminal Prosecution & Defense
Family Law
The law office will help you address your legal problems related to marriage, such as legal separation, annulment and petition for nullity of marriage; those concerning your children, like custody, support, parental authority, and adoption; those which relate to succession; and such other concerns within the ambit of family law.
Taxation
Labor & Employment
Family Law
The law office is experienced in handling tax tax deficiency assessment cases before the BIR level and the regular courts. it also represents its clients before the Court of Tax Appeals and the appellate courts in questioning the validity of tax assessments against them.
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment
LML Law handles cases related to labor standards and labor relations. It represents its clients on issues arising from employer-employee relationships. On the one hand, it helps employees champion their causes against their employers for illegal dismissal and in securing their monetary claims. On the other hand, it assists employers against invalid claims of their employees.
Collection
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment
LML Law handles multi-million collection suits and provides assistance to individuals and entities in running after their delinquent debtors in small claims cases.
Consumer Protection
Incorporation & Business Registration
Incorporation & Business Registration
LML Law provides consumer protection services by representing its clients before the DTI, the SEC, or the NPC, as the case may be, against product misrepresentation, product promotional issues, violation of truth in lending, unfair debt collection practices, and other unfair or deceptive business practices.
Incorporation & Business Registration
Incorporation & Business Registration
Incorporation & Business Registration
LML law supports businesses regardless of their size. It provides incorporation and business registration services to those who want to start operating their company or establish corporations, partnerships and otherwise.
The office also provides Philgeps registration, and business permit processing, and such matters in connection with the latter.
Advisory
Incorporation & Business Registration
Intellectual Property
LML Law helps you understand and navigate complex legal situations. Through legal advisory, which could be in the form of regular consultation, legal analysis and assessment, research, tax and corporate advice, or provision of written legal advice or opinion, LML Law will provide you with professional guidance on all your legal concerns.
Intellectual Property
Licensing & Franchising
Intellectual Property
LML Law helps you protect your marks, images, business names, inventions, literary and artistic works, and such other creations and rights that you have through trademark, patents, copyrights registration, and such other intellectual property recordings. And to ensure that your registrations are not abandoned, LML Law also provides intellectual portfolio management. That way, we can ensure the continuous protection of your IP rights.
Licensing & Franchising
Licensing & Franchising
Licensing & Franchising
LML Law can help you expand your business through the benefits of licensing and franchising. Without being the registered owner of a trademark or a brand, we can assist you in securing the grant of right to use the same through licensing. Should you decide not to use only the mark, but the entire business model instead, which includes the products and operation of the business, we can assist you in securing a franchise agreement.
Real Estate
Licensing & Franchising
Licensing & Franchising
Our team provides legal assistance in the cancellation and transfer of title, and in all activities associated thereto; as well as in the annotation of adverse claim.
In relation to business registration, we can assist you also in your "zoning and land use" applications, requests or motion for reconsideration, as well as in expropriation proceedings.
The Law office also handles cases involving questions of ownership and/or possession of land, consolidation of title, boundary disputes, ejectment cases, and other real estate disputes and issues.
PRACTICE AREAS
Contracts
Corporate Housekeeping
Compliance
In LML Law, we advocate for the principle that litigation exposure is prevented through proper contract drafting, review, and negotiation. Thus, allow LML Law to diligently help you prepare and review your contracts, and assist you to reach mutual and beneficial agreements with your counterparts.
Compliance
Corporate Housekeeping
Compliance
Get the legal support you need from LML Law to ensure that your companies operate ethically and within the bounds of the law. LML Law can assist you with regulatory compliance by helping you understand the complexities of the law, and comply with the specific regulations issued by the concerned government offices that have mandate over your business operations. The office can assist you also with compliance monitoring and reporting as well as compliance training and education.
Corporate Housekeeping
Corporate Housekeeping
Data Privacy and Protection
We also offer corporate housekeeping. LML Law will help you with your record-keeping and updating of documents; assist you meet your deadlines in accordance with the governance calendar; help you monitor regulatory issuances; provide you with corporate secretarial work, which includes setting forth the schedule of the meetings, drafting, preparation, and maintenance of board resolutions and minutes of the meetings, and other housekeeping activities.
Data Privacy and Protection
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
Data Privacy and Protection
Our firm provides a complete package of data privacy assistance—from the preparation of all the necessary documents for the appointment and registration of the DPO of the company with the NPC, to conducting the Privacy Impact Assessment and formulation of the data privacy policy, regulations and manuals of the company, to the submission and registration thereof to NPC, up to the completion of the post NPC registration activities such as review of existing contracts to ensure infusion of data privacy compliance clauses, creation of new contracts, forms to ensure compliance with NPC rules, and establishment of procedure to ensure continuous compliance with NPC rules.
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
In making your investments or acquisition of shares, LML Law will assist you in preparing and reviewing the contracts pertinent thereto, such as the Deed of Sale of Shares, or Sale and Purchase of Shares Agreement. The office will also guide you in your investment by providing you with advice on the implications of such a transaction.
Insofar as merger is concerned, LML Law will assist you in completing the merger plan, and articles of merger or formal merger agreement,. As regards acquisitions, the office will assist you prepare the integration plan and the formal agreements of acquisition. In both cases, LML Law will assist you in securing the approval of the SEC and clearances from regulatory bodies, and in notifying Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), if needed.
Estate Settlement
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
The firm offers estate settlement services, which could be judicial or extrajudicial in nature. In judicial settlement, LML will represent you in court to protect your rights and interests as an heir. In extrajudicial settlement, the office will help you in preparing and executing the Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement, in publishing the same, and in completing the processes with the BIR and other regulatory bodies.
Cross-Border Transactions
Cross-Border Transactions
Cross-Border Transactions
LML Law is also experienced in cross-border transactions where the parties in a financial transaction are located from two different countries. Transactions here may be retail or wholesale, business-to-consumer, or business-to-business. Considering the nature of the transaction, LML will guide you on regulatory compliance, taking into account the different regulations of the countries of each party to the contract, and will provide you with needed legal advice and documentary support.
Fraud Investigation
Cross-Border Transactions
Cross-Border Transactions
The law office also provides fraud detection and root cause analysis thereof. The objective of the service is to determine the procedural lapses of the company and the extent of the fraud or damage done in order to identify the needed controls. Similarly, the service will help the company determine the perpetrator and take appropriate legal action and corrective measures to address such wrongdoing.
Appellate Proceedings
Cross-Border Transactions
Special Project Engagements
LML also handles cases before the appellate courts. These cases refer to those previously handled by other counsel and have been decided upon already by the lower courts and are pending or due for filing with the appellate courts. In this practice, LML will argue your case with the aim of reversing or modifying or maintaining the previous decision, as the case maya be, in your favor.
Special Project Engagements
Special Project Engagements
Special Project Engagements
The Special Project involves the conduct of due diligence, training and seminars on compliance in relation to critical areas of law affecting a concerned industry, review and alignment of processes and manuals, training on employee relations, and other programs necessary to improve business operations.
Retainer & Consultancy
Special Project Engagements
Retainer & Consultancy
LML Law offers retainership and consultancy. Through these arrangements, you can take advantage of the law office's expertise in contract review and legal advisory, without the need to spend engagement fees every time you have legal queries, except for the payment of a fixed fee per month and pertinent ancillary fees.
