The firm · Established 2022
A Philippine boutique firm.
A business-minded approach.
Nopuente Law Firm advises businesses, employers, professionals and individuals on tax, corporate risk and consequential disputes.
NLF is a Philippine law firm based in Mandaluyong City, advising on tax, corporate and commercial matters, employer legal risk, and business disputes.
Nopuente Law Firm · Mandaluyong City · Established 2022
Nopuente Law Firm is a Philippine law firm based in Mandaluyong City. The firm provides business-focused counsel in tax and BIR matters, corporate and commercial work, employer legal risk, and business disputes. It helps clients prevent avoidable legal problems, make informed decisions, and respond with discipline when disputes or government proceedings arise.
How the boutique model works
Defined responsibility.
Senior direction.
NLF’s Managing Lawyer leads strategy. Lawyers and legal operations professionals work together on the accepted scope, records, deadlines and client coordination.
- Focused teams
- The firm assesses the matter before assigning the appropriate lawyer or counsel.
- Clear scope
- Deliverables, fee basis, assumptions and exclusions are confirmed in writing.
- Document-led advice
- Recommendations begin with the available facts and records.
- Commercial context
- The legal position is considered alongside the client’s practical objective.
Prevention and dispute strategy
We advise on tax and BIR matters, corporate and commercial work, employer legal risk, and business disputes.
Our work begins with the facts, the records and the business consequence of the next step.
Many legal disputes begin before a case is filed: a poorly structured transaction, an unclear contract, a missed compliance obligation, weak documentation, or an unmanaged response to a government notice. NLF therefore approaches legal risk first through prevention, structure, documentation, and timely advice.
When a dispute cannot be avoided, the firm brings litigation and government-proceeding experience to the protection of the client’s position. This allows preventive legal advice and dispute strategy to be considered together instead of in isolation.
The firm’s work is organized around the legal issues that most directly affect businesses, employers, professionals, and decision-makers: taxes, transactions, governance, contracts, employment, compliance, and disputes.
Professional roots
Founded after public service.
Atty. Ivn Maj M. Nopuente founded NLF in 2022 after working in public prosecution and investigation at the Department of Justice.
The firm applies that founder-specific background through a coordinated team focused on careful research, clear explanation, sound records and practical implementation.
Read the founder’s profileHow NLF approaches a matter
Legal advice must be legally sound, factually grounded, and practical to implement. NLF evaluates a matter through four connected questions.
Facts and evidence
What happened, what can be proved, which records are available, and which facts still require confirmation?
Deadlines and procedure
What must be filed, answered, preserved, or completed, and by when?
Business consequences
How could the available options affect operations, cost, relationships, reputation, and future risk?
Recommendation and implementation
What is the most defensible practical course, and what must the client and legal team do next?
Review framework
- 01Facts & evidence
- 02Deadlines & procedure
- 03Business consequences
- 04Recommendation & action
Core business legal work
Five connected practice families
NLF organizes its work around five consistent practice families.
Tax & BIR
BIR notices, audits, assessments, collection matters, tax advisory, transaction tax and Court of Tax Appeals proceedings.
Corporate & Commercial
Business structures, governance, commercial transactions, continuing corporate support and regulatory obligations.
Contracts & Compliance
Commercial agreements, drafting, review, approvals, compliance records and implementation questions.
Employer Legal Risk
Preventive labor advice, workplace investigations, due process, employment documentation and employer representation.
Business & Commercial Disputes
Evidence strategy, civil and commercial disputes, court proceedings, administrative matters and consequential business-related cases.
Based in Mandaluyong. Serving clients nationwide.
From its Mandaluyong City office, NLF assists businesses, employers, professionals, and individuals in Metro Manila and across the Philippines through in-person and online engagement, where appropriate.
Unit 126 G/F Pioneer Heights 1, Pioneer St., Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City 1550
inquiries@nopuentelawfirm.com
Begin with the issue
Discuss the matter and what is at stake.
Initial matter review
Share the essential facts, the parties involved, and any approaching deadline. The firm will review the matter for fit and conflicts and advise you of the appropriate next step.
Submitting an inquiry does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Engagements are subject to conflict checking and written acceptance.