Consultations

A focused conversation.
A clearer next step.

Review the facts, identify immediate risks and consider the way forward.

Choose a consultation

A focused session.
A clear fee.

Online consultation₱2,000 / one-hour session, VAT exclusiveInquire about a session ↗Onsite consultation₱5,000 / one-hour session, VAT exclusiveInquire about a session ↗

Payment is required before confirmation. Conflict checking and written scope apply. Ongoing representation is separately engaged.

How we help

Paid Legal Strategy Consultation

A focused session to review initial facts, identify immediate risks, clarify next steps and determine whether further legal work should be separately scoped. It is designed for a business decision, deadline or document-led issue, not a generic lawyer call.

Online means a remote session. Onsite arrangements, location, travel and attendee count are confirmed before the session. The session and document limits and NLF booking policy are set out below.

Prepare for a focused consultation

Mode and rate: Online: ₱2,000. Onsite: ₱5,000. Fees are VAT-exclusive. Each consultation is limited to one hour; onsite arrangements are confirmed before the session.
Duration and documents: One hour, with up to two short documents only. More than two documents requires a separate document-review service. Extensive document review is outside the consultation scope.
Prepare for initial screening: Your preferred mode and dates, the general issue and parties, any deadline and date received, the number and type of documents, a short chronology, and the questions you need answered.
Included output: Oral guidance during the session. A short next-step summary only where the written scope provides for one.

NLF cancellation and postponement policy

Cancellation or postponement is not allowed within 24 hours before the scheduled consultation. No refund is available for cancellation or postponement within that period.

From inquiry to confirmation

Send the high-level issue, parties and deadline for conflict, fit, urgency and scope assessment.
Confirm the consultation mode, arrangements and written scope, including the session and document limits and the cancellation and postponement policy.
Payment is required before confirmation. Ongoing representation and other work require separate written acceptance.

Do not send highly sensitive information until the appropriate channel is confirmed.

Request a Paid Legal Consultation

Submitting an inquiry does not create an attorney-client relationship. Engagement is subject to conflict checking and written acceptance.

Choose the form of engagement

Different needs. Different scopes.

Consultation

Focused initial assessment and oral guidance during an agreed session. Further work is separately scoped.

Consultation scope

Defined project

A specified issue, document set and deliverable. A diagnostic does not include every corrective step or ongoing representation.

Business review scope

Ongoing counsel

Recurring routine capacity for the named client, within plan limits. Substantial projects and disputes require separate scope.

Counsel scope

Business Legal Risk Review spans selected corporate, contractual, employer, tax-process and compliance risks. Corporate Compliance & Governance Review focuses more narrowly on corporate records, governance, authority, reportorial position and account custody. They are distinct engagements.

When to contact the firm

A notice, demand, deadline or business decision needs initial legal assessment

Management needs to understand immediate risk before taking the next step

A contract, corporate issue or employment matter needs early legal direction

The business needs to determine whether a defined project, controversy engagement or External Counsel is appropriate

What the engagement may include / What to prepare for initial review

What the engagement may include

Focused initial facts review
Immediate risk and deadline discussion
Issue-spotting and practical next steps
Preliminary scope discussion for later work
Oral guidance during the session
Short next-step summary where the written scope provides for one

What to prepare for initial review

Preferred consultation mode and dates
General legal issue and parties for conflict checking
Important deadline and date received
Number and type of documents
A short factual chronology
Questions management needs answered

Scope limits and separately scoped work / Common questions

Scope limits and separately scoped work

Ongoing representation
Court or agency appearances
Pleadings and written legal opinions
Extensive document review
Contract drafting or research memoranda
Any work not separately accepted in writing

Common questions

What are the current rates?

A one-hour online consultation is PHP 2,000; a one-hour onsite consultation is PHP 5,000. Fees are VAT-exclusive. Up to two short documents are included; more requires a separate document-review service. Payment is required before confirmation.

Does payment retain the firm for the whole matter?

No. The consultation does not automatically include ongoing representation or other work unless separately accepted in writing.

Start with the right scope.

An inquiry allows the firm to assess conflict, fit, urgency and scope. Do not send highly sensitive information until the appropriate channel is confirmed.