Benedicto Panigbatan
Benedicto P. Panigbatan is a partner in SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate Services, Tax, Special Projects, and Banking, Finance and Securities practice groups. His practice areas cover mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, corporate structuring and reorganization, sale and purchase of non-performing/distressed assets of banks and financial institutions, securities regulation, documentation of loans and security arrangements, taxation (including estate planning, availment of reliefs and exemptions under various tax treaties), joint ventures and financing for real estate projects, mining and construction projects, general corporate services, legal due diligence exercises, and general contract drafting, review and negotiations. Mr. Panigbatan is acting as corporate secretary or assistant corporate secretary in various companies in the fields of real estate, pharmaceuticals, tollroad business, mining, business process outsourcing, and investment house business. · SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
About
Benedicto P. Panigbatan is a partner at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and a member of the firm’s Corporate Services, Tax, Special Projects, and Banking, Finance and Securities practice groups. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, corporate structuring and reorganization, distressed asset transactions, securities regulation, loan and security documentation, taxation (including estate planning and tax-treaty reliefs), joint ventures and project financing, legal due diligence, and general contract drafting and negotiation, and acts as corporate or assistant corporate secretary for companies across several sectors.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude), University of San Agustin
- Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines (ranked 7th in graduating class; Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence)
Admissions
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines