Overview
Ben’s practice focuses on general corporate matters, taxation, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and real estate transactions. His work also extends to special projects, due diligence studies, estate and financial planning, intellectual property registration and maintenance, immigration, and corporate organization, housekeeping, and dissolution for domestic and foreign corporations. Ben also acts as Corporate Secretary of various corporations.
Representative Work
- Conducted legal due diligence and assisted in the multi-million peso acquisition of shares in liquefied petroleum gas companies with nationwide operations in the Philippines
- Facilitated securing a more than ninety-percent reduction in tax assessments against a multi-million peso multinational corporation following an audit conducted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue
- Represented clients through various stages of tax assessment before the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), including filing of responses, replies, and protests to Letters of Authority, Preliminary Assessment Notices, Formal Letters of Demand and Final Assessment Notices, Final Decisions on Disputed Assessments, requests for reconsideration with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, review of accounting and tax records, and formulation of strategies for the cancellation or settlement of assessments
- Advises fast-growing companies in the food and beverage industry on commercial transactions and corporate matters integral to their business operations and expansion
Other Professional Background
Ben is a Certified Public Accountant, having passed the CPA Licensure Exam in 2015
Educational Attainment
Ateneo de Manila University, 2021
Juris Doctor
De La Salle University-Manila, 2014
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
Passed the CPA Licensure Examination in 2015
Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2022
