Vladi Miguel S. (Miggy) Lazaro is heavily involved in the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Employment Practices. He has advised and acted for clients across a broad range of sectors and on a wide variety of matters, and has represented them before various courts and specialised tribunals. Miggy also advises on data protection matters.
Miggy joined C&G Law in August 2011 as an Associate, and was promoted to Senior Associate in April 2015. He was admitted as a Partner effective January 1, 2018.
Miggy has been cited as a “Next Generation” Lawyer by The Legal 500 in the field of Dispute Resolution and Labour & Employment. He is ranked as “Band 4” by Chambers and Partners. The Legal 500 attests that “Vladi Lazaro knows the law very well and is good at giving practical examples and suggestions. He also understands regulators’ expectations and how they think in the Philippines, which is useful“, and his “advice is always practical and he guides you in the right direction.” Clients have also cited that “Vladi Miguel Lazaro is of the best lawyers we have worked with. He responds to our questions and requests, even at short notice, and is very thorough. He is very reliable and has extensive experience of Philippine law.”
EXPERIENCE
- Acted as Philippine Counsel for one of the world’s leading multinational chocolate and confectionary companies in an arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce and related court proceedings in the Philippines against a former distributor of the company’s products in the Philippines.
- Acted as counsel for a manufacturing company in a domestic arbitration a former supplier.
- Represented power generation and manufacturing companies in challenging local tax assessments before Philippine courts and specialised tribunals.
- Acted as counsel in defending the Executive Orders issued by the President which affect tax assessments of local governments.
- Represented companies in various industries in litigating contractual and employment disputes.
- Acted as counsel for power and construction companies in construction arbitration.
- Acted as counsel for an energy company in challenging a foreign arbitral award rendered by the Singapore International Arbitration Center.
- Represented manufacturing and energy companies before environmental regulators.
- Represented power companies in challenging issuances of energy regulators before the appropriate courts.
- Acted as counsel for established mall operators in challenging tax ordinances of a province.
- Acted as counsel for pharmaceutical, chemical distribution, medical device, and energy companies against wrongful termination claims of senior executives.
- Acted as counsel for shipowners, crew claims insurers, and manning agencies against claims of seafarers.
MEMBERSHIP
- Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2011 – present)
PUBLICATION
- Co-author, the Philippine chapter of International Comparative Legal Guide to: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, published by Global Legal Group (2017)
- Comparative Legal Guide to: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, published by Global Legal Group (2017)
