(Gregorio F. Ortega, Benjamin T. Bacorro, Elizer A. Odulio, Pedro M. Carbonell)
The firm’s admiralty and maritime practices are extensive. It handles cases involving collision, allusion, attachment and ships arrest; foreclosure, pollution, damage to pier, underwater cables, fish corals, seafarers claim for death, sickness, disability benefits; cargo claims, general average and registration of vessels before the Courts and different administrative bodies, such as Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI), Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). The firm also represents and handles Protection & Indemnity (P&I) cases.