Corporate & Special Projects

Strategic Counsel for Complex, Cross-Border Business Matters

When business decisions carry legal, financial, and reputational weight, you need more than routine corporate advice.

You need a firm that understands structure, strategy, and execution—across jurisdictions.

Sabornay Law advises foreign and Philippine companies on high-value corporate matters and special projects that require precision, discretion, and deep cross-border insight.

Who we work with 

We regularly advise:

  • Japanese and foreign companies entering or expanding in the Philippines

  • Multinational groups managing Philippine subsidiaries or branches

  • Investors, founders, and family offices structuring special transactions

  • Professional services firms and project-based ventures

  • Clients undertaking one-off, non-routine corporate initiatives

Our clients often come to us when the matter is important, time-sensitive, or unusually complex.

What We Do

Corporate Advisory

We provide end-to-end support across the corporate lifecycle:

  • Company formation, structuring, and reorganization

  • Subsidiaries, branches, representative offices, and joint ventures

  • Corporate governance, board matters, and shareholder arrangements

  • Regulatory and compliance advisory

  • Corporate secretarial support (strategic, not clerical)

Market Entry & Special Projects

Some matters do not fit neatly into standard service lines. We handle:

  • Philippine market entry strategies and feasibility structuring

  • Cross-border restructurings and internal group realignments

  • Strategic partnerships and bespoke commercial arrangements

  • One-off corporate mandates requiring multi-disciplinary coordination

  • Time-bound or politically sensitive projects requiring careful execution

We act as project quarterback, coordinating local and foreign counsel, advisors, and stakeholders.

Transactions & Commercial Matters

We support transactions where clarity and risk control matter:

  • Share and asset acquisitions

  • Commercial and investment agreements

  • Management, consultancy, and services arrangements

  • Cross-border contracting involving Japanese, Philippine, and common law elements

  • Risk allocation, liability structuring, and exit planning

Why Sabornay Law

Cross-Border DNA

Sabornay Law is a Member Firm of Uryu & Itoga, one of Japan’s leading law firms.
We understand how Japanese, Philippine, and international business cultures intersect—and where they clash.

Strategic, Not Mechanical

We do not simply process documents.
We help clients decide how to proceed, not just how to comply.

Senior-Level Attention

Matters are handled and closely supervised by senior lawyers with cross-border experience in:

  • Japan

  • The Philippines

  • New York

  • England & Wales

No hand-offs. No black-box execution.

Discretion and Trust

Our work often involves confidential restructurings, internal projects, and sensitive commercial discussions. Clients trust us because we understand what is at stake beyond the contract.