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Start Paid Legal Consultation₱1,200 · 1 Hr · Pay First

PHILIPPINE BUSINESS COUNSEL · BACOLOD CITY

Monthly legal retainer for Philippine businesses.

Continuing support for contracts, workplace questions and corporate compliance, with a written scope shaped around your business.

Explore retainer options Legal consultation · ₱1,200 / 1 hour

Initial consultation is prepaid. The monthly retainer fee is quoted separately after assessment.

WHEN CONTINUING COUNSEL MAY FIT

Legal questions recur as a business grows.

A monthly arrangement may suit owners and managers who regularly review supplier or customer contracts, manage employee documentation, or coordinate corporate requirements.

If your concern is a single document, dispute or transaction, a separate engagement may be more appropriate. The initial consultation helps identify the scope your business actually needs.

Man Law Offices is based in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. This service concerns Philippine law only.

THREE STARTING POINTS

Choose the scope that fits your recurring work.

Illustrative packages; exact deliverables and fees are confirmed in a written engagement.

LEGAL 01

Legal Essentials Retainer

Best for: Startups and small businesses that need preventive legal guidance for routine operations.

A dependable first line of legal support for recurring questions, documents, and compliance concerns.

Monthly deliverables may include

Scheduled legal consultations within the agreed monthly allocation
Routine review of standard business contracts and documents
Basic corporate, regulatory, and compliance guidance
Initial labor and HR guidance for ordinary workplace concerns
Written action points or risk notes for reviewed matters
Monthly legal-priority check-in

Custom scope · Fee discussed after assessment

Prepaid consultation; monthly retainer fee quoted separately.

Legal Consultation · ₱1,200 / 1 hour

Recommended for growing businesses

LEGAL 02

Legal Growth & HR Retainer

Best for: Growing companies with employees, active contracts, and recurring compliance responsibilities.

Broader day-to-day counsel for management decisions, workforce matters, and commercial risk.

Monthly deliverables may include

Everything included in Legal Essentials
Expanded contract drafting, review, and negotiation support
Employment contracts, policies, notices, and HR-document review
Guidance on discipline, due process, and workplace investigations
Corporate housekeeping and recurring SEC compliance coordination
Priority management consultations and a monthly risk review

Custom scope · Fee discussed after assessment

Prepaid consultation; monthly retainer fee quoted separately.

Legal Consultation · ₱1,200 / 1 hour

LEGAL 03

Strategic General Counsel Retainer

Best for: Established companies that need continuing senior legal involvement without a full in-house department.

High-touch outside general counsel support aligned with management, governance, and business strategy.

Monthly deliverables may include

Everything included in Legal Growth & HR
Executive and board-level legal strategy consultations
Complex contract, transaction, and negotiation support
Governance, policy, and enterprise-risk review
Coordination of specialist, regulatory, and dispute-related matters
Quarterly legal-risk and compliance briefing for management

Custom scope · Fee discussed after assessment

Prepaid consultation; monthly retainer fee quoted separately.

Legal Consultation · ₱1,200 / 1 hour

BEFORE THE ENGAGEMENT BEGINS

Agree on the practical details.

Monthly consultation hours, document volume, complexity and any page limits
Included deliverables, deadlines, points of contact and response arrangements
Work outside the allocation, additional fees and approval before extra work
Client responsibilities, engagement term, unused allocations and termination arrangements

HOW TO BEGIN

From consultation to a defined monthly scope.

01 · CONSULTATION

Discuss your business needs

The initial legal consultation is ₱1,200 for one hour. Follow the GCash payment instructions on the consultation page, submit proof, and await payment verification and the booking link.

02 · PROPOSAL

Review a separate quotation

We assess recurring workload and prepare the proposed monthly scope, limits, exclusions and fee. The consultation payment is not the monthly retainer fee.

03 · ENGAGEMENT

Confirm the working arrangement

Monthly services begin after conflict and fit checks, acceptance and a signed written engagement. The agreed scope governs the work.

SEPARATE WORK

What is outside the routine monthly scope?

Litigation, court appearances, pleadings and representation before agencies or tribunals
Major transactions, extensive investigations and projects beyond the agreed allocation
Government charges, filing fees, taxes, third-party costs and specialist services
US legal advice and US accounting subscriptions; accounting is a separate engagement

RELATED SERVICES

Explore the work behind a retainer.

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Corporate and SEC compliance →

All monthly legal and US accounting options →

INITIAL LEGAL CONSULTATION

Discuss the recurring needs of your business.

₱1,200 for one hour, prepaid. Monthly retainer fees are quoted separately. Review the payment and booking instructions before proceeding.

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Website information is for general educational purposes. Viewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. Package descriptions are illustrative and subject to a written engagement.