A contract is your bible in any agreement. It should be effective, loophole-free and well-crafted. It should protect you in times of disagreements and shield you against liabilities.

This program is about the perfection of a working commercial contract. Seasoned experts and authorities in contract law will discuss topics ranging from the basics of contracts, contract negotiation, boilerplate provisions, special stipulations, controversial clauses and covenants in credit transactions and government contracts both in the local and international context. In this updated program, we will feature new topics such as model templates and special clauses in distributorship and sale contracts. Attend and know what’s best and what’s not when structuring contracts! This bestseller is rated excellent by previous participants!

This program is MCLE Accredited.

Let’s face the truth: You can never fix or improve any business or personal relationship if you are not communicating well among each other. This one–day seminar will teach you the best communication practices of successful families in business that you can easily apply to any family business member or relative whether it is between husband and wife partnership, parents and children tandem, or siblings and cousins consortiums. This program is designed to help you achieve a happier and more productive working environment where healthy dialogues and meetings is the standard. It is best taken with at least 1 family member or ideally all members involved in the family business. This is a limited-seats-only event and pre-registration is required.

With the intensified campaign of the BIR and its focus on big corporations and large taxpayers, comes the clamor of these business organizations to have a seminar that addresses the issue of handling special audits of inter-related companies and conglomerates back-to-back with an understanding of transfer pricing (which is the term used to refer to the pricing of transactions between related parties or between members of an associated enterprise). This 2-in-1 program is valuable to all decision-makers, top management and tax practitioners who are not so aware about how to handle these issues. This solutions-oriented seminar aims to help companies successfully hurdle BIR tax audits and also to correct many notions, costly mistakes and wrong treatment of transfer pricing.

This program is CPE Accredited by Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA). Accountants earn CPE credits.

Effective June 2010, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the new Cooperative Law is now strictly being enforced by the Cooperative Development Authority. In this 2-day seminar, we will discuss in full the most important issues in the IRR that cooperatives have to know to comply with the new rules. Attend to ensure compliance with the IRR and continue enjoying the tax benefits and privileges that cooperatives can avail of. The program will cover such topics as understanding provisions in representative assemblies, subsidiary cooperatives, 10 new types of cooperatives, social audit, performance audit, and additional reportorial requirements to be submitted to the Cooperative Development Authority.

Educate your cooperative and do not be a victim of ignorance to avoid unnecessary penalties or cancellations of certificates of registrations.

Effective January 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission mandated SME Corporations to adopt the New Accounting and Financial Reporting Rules. As an SME, you would want to know these changes before you finalize your financial report to avoid costly mistakes and penalties. Positively, there are benefits that SMEs should take advantage of with this new regulation.

This new SEC regulation is applicable to:

* All Corporations with assets of P3 million to P350 million
* All Corporations with liabilities of P3 million to P250 million
* All Corporations such as banks, investment houses, finance companies, insurance companies, securities broker/ dealers, mutual funds and pre-need companies as they need to understand the impact of these new rules on their investments in SMEs and their associate companies, whether partnerships or joint ventures.

If you are a creditor or insurance company, you would want to understand how these new rules affect your valuations of those SMEs and their impact on the changes in financial reporting rules in relation to their credit standing and credit worthiness.

This program is CPE Accredited.

THE BENEFIT: Protocol, the universal language of correct behavior for effective diplomacy, can enhance the competitiveness of the global executive in the 21st century borderless economy. Mastering the practice of protocol in business and everyday life is essential in any situation whether one is negotiating, marketing, dealing with people of different cultures, meeting with foreign dignitaries, or simply chatting with one's in-laws.

A MUST FOR EVERYONE!

The new rules in letters of credit (LC) contained in UCP 600 and ISBP 2007 took effect on July 1, 2007. The revisions to these rules contain major changes which govern billions of dollars each year in LC transactions. While ISBP alone contain over 200 paragraph guidelines in the review of LC documents, UCP 600 has new provisions that one will need to know among many others:

• A leaner set of rules, with 39 articles rather than UCP 500’s 49
• A replacement of the term "reasonable time" with a definite number of days, for examining and
  determining compliance of documents
• Change practice for notice of refusal and redrafted transport articles
• How the on us is now on the issuer to be precise in their LC terms in order to reduce the element
  of interpretation
• New section, final definitions of key terms (e.g. "honour" and "negotiation")
• An expanded description of “original documents”
• The precise obligation of a confirming bank when the beneficiary has presented their documents
  directly to the issuing bank
• Clarifications on when an amendment to a credit has been accepted and is binding on the
  beneficiary
• Standards for examining documents and data
• Definition of when Incotems 2000 must be reflected in the documents

This one-day seminar is a definitive guide on how to efficiently utilize ejectment actions and available provisional remedies as effective tools in the speedy recovery of your land &/ or building.

The lecture will include special laws of great concern to land owners & developers such as Republic Act No. 6552 (Maceda Law) that governs sales on installment of real property; Presidential Decree No. 1517 (Urban Land Reform Law); Republic Act No. 7279 (Lina Law) & other related laws.

Participants will also learn from an expert practitioner best practices and actual cases on how to implement and manage actual ejectment and demolition of shanties and illegal vendors.

This program is MCLE and CEP Accredited.

Maximize your investment in time, money and effort when you study in law school. This pre-law program is uniquely tailored to meet the goal of surviving and excelling in law school as well as topping the bar exam thereafter. This unique course is specially designed to teach you all the proven techniques on how to really excel in class. Have a great start in law school, be ahead of the game and have a real edge by knowing the best kept secrets and study techniques of no. 1 bar topnotchers and valedictorians who will share their rich experiences on how to be the best.

The two-day seminar-workshop will showcase the best practices in digesting and analyzing complex laws and cases, memory retention, and answering the toughest recitation and exams. Also, learn what to expect in law school including how to impress terror professors, handle personal issues and deal with classmates, fraternities and sororities.

A great future awaits those who plan ahead. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Attend and learn from the best and the brightest.

Having the RIGHT METHODOLOGY in tax planning is a valuable tool to guide individuals and business owners in optimizing their tax savings and deductions. Institutionalize your tax planning system.

This two-day seminar will teach participants how to apply the best methodology, approaches and tax strategies for a year-end tax planning session to close 2010 and prepare for 2011.

The program will include cases and exercises to apply lessons learned; research on common findings of BIR examiners and avoiding pitfalls; tax-saving tips; preparing for year-end audit; update on new regulation on withholding tax RR 10-2008; and taking advantage of the PERA Law, among others.

Attend! Individuals and business organizations will surely benefit!

This program is MCLE and CPE Accredited.

This two-day solutions-oriented program is designed to help business owners, HR practitioners, lawyers, and laymen craft a working HR policy, code of discipline, and employment contract that is aligned with existing Philippine labor laws. Learn from the experts the special clauses that you must incorporate in your contract both for rank-and-file employees and high-level executives.

Know the latest Supreme Court rulings on employment and other best practices including labor contracting. Attend this program for a strike-proof, trouble-free working environment. This is accredited by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Lawyers get MCLE credits for attending this seminar.