In view of the present, very visible real estate boom in the Philippines, particularly in the greater Manila area, FBRT has created a Real Estate Transaction Department, headed by one of its Partners, Atty. Bayani Brillante, Jr. Highly conversant with both local legislation and current global trends in real property transactions, Atty. Brillante’s cross-disciplinary team has constructed a legal framework whereby dealing in real properties not only proves profitable but also sustainable in the long term. In this area of practice our attorneys will help clients negotiate the terms of their acquisition or property disposition; draft deeds and agency contracts; facilitate the establishment of trusts and holding firms to manage their assets; create joint ventures to control them; re-structure troubled loans; conduct feasibility studies for huge investments in real assets; organize portfolios and facilitate the re-classification of land use.