A Firm Built on Principle & Excellence

For more than a decade, Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra has provided strategic, commercially driven legal counsel to clients across established and emerging industries. Combining legal excellence with deep industry insight, the Firm helps clients navigate complexity, seize opportunities, and achieve sustainable growth.

TOP TIER LAW FIRM IN THE PHILIPPINES

⁠A Legal Powerhouse

Trusted by businesses, industry leaders, and innovators

CROSS-BORDER ADVISORY

FULL SERVICE CAPABILITIES

SECTOR-LED COUNSEL

INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS & HONORS

FIRM OF THE YEAR

CORPORATE & M&A

2025

ASIA SUPER 50

TMT

2025

TOP PHILIPPINE LAW FIRM

FINTECH

2025

TOP PHILIPPINE LAW FIRM

TMT

2025

TOP-TIER FIRM

TMT

2025

LEADING FIRM

CORPORATE & M&A

2025

THE FIRM

A Global Legal Powerhouse Built on Trust & Excellence

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra is one of the Philippines’ leading full-service law firms and a recognized legal powerhouse, trusted by businesses across key industries and sectors.

Internationally recognized across multiple practice areas, the Firm delivers strategic, business-oriented, and forward-thinking legal solutions tailored to the evolving needs of modern enterprises. With strong capabilities spanning corporate, finance, technology, infrastructure, taxation, dispute resolution, labor, intellectual property, data privacy, and emerging sectors, Gorriceta serves not only as legal counsel, but as a trusted industry advisor.

As a top-tier and globally connected law firm in the Philippines, Gorriceta is powered by a 120-strong team, including more than 60 lawyers, with an expanding international footprint across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

We Understand the Industries Driving Business Forward

Our counsel goes beyond legal advice — it is grounded in deep industry insight, commercial understanding, and strategic perspective. We work closely with businesses across key sectors where regulation, innovation, investment, and growth intersect, helping clients navigate complexity and seize opportunity with confidence.

From established industries to emerging sectors shaping the future economy, our multidisciplinary approach allows us to deliver legal solutions that are commercially informed, industry-focused, and aligned with our clients’ long-term objectives.

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Full-Scope Legal Advisory for Modern Business

Gorriceta delivers comprehensive legal advisory services across its core practice areas, combining legal excellence with deep commercial understanding to address the evolving needs of businesses, investors, institutions, and industry leaders.

Our multidisciplinary approach allows us to provide strategic, business-oriented, and industry-focused counsel across complex transactions, regulatory matters, disputes, investments, and emerging sectors — helping clients navigate risk, seize opportunities, and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly dynamic business environment.

Corporate & Commercial

  • Commercial Contracts & Transactions
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Investments
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Capital Markets – Equity and Debt
  • Corporate Finance and Capital Raising
  • Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Transactions
  • Competition and Antitrust
  • Corporate Governance and ESG
  • Employment and Executive Arrangements
  • Industry-Specific Corporate Advisory
  • Joint Venture & Strategic Partnerships
  • Corporate Restucturing & Reorganization

Banking & Finance

  • Acquisition Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Project Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Asset Finance
  • Financial Services Regulation
  • FinTech & Digital Finance
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Lending & Securitization

Energy & Utilities

  • Project Development & Regulatory Compliance
  • Energy Projects, Finance & Infrastructure
  • Corporate Transactions & Investments
  • Energy Contracts & Commercial Transactions
  • Energy Transition, Renewable Energy & Sustainability
  • Government Relations, Policy & Incentives
  • Energy Service Contracts & Upstream Resources
  • Strategic Advisory & Risk Management

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Commercial Litigation
  • International Arbitration
  • Enforcement of Judgments & Awards
  • Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)

  • Technology Transactions
  • Telecommunications
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • FinTech & Digital Assets
  • E-Commerce & Digital Platforms
  • Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure
  • Outsourcing & Managed Services
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Regulatory & Compliance Advisory
  • Digital Competition & Platform Regulation

Tax

  • Tax Planning
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Tax Due Diligence & Structuring for Investments
  • Tax Incentives & Investment Advisory (PEZA, BOI, Freeports)
  • Tax Compliance & Reporting Advisory
  • Tax Audit & Investigations (BIR Audits)
  • Tax Controversy & Litigation
  • Administrative Remedies & Dispute Resolution (Protests, Appeals)
  • Rulings & Opinions (BIR Rulings, Confirmatory Opinions)
OUR EXTENSIVE LEGAL NETWORK

Global Reach. Local Expertise.

WHAT OUR VALUED CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US

"Gorriceta has been a real great help for us in terms of establishing our objectives and goals. The firm has always been there to advise us, to guide us, and to lead us in making sure that we are in compliance with everything that we do. So I'm truly grateful for that partnership."

Jimbo Boria

President — S&P Global Philippines

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"I am most grateful for Gorriceta for really being the trustworthy partner in kickstarting our efforts to professionalize our business and bring in outside investors."

George Royeca

CEO & Co-Founder — ANGKAS

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"Gorriceta has been our advisors and partners in our ongoing journey and transition and transformation. I look forward to our continuous collaboration and partnership."

Delfin Angelo Wenceslao

President & CEO — DM Wenceslao & Associates

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"I'm most grateful for Gorriceta for being able to give me advice, support, and guidance. But I've always found they're willing to take the call, they're willing to give advice, they're willing to give guidance, and they're willing to open up their network to help Creador and its portfolio companies."

Omar Mahmoud

Managing Director — CREADOR

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"I am happy that Gorriceta was very professional, and they were very networked, they knew a lot in the industry. It was easy to negotiate with them. And even today, I'm tapping the Gorriceta Firm to help with my other pursuits"

Jose Magsaysay, Jr.

Co-Founder — Potato Corner

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"Gorriceta has been very helpful to us. When we were starting out, the basic partnership is really built on trust - we trust one another. I am most grateful for the partnership and the brotherhood that we were able to really create."

Donald Patrick Lim

President & COO — DITO Holdings Corporation

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"Cybersecurity is such a sensitive and very important aspect of mWell’s existence and our reputation. And so having Gorriceta as part of us gives us that comfort. I'm also grateful for the partnership and the friendship with Atty. Mark."

Chaye Cabal-Revilla

President & CEO — MWell by Metro Pacific Investments

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"I’m grateful for Gorriceta for their deep understanding of both the fintech and legal landscape - a rare combination that makes it a true partner to our success."

Manish Bhai

Founder & CEO — UNO Digital Bank

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"Clarity, structure, and the right legal guidance - something that I've been fortunate to have through Gorriceta - are what truly sustains every vision. They empower me to dream bigger, to tell meaningful stories, and to build enterprises that can make a lasting difference."

Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes

Actor — Founder, Doorbell Collective

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"Gorriceta has provided us with support and services in terms of helping us to navigate the regulatory environment here in the Philippines. We’ve been very happy with our experience and the support that we've received from Gorriceta. I'm most grateful for Gorriceta for the friendship that we've built with the lawyers there. For me, it's a much more personal relationship that I've built that I've been appreciative for."

Wei Zhou

CEO — COINS.PH

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THE LEGAL TEAM

The Founders Behind the Firm

Founder, Chairman & Managing Partner
MARK S. GORRICETA
Corporate & TMT Group Head
Corporate and Securities LawCapital MarketsMergers and AcquisitionsBanking & FinanceTechnology Media and Telecommunications
Co-founder
FRANCIS A. AFRICA
Co-Founder and Senior Partner
LUCAS NICCOLO M. CAUTON III
Corporate LawIntellectual PropertyMiningTransportationLaborLitigationReal EstateTourismHospitalityEnvironmental Law
Co-Founder and Senior Partner
VINCENT PAUL L. SAAVEDRA
Tax Group Head
TaxationGeneral Corporate LawReal EstateLitigationInternational and Domestic Trade
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