Atty. Krisanto Karlo Nicolas, one of the Founding Partners, obtained his Juris Doctor degree in Law from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he graduated With Honors and was awarded the Silver Medal Second Honors award. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines in Diliman.

Atty. Nicolas specializes in corporate law and commercial litigation and arbitration, franchise law, immigration and citizenship law, labor and employment law and commercial litigation and arbitration, and admiralty and maritime law. He is an experienced litigator, having handled countless civil, criminal and administrative cases before various courts and quasi-judicial tribunals in the country.

Before forming the firm, Atty. Nicolas was connected with Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Law Offices, where he practiced Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Corporate Law and Corporate Services, and Intellectual Property Law.

He was also the former corporate legal counsel and legal manager for PITC Pharma, Inc., a government-owned and controlled pharmaceutical corporation under the Office of the President.

Aside from legal work, he is currently a regular columnist and legal adviser for the magazine Franchise Today. He also writes as a regular columnist for the publication Builders Today.

Atty. Nicolas is also a thesis/dissertation defense panelist for the FEU-La Salle School of Law, the Philippines' first Juris Doctor-M.B.A. program.

You may reach him through:

E-mail: knicolas@ndvlaw.com