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Mr. Relato is a versatile CPA-Lawyer with an extensive experience in setting up companies in the Philippines and rendering tax, corporate, immigration and labor services to multinational and local clients.

He assists foreign and local clients organize their business by providing advisory services on the most tax efficient corporate structure under Philippine tax laws.  He has a wide experience in the incorporating both local and foreign companies with the SEC, including the handling of post registration works.  He also provides tax outsourcing services to multinational companies, including compliance with the government mandated social contributions.  

Mr. Relato handles tax cases before the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Court of Tax Appeals and the Supreme Court. He renders tax and legal opinions and conducts review of various types of corporate contracts.  He advises clients on various corporate matters, such as mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and dissolution. He also advises clients on customs compliance matters and represents them in post entry audits conducted by the Bureau of Customs.  He advises clients on employment matters and represents them before the National Labor Relations Commission.

Mr. Relato worked as an auditor of Sycip Gorres Velayo &Co. (SGV &Co.), the local affiliate of Ernst &Young, and worked as a researcher of a legal business process outsourcing (BPO) company.

Mr. Relato was a senior associate at Quisumbing Torres Law Offices, a member firm of Baker McKenzie International, where he rendered tax litigation, advisory and customs work. He was also an associate of Du-Baladad and Associates, where he gained experience handling tax litigation work.

Mr. Relato was a tax manager of Punongbayan & Araullo & Co. (P&A), an affiliate of Grant Thornton Ltd., where he gained extensive experience in handling tax, customs, and corporate works. While in P&A, Mr. Relato played a key role in the engagement team that garnered the prestigious Founder’s Award in 2010.

Mr. Relato wrote several articles on tax matters in various issues of the Business World. He was a faculty member of the De La Salle University-College of Saint Benilde, where he lectured on income taxation.

Atty. Relato was a partner at De Lumen Valdez Zamora &Associates where he was engaged in tax, corporate, immigration, labor and civil litigation practice.

Atty. Relato obtained both his accountancy and law degrees from San Beda College. He passed the CPA Licensure Examinations in 1998 and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2005. He is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Tax Management Association of the Philippines.