Our Lawyers
Peter Guan S. Espiritu
Peter specializes in varying fields of dispute resolution, corporate law, labor law, special projects, land registration, and government procurements. He has extensive experience as a trial lawyer, representing private businesses, government entities, and individuals on matters involving intra-corporate disputes, employment disputes, dispute resolution and arbitration, civil claims, and criminal prosecution.
As a litigator, Peter has a special interest in civil, criminal, and family law. He has vast experience in handling adoption, custody, support, annulment of marriage, property relations, and settlement of estates. He also handles land registration, tilting, and reclassification disputes. Peter has also represented clients before the Civil Service Commission, Professional Regulatory Commission, and Human Settlements Adjudication Commission.
As a labor law practitioner, Peter reviews and advises corporations on the recent and relevant labor and employment policies to ensure compliance with existing labor laws and regulations. He also represents companies and individuals before the Department of Labor and Employment and the National Labor Relations Commission.
For his corporate law practice, Peter serves as legal counsel of several companies operating in the field of petroleum and energy, automotive, trading, construction, lending and finance, and environmental solutions.
He represents these corporations before courts and various government offices and agencies to ensure compliance with tedious government requirements and regulations. Peter is currently the external counsel of the Autohub Group of Companies, which is one of the top car distributors, dealerships, and automotive service groups in the Philippines.
In the field of environmental law, Peter has successfully represented a private company to build and operate a Sewage Treatment Plant Facility in one of the municipalities of Pampanga. He also advises companies that haul, dislodge, siphon, and treat domestic wastes. Through these environmental projects, he gained extensive practice on several Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Department of Health regulations and requirements.
In the field of government procurement, Peter represents various corporations and entities that regularly participate in government biddings. He has extensive experience in reviewing bidding documents and bid submissions and drafting requests for reconsiderations and protests. In 2020, Peter successfully represented a foreign energy firm that was awarded a multi-million operation and maintenance project. At present, he currently serves as a legal consultant of the Quezon City Procurement Department.
Prior to founding GVES Law, he was a partner of Espiritu Espiritu & Lim, and an associate of Kapunan Garcia & Castillo Law Offices. He earned his Juris Doctor Degree from the De La Salle University College of Law and was part of the University’s Pioneer Batch.