Philippines-qualified lawyer — enforceability review of an IP assignment deed (AI SaaS startup)

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We are a newly incorporated Singapore technology company (AI/SaaS) building a clean IP chain of title. Our lead counsel has drafted our IP assignment deeds, and we need a lawyer admitted to practise in the Philippines to review the Philippine-law deed for local enforceability and confirm or redline it before signature. This is a review-only engagement — no drafting from scratch. The document is already prepared; we need your local-law sign-off. Document to review: one IP assignment deed governed by Philippine law (a short document, typically under 10 pages). Please confirm, under Philippine law: - the present assignment of IP is valid and effective, so title actually passes to the company; - the treatment of moral rights is correct and enforceable; - background versus developed IP, flow-down and ownership warranties hold up; - execution formalities are correct (signing, witnessing, notarisation); - any registration or documentary requirements are identified; and - any Philippine-specific issue that would weaken the document in future investor or acquisition due diligence. Deliverable: a short written enforceability review (one to two pages), listing any changes needed, with a redlined version if you recommend edits, and confirmation that once your points are addressed the deed is enforceable in the Philippines. Please answer the screening questions and give your fixed price and timeline. Screening questions: 1. Are you a lawyer currently admitted to practise law in the Philippines (a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines)? Please state your admission and provide your Roll of Attorneys number or IBP details. We will verify this. 2. Do you carry professional indemnity insurance for this work? Please confirm. 3. Briefly describe your experience with IP assignment deeds, chain-of-title and technology/software agreements under Philippine law. 4. Will you confirm the validity of the present assignment, moral-rights treatment, execution and notarisation formalities, and any registration requirements under Philippine law? 5. Under Philippine law, copyright in commissioned work generally stays with the creator unless there is an express written stipulation to the contrary. How would you confirm our deed's present-assignment clause overrides that default, and how is the moral-rights position handled? 6. Do you have any conflict of interest that would prevent you acting? The document was drafted by our India-based lead counsel; you would provide an independent Philippine-law review. 7. Your fixed price and realistic timeline to review one short deed.

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