Report: PH did not only pay $7-M to foreign lawyers but also shouldered China’s deposit at PCA

The Philippine government allegedly paid $7-M to international lawyers who represented the country before the PCA The amount was the final figure reached after a series of negotiations to adjust the ceiling price It also shouldered the deposit which China, who refused to participate in the proceedings, failed to pay MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government supposedly paid $7-million to Foley Hoag LLP, the Boston-based legal firm whose topnotch lawyers represented the country in the controversial arbitration case against China. The international team of legal experts from Foley Hoag who argued the Philippines case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands was led by Paul S. Reichler. Reichler is joined by Lawrence H. Martin, Professor Bernard H. Oxman, Professor Philippe Sands QC, and Professor Alan Boyle, all respected legal luminaries in the international community. According to investigative journalist Ellen Tordesillas of Vera Files, the Aquino government paid $7-M (approximately P330,370,000) to Foley Hoag which was the third ceiling price agreed upon after a series of negotiations. Series of adjustment of fees The original contract fee was said to have been agreed at $4,212,000 signed by then Solicitor General and now Supreme Court Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza [...]

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