“The Philippines is creating a business-friendly environment through incentives, streamlined regulations, and innovation-friendly reforms. Whether through CREATE MORE, renewable energy, fintech, or intellectual property protections, investors are encouraged to seize these opportunities to drive growth and success,” said DivinaLaw Managing Partner Atty. Nilo T. Divina during the recent launch of the Doing Business in the Philippines 2025 guidebook.
Produced by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) in collaboration with DivinaLaw and the Board of Investments (BOI), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Doing Business in the Philippines 2025 guidebook features a reader-friendly summary of steps in setting up a business in the Philippines, and legal updates on relevant topics such as investments, incentives, taxation, and labor, to name a few.
During the event, Hon. Ceferino S. Rodolfo, Undersecretary of DTI and Vice Chairman and Managing Head of BOI, shared the government’s initiatives to promote investment and announced the upcoming release of the 2025-2028 Strategic Investment Priority Plan.
ECCP President Paulo Duarte shared the efforts of the chamber to promote trade relations between Europe and the Philippines.
H.E. Massimo Santoro, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, talked about EU-Philippine trade and investments and H.E. Christian Lyster, Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila, encouraged the utilization of the Free Trade Agreements.
Also present during the event were Mr. Philipp Dupuis (Minister Counsellor and Head of the Economic Trade Section of the Delegation of the EU to the Philippines), and Atty. Bobby G. Fondevilla (Executive Director of the BOI Investment Assistance Center) and Mr. Ernesto C. Delos Reyes Jr. (BOI Director for Investments Assistance Service).
