About Us

Aguja Alberto Notary: Experienced Law Office in Manila

About Us

Aguja Alberto Notary has been serving Manila and surrounding communities, providing the highest quality legal services available. We provide a wide range of legal services for both businesses and individuals. Above all we aim to provide all our clients with quality legal advice and a personal service that offers value for money. We’re passionate about being number one for service and determined to provide excellence as standard. We are responsive, attentive and always put our clients at the centre of everything we do.Our culture and philosophy as a firm evokes a belief and strategy in continuously reaching further. Much like a professional cyclist, we are always pedaling forward and never looking back, so as not to lose sight of our trajectory and balance. Nevertheless, the path we leave behind is what makes us who we are today. We are very proud of it and even more proud to share it with you. We hope you enjoy reminiscing with us.

At Aguja Alberto Notary, we offer professional representation by a knowledgeable lawyer with a strong interest in your case. Our attorneys are known as outstanding legal professionals in their practice, the community, and among their peers and our firm has a distinguished history. They have an extensive and recognized practice in Personal Injury, Real Estate, Family Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Criminal Defense, Corporate/Business Law and more.

Our lawyers are able to service and satisfy multiple clients given that our firm employs the assistance of ample clerks, assistants, and staff. Our lawyers, nevertheless remain entirely responsible for overseeing all work performed on files and each of our clients can always remain assured that the lawyer met with during the initial consultation is the lawyer who will actually handle the legal matter. We have the knowledge and resources to effectively represent our clients and to assist them, from the outset, with understanding the best options for as far as the legal needs concerned.


Our Team

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Aguja Alberto, Principal Partner

Aguja Alberto focuses his practice on helping clients set up wills, trusts and use other tools that help them preserve wealth and transfer it to their beneficiaries in the way they want. At the same time, he advises them regarding the laws that could impact on what they want to do. He carefully considers the entire estate including family businesses, real estate holdings, investment assets, family trusts, pensions and life insurance to provide a comprehensive view. He also reviews charitable intentions and discusses structures. Aguja often works with colleagues at trust companies and accounting firms to structure his services to provide comprehensive solutions for his clients.

Aguja represents executors, beneficiaries, and family members in resolving disputes concerned with the distribution of estates and related matters. Aguja Alberto is one of the few Manila Certified Specialists in Estates and Trusts Law. Manila’s Law Society certifies lawyers with enhanced skills, experience and knowledge. Each year Aguja confirms he meets all requirements as a Certified Specialist. Aguja Alberto continuously shares his expertise as a media estate expert. He writes and speaks to public and professional audiences. He has written numerous estate books, special reports and free ebooks.

Edwin Nograles, Partner

Edwin joined Aguja Alberto Notary in the Spring of 2012. His practice is primarily focused on Personal Injury and Wills and Estates. Prior to joining the SLG team, Edwin maintained a general practice in Saskatchewan where he gained diverse legal experiences in the areas of Wills and Estates, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law and Personal Injury. Edwin articled at one of Southern Philippine’s top-rated criminal defense firms after obtaining his law degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He is currently licensed to practice law both in Manila and Saskatchewan.

Prior to starting law school, Edwin worked in the sales and customer services industry for a number of years. He brings with him the vigour of a sales-man in his approach to legal advocacy for his clients. Edwin thrives on meticulously construed systems that ensure efficiency and thorough execution. In his practice Edwin is constantly striving to develop new efficient systems and enhance existing ones to ensure our clients get the best possible experience.

  • Education: Juris Doctor , Bachelor of Arts (with Great Distinction).
  • Called to the Bar: Manila (2020).
  • Personal interests: Edwin enjoys spending time with his family, being a foodie, travelling and working out.

Mario Salazar, Partner

Mario Salazar is one of the founding partner at the firm and a member of our Commercial Litigation Group representing clients in significant litigation matters. With almost a decade of experience in many different practice areas and business sectors, including product liability, corporate litigation, real estate and energy, Mario brings a seasoned perspective to his interesting and diverse practice. Mario represents clients in contractual disputes, the defence of class actions as well as shareholder and related corporate disputes.

He also assists clients in transactions that require court approval. Mario has been called to the Bar in Manila and has significant trial experience in lengthy and complex litigation. He has appeared before all levels of court in Manila, and before the Federal Court. Mario joined the firm after practicing with a national firm where he practiced exclusively in the litigation group. In 1996, Mario returned to Manila to set up a full-service private practice with the idea of providing more personalized services to his clients. Today, Aguja Alberto Notary known for using a client-focused, holistic approach that recognizes both the business and personal aspects of client's legal needs. As one of the firm's founder, a large part of Mario's role is to mentor the law clerks and other lawyers and to manage the staff, together with office manager.

  • Personal Interests: Travelling, reading about history & other cultures, baking & gardening.