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Illustrative cross-border scenario · Exiting, closing or divesting
Illustrative case study showing how a business objective can be coordinated across countries, capabilities, responsible professionals and milestones.
Exiting, closing or divesting: Argentina ↔ Philippines delivery programme. An illustrative scenario showing how WONE Global coordinates the countries and areas of expertise involved. It does not describe a specific client engagement.
- 2
- areas of work
- 2
- markets
- Multidisciplinary alignment
Scope
Markets and services involved
Markets
Services
Coordination
How the work is sequenced
- 1WONE Global works out the goal with the business: countries, expertise, order of work and risks.
- 2The WONE Global lead in each country and area of expertise is introduced, after conflict checks.
- 3The firms work in a sequence agreed up front, briefing each other and handing over properly.
- 4Your WONE Global contact keeps track of the whole project until it's done.
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Who would handle it in these markets
Named leads where they exist today; everything else arranged by WONE Global on request, with the name confirmed before work begins.
On request
WONE Global can find the right Intellectual Property & Brand Protection professional in Argentina and Philippines for you.
No WONE Global Partner holds this yet. Send us your requirement: WONE Global confirms whether a vetted Associate firm can act, tells you who it is and checks for conflicts before any work begins.
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The two markets in this matter
The essentials of each market on the topics this kind of work turns on.
Argentina
Essentials · source-checked
- Main entity form
- Sociedad anónima (single-member only as SAU)
- Foreign company registration
- Required for habitual business, branches or local shareholdings
- Exchange controls
- Lifted for individuals April 2025; some company restrictions remain
- Dividends abroad
- Official market access for profits of years from 1 January 2025
- Minimum wage
- ARS 391,200 a month (October 2026)
- Data protection law
- Ley 25.326; Convention 108 approved
Philippines
Essentials · source-checked
- Corporate income tax
- 25% standard; 20% for domestic corporations with assets up to PHP 100 million and net taxable income up to…
- VAT
- 12% standard rate
- Main entity form
- Domestic corporation registered with the SEC
- Foreign ownership
- Limits apply to activities on the 13th Foreign Investment Negative List (April 2026)
- Foreign exchange
- Liberal regime; register investments with the BSP for repatriation
- Data protection
- Data Privacy Act of 2012, enforced by the National Privacy Commission
| Topic | Argentina | Philippines |
|---|---|---|
| Establish & Structure | Companies are governed by the General Companies Law (Ley 19.550). A foreign company needs to register in Argentina to trade habitually, open a branch or hold shares in a local company. Single-member companies must be sociedades anónimas. Read more | Foreign investors usually form a domestic corporation registered with the SEC, or register a branch or representative office of the foreign company. Read more |
| Tax & Statutory | Read more | Corporate income tax is 25 percent, reduced to 20 percent for smaller domestic corporations. VAT is 12 percent and non-resident digital service providers must register for it. Read more |
| People, Payroll & Mobility | Argentina sets a national minimum wage by resolution, with monthly increases scheduled through April 2027. Labour law was reformed by the Ley Bases in 2024 and again by the Labour Modernisation Law in March 2026, whose details could not yet be checked. Read more | Read more |
| Banking, Treasury & Payments | Argentina lifted exchange restrictions for individuals in April 2025 and now runs a floating band regime. Companies can pay dividends abroad from profits of financial years starting in 2025 or later, but some restrictions remain, including a 90-day… Read more | The Philippines has a liberal foreign exchange regime administered by the BSP. Foreign exchange can be bought and sold freely, but foreign direct investments should be registered with the BSP, and portfolio investments through a custodian bank, if the… Read more |
| Disputes, Enforcement & Exit | Argentina applies the New York Convention with reciprocity and commercial reservations. The international commercial arbitration law and the procedure for enforcing foreign judgments were not confirmed. Read more | Commercial disputes go to the Regional Trial Courts, some designated as special commercial courts, with appeals to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Read more |
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