Ascertaining and understanding client’s objective/interest.
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We are a team of bright minds in the legal industry with the requisite skills, training and experience in diverse areas of interest, bound by a strong moral compass and drive to provide the highest possible standard of legal services. We are wholly dedicated to providing creative, cost effective and efficient tailor-made legal services for each client on every instruction for the client’s optimal benefit. We invest resources and manpower in understanding our client’s industry and ensure we grasp their business goals and interests, so we are only an extension of the client. We constantly render services to multinationals and indigenous companies operating in various sectors in Nigeria, international companies seeking to do business in Nigeria, individuals, government agencies and numerous other categories of clients . We also render probono services to indigent persons particularly on fundamental human rights breaches and criminal cases.
Managing Partner
Our firm is structured into five practice groups for efficient service delivery. The groups thrive on knowledge, experience and ingenuity of its members.
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The team has an advantage of in-depth knowledge of the law, constantly primed by periodic case law reviews, research, and extensive experience in litigations arising from commercial contracts, labour and employment issues, tax liabilities, compensation claims and property disputes, human rights, administrative and constitutional law issues, as well as claims arising from oil exploration activities and torts.
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We understand the dynamics of businesses and go the extra mile in understanding the client's industry. Hence, businesses we advise excel.
From the embryonic stage of company formation and business start-up, to the complex corporate restructuring, contract negotiations, contract drafting and reviews, joint ventures, public private partnership transactions and investments, our Corporate/Commercial team ensures clients achieve their optimal goals.
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Considering the numerous regulations that govern businesses in our clime and the various obligations of businesses to these regulatory bodies, our Regulatory Compliance and Taxation team ensures that our clients are never on the wrong side of the law.
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With technological disruptions in virtually all spheres of human life particularly finance, and the ever changing regulations, our team is well abreast of the relevant laws and guidelines that ensure that whether as providers or consumers of technological services, our clients' interests are adequately protected.
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Our Real Estate team has the expertise to navigate the entire real estate transaction circle; due diligence, sales, acquisitions, perfections, land use, environment, development, lease, financing, joint ventures, restructuring, etc.
We employ a broad-minded approach in providing legal services and are anticipatory in legal strategy development. Core elements of our services are as follows;
Prime Service: Our services are of the highest quality. We pay attention to every detail to ensure that the solutions we provide are of the highest possible standard and that they truly meet the Client’s needs.
Client’s Interest: The Client’s interest is at the core of every case/transaction strategy development or advice. We understand that the needs or interest of our Clients may differ even with same legal issues, hence we are careful to understand the Client’s interest.
Dynamic: We are positive and always full of new ideas. Our approach to service delivery is characterized by constant progressive change. We are always seeking out better ways to deliver legal services more efficiently.
Accessibility: We ensure that our Clients can always get access to us at all times of the day and all days of the week. We are not limited by working hours or working days. Our phone lines and e-channels are always open to ensure that our services are always available.
Speed: With the Client’s interest as primary, we assign a time-line for every instruction and where there is need to re-adjust the timeline, the Client is duly notified.
Ascertaining and understanding client’s objective/interest.
Team set-up considering skill, experience and knowledge.
Evaluation and strategy development.
Providing profitable and thorough advice in simple terms taking into considerations all the variables, legal, business and practicability.
Execution in accordance with client’s preference.
Establishing quality professional relationship with designated officers of the client and its other professional advisers and ensuring clear and simple communication lines.
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We provide creative and efficient tailor-made legal services for each client on every instruction for the client’s optimal benefit
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Corporate / Commercial
Regulatory Compliance and Taxation
Technology / Intellectual Property
Real Estate