A multidisciplinary platform of legal expertise, structured to serve every dimension of your legal need — from cross-border arbitration to employment compliance, intellectual property, and real estate.
The firm's international litigation and arbitration practice represents one of our most distinguished capabilities. We advise and represent clients in high-value cross-border disputes arising from commercial contracts, joint venture agreements, investment treaties, and project finance arrangements — before Nigerian courts, international arbitral tribunals, and foreign enforcement jurisdictions.
Our team has experience across all major arbitration rules: ICC, LCIA, ICSID, and the Lagos Court of Arbitration. We advise on seat selection strategy, governing law clauses, arbitral clause drafting, emergency arbitration, interim relief, and the enforcement and challenge of arbitral awards under the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023.
In parallel, our litigation capability spans the Federal High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Nigeria — handling complex multi-party commercial disputes, enforcement actions, cross-border injunctions, and matters with both domestic and international dimensions.
Our corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity practice advises on the full spectrum of complex transactional matters — from initial structuring through due diligence, negotiation, regulatory clearance, and post-completion integration. We represent acquirers, targets, management teams, private equity funds, sovereign investors, and financial advisers across a wide range of industries.
We bring deep understanding of CAMA 2020, SEC Regulations, Investment and Securities Act 2024, and the sector-specific regulatory frameworks that govern Nigerian business combinations — including CBN approvals for financial sector deals, NAICOM requirements for insurance sector transactions, and NCC notifications for telecommunications matters.
Our private equity capability extends to fund formation, investor rights agreements, preference share structuring, anti-dilution arrangements, exit planning, drag-along/tag-along provisions, and portfolio company governance. We advise both fund managers and limited partners on the full private equity lifecycle.
Our labor and employment practice is one of the most comprehensive in Lagos, serving employers ranging from multinationals to SMEs, as well as individual employees in high-value disputes. We advise on the full employment lifecycle — from recruitment and onboarding through performance management, disciplinary proceedings, and termination — and represent clients at every level of the Nigerian employment tribunal system.
We have deep expertise before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, which has exclusive jurisdiction over employment and labour matters. Our team handles wrongful dismissal claims, discrimination and harassment allegations, restraint of trade disputes, whistleblower retaliation cases, and collective labour disputes with equal facility.
NIC representation, wrongful dismissal, discrimination claims, unfair labour practices, injunctive relief.
Bespoke employment law training, HR policy audits, handbook design, compliance programme implementation.
Defence in regulatory and administrative proceedings before the Industrial Arbitration Panel, PENCOM, and ministry inspections.
Minimum wage compliance, overtime claims, salary arrears recovery, PENCOM contributions disputes.
Our intellectual property practice covers the full lifecycle of IP creation, protection, commercialisation, and enforcement. We advise creators, technology companies, media organisations, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and brand owners on protecting their most valuable intangible assets under Nigerian law and relevant international frameworks.
Nigeria's IP landscape — governed by the Copyright Act 2022, the Trade Marks Act, and the Patents and Designs Act — is evolving rapidly in response to the digital economy. Our team stays at the forefront of those developments, advising on issues ranging from traditional copyright enforcement to emerging questions of AI-generated content, software ownership, and digital platform liability.
Our real estate and property practice is one of the most comprehensive in Lagos — and one of the few in Nigeria offering genuine nationwide coverage across all 36 states and the FCT. We represent individual buyers, corporate investors, property developers, and government agencies across the full spectrum of real property transactions: from purchasing a completed home or acquiring a parcel of land, through to processing a Certificate of Occupancy and registering title at the relevant land registry.
Land tenure in Nigeria — governed principally by the Land Use Act 1978 — presents uniquely complex legal challenges. All land in each state is vested in the Governor, who grants rights of occupancy rather than outright ownership. Every transaction on that land requires strict compliance with statutory formalities — Governor's Consent, stamping, and registration — that, if not observed, render the transaction legally void and the buyer's investment entirely unprotected.
Our team navigates this landscape with precision and experience: investigating title before any money changes hands, drafting instruments that withstand legal scrutiny, processing C of O applications in any of Nigeria's 36 states, obtaining Governor's Consent, and registering completed transactions — ensuring every client's title is legally secure and fully enforceable.
Our immigration practice advises multinational corporations, Nigerian businesses, international investors, and high-net-worth individuals on all aspects of Nigerian immigration law. We take a strategic approach — treating immigration not as a compliance checkbox but as an integrated element of business planning, workforce strategy, and investment structuring.
Nigeria's immigration regime, administered by the Nigeria Immigration Service and regulated under the Immigration Act 2015 and various NIS administrative policies, requires expert navigation. Our team advises on the optimal visa and permit pathways for each client's specific circumstances — taking account of business objectives, timelines, and cost implications.
Our insolvency and reorganisation practice advises distressed companies, creditors, directors, and officeholders on all aspects of Nigerian insolvency law. CAMA 2020 introduced significant reforms to Nigeria's insolvency framework — including new administration and company voluntary arrangement procedures — and our team was at the forefront of advising clients on these changes.
We represent secured and unsecured creditors in complex insolvency proceedings, advise directors on their duties in the vicinity of insolvency (including wrongful trading exposure), and act for administrators, receivers, and liquidators on the management and realisation of insolvent estates. We also advise on the commercial bankruptcy tax implications of restructuring transactions.
Our CFS+ practice sits at the convergence of financial services regulation, data protection law, and digital technology. We advise banks, FinTechs, payment service providers, lending platforms, data processors, and technology companies on the complex and rapidly evolving regulatory framework that governs the Nigerian digital economy.
The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, NITDA regulations, CBN FinTech guidelines, FCCPC consumer protection rules, and the SEC digital assets framework collectively create a regulatory environment that demands specialist expertise. Our team provides both strategic advisory and practical compliance implementation support.
Our government strategy and fraud practice advises public sector bodies, MDAs, state governments, and private clients on the complex intersection of public law, anti-corruption regulation, and asset recovery. We also act for private companies and individuals that have been the victims of fraud, corporate theft, or misappropriation — pursuing recovery through every available legal mechanism.
Our team has experience engaging with EFCC, ICPC, and the Code of Conduct Bureau, as well as navigating public procurement disputes, constitutional law challenges, and regulatory investigations at federal and state level.
Our fully dedicated eDiscovery practice provides end-to-end electronically stored information (ESI) management for complex litigation, regulatory investigations, and internal inquiries. As Nigerian courts and international arbitral tribunals increasingly deal with disputes involving vast volumes of digital evidence, the ability to manage, analyse, and produce that evidence effectively has become a critical component of litigation success.
We advise on litigation hold protocols, data preservation strategies, ESI processing and review, and the preparation of court-ready digital document productions — applying both Nigerian procedural rules and international best practice standards.
Our health and insurance practice serves health insurers, HMO operators, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical practitioners, and managed care organisations operating within Nigeria's health sector. We combine regulatory expertise with practical transactional and contentious capability to provide comprehensive legal support to this highly regulated industry.
Nigeria's health sector operates under a complex multi-regulator framework — with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), NAFDAC, the Medical and Dental Council, and State Ministries of Health each exercising overlapping jurisdiction. Our team helps clients navigate this landscape with confidence.
Our specialists are ready to advise — in any of our twelve-plus practice areas.