Our litigation practice is led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. We prosecute and defend matters for leading Nigerian individuals, companies and international organizations at trial and appellate Courts across Nigeria.
The team has considerable expertise handling the full range of corporate and commercial disputes, including oil and gas litigation, employment disputes, tax disputes, maritime litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency litigation, financial services and securities litigation, construction disputes as well as criminal matters and fundamental rights enforcement actions.

Our Capital Markets practice covers the full range of capital markets products and incorporates specialists in debt and equity capital markets, derivatives, structured finance and securitization.
Our clientele includes issuers, underwriters, trustees and other capital market operators.
The Firm’s founding Partner, Rt Hon. Zakawanu I. Garuba served as an Executive Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between 2013 and 2017.
The experience garnered in the said years is one of the firm’s priced assets.

We have considerable expertise in tracing funds and identifying assets through the most complex of corporate structures and have assisted clients in the recovery of assets before and in the aftermath of litigation and arbitration.

Our property and real estate team has extensive experience advising investors, financial institutions, government agencies, real estate developers, purchasers and vendors on all aspects of real estate transactions including acquisitions, real estate financing, real estate tax structures, lettings, disposals, investment, investigating and deducing title, drafting of legal documents, processing title documents, and obtaining Government consent.
Our deep understanding of the issues that arise at different stages of real estate transactions makes us well placed to navigate any complexities that may arise.

Our projects and infrastructure practice routinely advises project sponsors, governments, construction companies and lenders on projects and project financings across diverse sectors such as energy (oil, gas and power), transportation (airports, roads and railways), and telecommunications.
Our team advises on joint ventures and public private partnerships. Our experience covers all aspects of project work from conception, structuring, due diligence, risk allocation, implementation, financing to financial close.

We provide cutting edge advise to clients on a broad range of corporate finance transactions including start-ups and new ventures, joint ventures and venture capital fund raisings.
Our clientele includes financial institutions, private equity & venture capital funds and seed investors.

We provide advise on a wide range of transactions that incorporate traditional derivatives and structured finance structures in complex ways relevant to today’s markets and regulatory environment.
Our sophisticated knowledge and expertise allows us to structure and execute highly complex transactional and regulatory issues that arise in the course of structuring, offering, documenting and trading derivatives on behalf of our clients.

We advise asset owners, financial institutions, private equity funds, trustees and investors across a wide range of asset sectors.

Our team advises clients across various sectors on mergers, demergers, acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts and restructuring among other matters.

Our work covers every phase of M&A transactions from negotiation, regulatory compliance, deal structuring, documentation and deal closing.

Our power team has advised clients on several matters within the Nigeria power sector such as the regulatory framework governing power projects in Nigeria, the procedure for obtaining consents/authorizations from regulatory bodies in the power sector, as well as the preparation of power industry contracts such as power purchase agreements, operation and maintenance contracts, engineering, procurement and construction contracts.

Our tax team regularly provides tax advisory, tax compliance and tax litigation and arbitration services to clients in various sectors of the Nigerian economy including energy and natural resources, real estate, banking and finance, project finance and corporate restructuring.

Every transaction in the Nigerian commercial industry comes with tax implications and therefore the tax team is always at hand to review all our transactions with a view to identifying and considering any tax implications and risks that may possibly arise.

The Firm’s Managing Consultant, Anthony Malik, SAN served as a board member and Legal Adviser at the Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS) and Legal Adviser to the Joint Tax Board (JIB) between 2008-2010

Our TMES team advises industry participants on a wide range of issues including preparation and review of contracts, advising on regulatory and compliance operational requirements, assisting clients in the procurement of licenses from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other regulatory bodies, assisting clients with sponsorship and endorsement negotiations, representing clients in sports arbitration tribunals and in conjunction with our IP team ensure that our clients brands are adequately protected.

Our approach to disputes which comes to hand is to first deplore ADR mechanisms to resolve issues amicably between the parties using our best hands.

Our reason for this style of practice is to preserve the relationship between our clients and theirs for future endeavors which may come handy and to save time and money for clients.

The team is made up of Arbitrators, Mediators, Negotiators and Conciliators who have mastered the art of getting the best deal for our clients.

Our team provides expert advise to major investment and commercial banks, arrangers, facility agents, borrowers and other financial institutions on virtually all aspect of banking operations, including secured and unsecured facilities, multicurrency lending arrangements and syndicated loans.

We recognize that the financial market and its participants are constantly evolving, making our team best placed to provide our clients with the experience, technical knowledge and innovation needed to operate in the new market.

Through our integrated transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution practices, we are able to provide top legal counsel and represent our clients successfully in banking & finance related litigation.

We provide a full range of company secretarial services to leading companies operating in various sectors of the Nigerian economy.

The services provided by our company secretarial team includes preparation and circulation of notices of board and shareholders meetings, attendance and preparation of minutes of meetings, maintenance of statutory registers and filing of company returns.

Our team has advised key players in the oil & gas sector on various matters such as the regulatory framework for oil & gas in Nigeria, licensing procedures, joint ventures, tax regime applicable to oil & gas transactions in Nigeria and advised bidders in the acquisition of oil & gas assets.

Our expertise spans the entire value chain from exploration and production, to processing, transportation and commercialization.

Through our integrated transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution practices, we are able to provide top legal counsel and represent our clients successfully in oil & gas related litigation and arbitration.

In a legal and regulatory environment which is becoming increasingly complex, we assist companies, boards and senior executives with their governance frameworks, helping ensure that they keep pace with changes in law and industry best practices on all aspects of corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

We ensure that our clients brands, concepts, creative works and inventions are adequately protected.

Our services include advising clients on the registration, transfer and revalidation of trademarks, drafting of IP related documents, registration of copyrights and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies.

Our specialist team provides services covering the full range of the insolvency spectrum. We advise ailing businesses and creditors, negotiate with creditors, represent clients in winding up proceedings and advise on complex debt restructurings.

We have developed a reputation as the law firm of choice in helping clients recover outstanding debt owed to them either under loan agreements, negotiable instruments, promissory notes and judgment sums.

We act as an Asset Management Partner (AMP) for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and have helped recover outstanding debt obligations due to AMCON.

We advise extensively on the establishment and structuring of investment funds of all types.

In addition to fund formation, we assist our clients with their internal governance, regulatory compliance and financial arrangements.

The Financial Technology (FINTECH) sector is a fast-developing sector in the Nigerian economy and we are well placed to serve clients on a wide range of legal services in the industry like crowdfunding, e-payment platforms, cryptocurrencies, digital banking and peer to peer lending.

Our clientele includes venture capitalists, start ups and leading financial institutions.

We routinely advice local and foreign clients on the provisions of applicable labour and immigration laws.

Our services include drafting of employment contracts, negotiating and settling employment disputes, advising on employee issues in the context of mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring e.t.c

We assist foreign clients with the establishment of their businesses in Nigeria and help procure permits, quotas, visas etc. relevant to their operations in Nigeria leveraging on our excellent working relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Nigerian Immigration Service and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission.