We possess specialist knowledge and expertise in corporate and commercial litigation, with the added advantage of a Corporate/Commercial team which gives us greater insight into our clients’ markets and an understanding of our clients’ businesses as a result of which we are better able to protect our clients’ interest and assist our clients to effectively manage their financial exposure to risk.

• Acting for a top commercial bank in an action seeking to exercise its right to foreclose a landed property which was mortgaged to the bank in respect of a facility granted to a customer.
• Acted for an International Oil Company in an interpleader suit for payment into court of certain contract sums due under a contract.
• Acting for a telecommunication company in the breach of a Capacity Subscription Agreement
• Acting for a Financial Institution in multiple actions instituted by aggrieved legacy shareholders of the Financial Institution’s pre-merger entities, challenging the shareholding of the post-merger entities.
• Advising an investment company regarding a potential dispute in relation to interpretation of a force majeure event in a contract.
• Acted for a top commercial bank in a contractual dispute regarding breach of an agreement to assign landed property situate in a prime area of Lagos State.
• Acting for a multinational company in its internal investigation of third parties vendors for possible invoice inflation and channel stuffing.
• Advising a major telecommunications company in connection with a copy right infringement action initiated by the Copyright Society of Nigeria.
• Advising a major Nigerian construction company in relation to a claim for an outstanding payment due under a multi-million Euro construction contract.

Securities and Banking & Finance Litigation

We regularly represent financial institutions in this sector and the nature of the disputes attests to our strength in this specialist practice area. Our team of litigators is constantly involved in complex and high value disputes.

• Acting for an international financial institution in a suit relating to a dispute which arose from the purchase and conversion of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) on the floor of the London Stock Exchange.
• Acting for a top Nigerian Bank in a class action instituted against it for claims relating to its last Public Offer and Rights Issuance.

Employment and Trade Disputes

We are retained by various organisations as mediators and representatives in their dealings with their employees and trade unions; and we are engaged to defend suits filed by former employees and trade unions.

• Acting for a renowned corporate organisation in a dispute filed by a trade union on behalf of the organisation’s erstwhile employees.
• Acted for a major telecommunication company in a dispute filed by a former employee challenging the termination of his employment.
• Acted on behalf of a service provider in a labour dispute relating to the remuneration and benefits accruing to contract staff seconded to a company under a Service Agreement.
• Acted on behalf of a Federal Ministry in a dispute relating to a Pension Scheme and the non-payment of pension arrears to retired employees of the Federal Government.

Defamation (Libel) Litigation

• Acted for and obtained judgment in millions of Naira on behalf of a former Ministerial Appointee in a libel suit instituted against a newspaper publisher.
• Acting for a notable Nigerian Bank in a libel suit instituted against it.

Debt Recovery Litigation

We are currently representing various companies and financial institutions in the recovery of outstanding debts owed by both individual and corporate entities

• Acted for and obtained judgment on behalf of a top Nigerian Bank in an action filed by a customer (corporate organisation) which failed to liquidate the sums outstanding on overdraft facilities granted by the Bank.
• Acting for the owners of a large housing estate seeking to recover outstanding debts in respect of leases granted to third parties.
• Acting for a technology company in a suit for the recovery of unpaid capacity fees under a telecommunications capacity agreement.
• Acting for a Financial Institution to recover a debt in excess of N550Million Naira being the sum outstanding and overdue from a credit facility granted to an International Company and its Nigerian subsidiary.

Tax Litigation

We are currently advising and defending a number of clients in tax related suits instituted by the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the State Inland Revenue Service.

• Acted for and successfully defended a multinational oil company in a suit filed by a state’s Internal Revenue Service, demanding tax already being paid to the Federal Government, thus protecting the company from double taxation.
• Acting for a client in a suit filed by the state’s Internal Revenue Service, for failure to furnish tax remittance certificates and non-payment of Personal Income Tax.