The firm’s litigation group is made up of members with vast experience. We offer excellent litigation services in commercial as well as general civil matters as the group has handled litigation matters that emanated from diverse areas of law. Members ofthe group have the expertise to defend the interest of our numerous clients in court through the skilful approach of vibrant advocacy.
The firm is committed to the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as a means to dispute settlement and conflict resolution. On various occasion, the firm employed the use of ADR, such as Arbitration, mediation, conciliation, as well as negotiation in the interest of its clients with the view to resolving disputes within the shortest time frame. The firm has expert lawyers that are trained in Arbitration, mediation, conflict analysis, conflict management as well as dispute resolution.
The firm advises clients, both local and foreign on issues relating to tax. These include advice on tax free periods, deductible expenses, tax allowances, tax incentives for gas utilisation as well as other sundry tax issues.
The firm offers expert advice in intellectual property law through its efficient Intellectual Property Group. Our clients’ benefit from the Group’s expertise on issues such as;registration of trademarks, copyrights, service marks, trade names, industrial design, works of authorship and patents.
The firm renders a full range of admiralty services to its clients. These include marine insurance, shipping, marine collisions as well as international trade. The focus of the admiralty team of the firm is to proffer high quality advice in meeting the demands of our clients.
We advise foreign clients (individual or corporate) interested in doing business in Nigeria. At StraightPath, we provide legal and advisory services on foreign investment and these include, Nigerian laws on foreign investment, expatriate quota, business permits,incorporation of companies, immigration, compliance issues, taxation, and repatriation of expatriate salaries.
Our Banking and Corporate Finance Group specialises in advising financial institutions. The Group offers legal services on various forms of financial transactions. These services include; mortgages, debentures, secured and unsecured loans, chattel mortgages, guarantees, senior and subordinate credit facilities, debt conversion,debt rescheduling documentation, project financing as well as bills of sale. In addition, the Group prepares and reviews documents on financial transactions based on the experience of its members.
The firm provides comprehensive commercial advice to a wide range of clients. Our expertise cuts across various areas of corporate and commercial law practice. These include issues that relate to incorporation of a company, such as joint venture, partnership as well as companies limited by guarantee. We also advise clients on related issues, such as mergers and acquisition, banking and financial services work, regulated industry law, securities, insurance, restructuring of private companies and businesses.
The Energy Resource Group of the firm has acted in advisory capacity to Multinational Oil Companies in various transactions. The Group advises clients on numerous areas of the energy sector, these include; production sharing agreements, power, exploration and production contracts, project financing, transaction agreements (Joint Venture, MOU, Power Purchase, etc), infrastructure projects in upstream and downstream, mining as well as environmental laws.
The human rights team of the firm has profound experience in human rights law. The team has consistently protected citizens whose rights have been violated by defending them in court with a view to ensuring the enforcement of their fundamental rights. Some areas of human rights law handled by the team include; employees’ rights, unlawful arrest and detention by security agencies, right to freedom of speech, right to assemble and all forms of discrimination repudiated under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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