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Senior counsel from the first call.

The firm is structured so that the lawyer who attends your intake is the lawyer responsible for your matter — and accountable for the outcome.

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Managing partner

Leadership.

Principal · Head of Legal Practice

O.B.A. Olufon

Solicitor & Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

O.B.A. Olufon leads the firm’s legal practice and personally heads the firm’s contentious work — including high-stakes recovery actions, enforcement strategy and the resolution of legally and commercially difficult cases. Clients typically engage the Principal directly on matters where the result depends on disciplined strategy, hands-on control and a willingness to pursue every legitimate route to outcome.

Specialisation: Difficult cases · Enforcement · Recovery
Admission: Supreme Court of the FRN
Languages: English

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Attorneys & associates

A growing bench of senior practitioners.

The firm operates a deliberate hiring model: a small number of experienced lawyers, each carrying full responsibility for the matters they lead. Additional attorney profiles are added here as engagements and announcements permit.

Recovery & Enforcement

Adaeze N. Eze

Senior Associate

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Commercial & Transactions

Tunde A. Bakare

Senior Associate

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Private Wealth & Legacy

Zainab I. Musa

Senior Associate

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Professional values

How the firm’s lawyers work.

The same standard applies to every matter — irrespective of size, sector or the seniority of the lawyer carrying the file.

Senior at intake

A partner or senior associate attends the first conversation. Strategy is set early.

Owned, not delegated

A single named lawyer carries the file from intake through enforcement.

Direct access

Clients reach the lawyer carrying their matter directly — not a relationship manager.

Written discipline

Material steps and risks are recorded in writing — no surprises, no drift.

Outcome accountability

The same lawyer who set the strategy is accountable for the result.

Experience highlights

Where the firm’s lawyers have made the difference.

Representative work, anonymised in line with the firm’s confidentiality obligations. Specific matters are discussed under engagement.

Recovery · Banking

Large-scale loan recovery for a tier-1 commercial bank

Multi-party recovery action involving asset tracing across jurisdictions, garnishee proceedings against multiple banks and structured private-treaty settlements with guarantors. Materially exceeded the bank’s original recovery model.

FDI · Manufacturing

Market entry for a European industrial investor

Entry-structure design, NIPC registration, sector licensing, real-estate due diligence and the negotiation of long-form local partnership agreements. Resulted in operational commencement within targeted timelines.

Property · Real estate

Disputed possession of high-value commercial premises

Statutory notice strategy, possession order and enforcement against a counterparty with sophisticated procedural defences. Possession recovered without resort to a protracted appellate process.

Private wealth · Succession

Multigenerational structuring for a prominent family

Living-trust architecture, family constitution, founder-transition plan and cross-border asset structuring — designed to convert a contested succession path into a governed one.

Labour · NIC

Defence of a senior-executive dismissal claim

Reassembled the disciplinary record, contained the discovery surface to the dismissal file itself, and closed out a confidential commercial settlement before judgment — protecting the employer’s reputation alongside the quantum.

Diplomatic · Consular

Consular protection securing border verification for a single-status document

Engaged the consulate and the host-state border-security directorate, authenticated the client’s single-status certificate at source, and secured a written foreign-ministry assurance that cleared the client for onward travel without delay.

Credentials

Admission, conduct, capacity.

Admission

Supreme Court of the FRN

Solicitors and Advocates of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Notarial

Notaries Public

In-house notarial capacity for diplomatic, corporate and individual instruments.

Conduct

RPC compliant

Practice maintained in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners.

Reach

Federal & state jurisdictions

Representation before federal courts, state high courts and specialised tribunals across Nigeria.

Cross-border

International coordination

Coordinated counsel for cross-border matters, foreign investors and diplomatic principals.

Compliance

NDPA 2023

Personal-data handling aligned to the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023.

Working principle

The lawyer who knows your matter on day one is the lawyer who fights it at trial.

And signs the closing letter. That continuity is the firm’s promise, and the simplest reason to choose this bench over a relationship-managed practice.

— The bench

Senior counsel from the first call.

Leadership.

O.B.A. Olufon

A growing bench of senior practitioners.

Adaeze N. Eze

Tunde A. Bakare

Zainab I. Musa

How the firm’s lawyers work.

Senior at intake

Owned, not delegated

Direct access

Written discipline

Outcome accountability

Where the firm’s lawyers have made the difference.

Large-scale loan recovery for a tier-1 commercial bank

Market entry for a European industrial investor

Disputed possession of high-value commercial premises

Multigenerational structuring for a prominent family

Defence of a senior-executive dismissal claim

Consular protection securing border verification for a single-status document

Admission, conduct, capacity.

Supreme Court of the FRN

Notaries Public

RPC compliant

Federal & state jurisdictions

International coordination

NDPA 2023

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