Principal · Head of Legal Practice
Solicitor & Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria — counsel for difficult cases, recovery and enforcement.
Practice focus
Sectors, in figures
Commercial banks
40+ recovery mandates led
Diplomatic missions
Acting since 2016
Foreign investors
12 cross-border briefs
Real estate
18 possession actions closed
Family businesses
8 governance instruments drafted
Illustrative figures — updated on engagement.
Clients 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.
O.B.A. Olufon leads the firm’s legal practice and personally heads its contentious work — high-stakes recovery actions, enforcement strategy, and the resolution of legally and commercially difficult cases that other counsel have struggled to move.
The Principal’s reputation rests on a single, unfashionable conviction: that a judgment is the midpoint of a matter, not its conclusion. The work that matters happens after the order is made — in the asset tracing, the garnishee strategy, the attachment and the settlement that convert a paper victory into a banked result.
Every brief begins with the commercial objective and works backward into legal strategy. The Principal attends intake personally on significant matters, sets the strategy early, and remains accountable for the result — there is no handover to a junior once the engagement letter is signed.
For contentious files, the posture is that of an enforcer: map the assets before the debtor knows judgment is coming, sequence the instruments deliberately, and run tracks in parallel so contestation in one does not stall the others. For commercial matters, the posture is that of a counterparty: anticipate the other side’s incentives and find the lowest-cost path to the client’s preferred outcome.
Representative experience
Anonymised in line with the firm’s confidentiality obligations. Specific matters are discussed under engagement.
Recovery · Banking
Led an asset-tracing and recovery action across jurisdictions — garnishee proceedings against multiple banks, attachment, and structured private-treaty settlements with guarantors. Recovered value materially exceeded the bank’s internal write-down model.
Enforcement · Awards
Inherited a stale judgment from prior counsel, re-mapped the debtor’s current asset surface, and ran parallel garnishee and execution tracks to defeat a sustained programme of stay applications and satellite litigation.
Property · Real estate
Statutory notice strategy, possession order and disciplined enforcement against a counterparty running sophisticated procedural defences. Possession recovered without a protracted appellate process.
Diplomatic · Cross-border
Acted for a foreign principal in an immunity-aware commercial dispute, resolving the matter by structured negotiation without recourse to public process — closing the file without escalation.
Investment · FDI
Advised on the Nigerian leg of a cross-border investment: entity structuring, NIPC and sector clearances, and layered protection against political-risk and regulatory-shift exposure over the operating horizon.
Insolvency · Recovery
Traced a distressed group’s real economic ownership through nominee vehicles in three jurisdictions, followed by a co-ordinated attachment against the banked assets the trace surfaced.
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 whole of the firm’s promise.
O.B.A. Olufon · Principal
Credentials & admission
Admission
Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Role
Head of Legal Practice; leads the firm’s contentious, recovery and enforcement work.
Notarial
Notarial capacity for diplomatic, corporate and individual instruments.
Conduct
Practice maintained under the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners.
Reach
Representation before federal courts, state high courts and specialised tribunals nationwide.
Cross-border
Coordinated counsel for foreign investors, diplomatic principals and cross-border enforcement.
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