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Converting court judgments, arbitral awards and monetary claims into collected funds — through garnishee strategy, asset attachment, private treaty and structured realisation.
Why this matters
Judgments are entered every day. Most of them never collect.
The gap between paper victory and recovery is occupied by procedural risk — a missed garnishee window, the wrong writ, a debtor who restructures faster than the file moves. The firm runs enforcement as a self-contained workstream with its own clock, because the asset surface erodes the moment a debtor knows judgment has been entered.
— Enforcement bench
Services
Mandates are partner-led from intake. Engagements run on a single-judgment basis, a portfolio basis (multiple judgments across a creditor book), or a take-over basis where the file is inherited from prior counsel.
Phase 01
Asset re-mapping
The asset picture as it sits today — banks, real estate, shares, receivables, equipment.
Debtor solvency note
Where the counterparty has restructured, refinanced or moved value since judgment.
Forum selection
Where to seek leave, where to register, which gateway clears fastest.
Prior-counsel review
When the file is inherited, what stays and what is re-issued.
Phase 02
Garnishee strategy
Which institution to attach first — and the order that follows.
Writs of execution
Movable, immovable and joint writs sequenced to the asset map.
Service & substituted service
Service strategy and stay-resistance designed from the start.
Anti-stay applications
Counter-applications that keep enforcement on track.
Phase 03
Garnishee absolute
Tight, surgical applications designed to clear contestation, not invite it.
Sale by private treaty
Controlled disposal at market — not distressed pricing.
Public auction
When the right route is open process under court supervision.
Cross-border enforcement
Registration and execution of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
Realisation account
Proceeds applied to judgment, costs and interest — and audited.
Approach
Four steps. Click any one to see the artifacts produced.
Step 01 · Artifacts
Step 02 · Artifacts
Step 03 · Artifacts
Step 04 · Artifacts
Who we represent
A representative — not exhaustive — list of the clients the firm accepts mandates from under enforcement of judgments.
What success looks like
01
Surgical garnishee strategy designed to clear contestation rather than invite it.
02
Sale by private treaty or controlled auction at value — not distressed pricing.
03
Foreign judgments and arbitral awards registered and enforced through the right Nigerian gateway.
04
Anti-stay strategy and counter-applications that keep enforcement on track.
Bench on this matter
The named partners on an enforcement file are the partners who run it. Associates assist; they do not replace.
Senior partner · enforcement
Twenty-plus years of contentious recovery and judgment enforcement for tier-1 lenders, corporates and private creditors.
Partner · garnishee & realisation
Garnishee strategy, asset attachment and structured realisation — including cross-state and cross-border execution.
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