Services

 

The following is a description of the division of firm and the services available:

 

A.  Corporate and Commercial:

 

Companies, Partnerships, sole Proprietorships; Asset Purchases, Leases, Agency, Properties, Company Secretary jobs, distrubutorships and other contracts related to the operation of the business in Nigeria; Public Company floats and other capital raisings; Takeovers, Mergers, Reorganisations; Joint ventures; advising on compliance with coporate legislation; Business Law and stock Exchange requirements, establishing and maintaning subsidiaries and affiliates of foreign companies in Nigeria.

 

B.  Banking coporate Finance: 

 

Banking law advice, Loan documentation, Assets based Finance, Construction finance, Off-balance sheet and lease transactions, project financing and leasing, debt instruments, rescheduling.

 

C.  Oil and Gas:

 

Active involvement in the Nigerian Oil and Gas sector where we act as advisors and facilitators.

 

D.  Litigation And Arbitration:

 

Disputes relating to commercial transactions, corporate Affairs, banking, Intellectual Property, building and construction contracts, employment, Shipping, trade criminal law, land law and all other aspects of the Nigerian Practice.

 

E.  Insolvency:

 

Contentious and non-contentious liqiudations, recieverships, schemes of arrangement and reconstruction.

 

F.  Special Products:

 

Consults as a resource person and facilitator, for the Nigerian Shippers' Council, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the Nigerian ports Authority, the Nigerian Chambers of Shipping and other Maritime Institutions, on Maritime related issues: amongst others.

 

G.  Interllectual Property:

 

Registration, protection, use of enforcement of trademarks, copyright, patents design.

 

Areas of Practice

Admiralty

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

 

Appallate

 

Asset-based Financing 

 

Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights

 

Commercial Leasing 

 

Corporate

 

Corporate Finance

 

Energy

 

Enviromental

 

Family Law

 

Financial Institutions

 

Government Contracts

 

Government Relations

 

Growth Management and Land Use

 

Insurance

 

Interllectual Property, Patent

 

Trademark and Copyrights

 

International

 

Labour and Employment

 

Lease Finance

 

Litigation: Civil and Criminal

 

Maritime Law

 

Martime and Shipping

 

Mortgage and Banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clients

 

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OFIANYI CHAMBER'S client base is highly diversified.  It has relationships with a number of large and medium-sized Manufacturing, Building and construction companies/Industries, Trading and service companies nationwide, in addition to some reputable Financial Institutions, including Insurance Companies and Banks. Furthermore , the Firm represents several foreign companies and their Nigerian affiliates.

 

We carry out our clients' instructions with minimum delay and are committed to committing a Law Firm based on expertise and service, with a personal touch.

 

At OFIANYI CHAMBERS, We provide the highest professional standards of advocacy and analysis, for all who seek our sevices.  The interest of our clients is paramount in the context of absolute trust and confidentiality.