What We Do
Our Legal Services
Strategic advice, precise legal documentation and determined representation for clients navigating commercial, institutional and personal legal matters.
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Legal support through every
stage of a matter.
From early strategic advice and documentation to negotiation, alternative dispute resolution and litigation.
Legal Advisory
Insight for informed commercial and legal decisions.
Our general law practice is built on a long tradition of providing prompt and considered legal advisory services across a wide range of claims and interests.
Our legal advisory and corporate services team has extensive experience providing opinions and strategic direction on financial transactions, contract negotiations, business initiatives and investments.
We also provide innovative business support in corporate-affairs services, securities and investment advisory, maritime, insurance and banking, asset management, bank-credit advisory, financial technology, cryptocurrency and other IT-enabled financial services, together with general legal advice across diverse areas of law and business.
Solicitors
Accurate documentation, due diligence and transactional support.
Our practice as solicitors focuses on securing optimal outcomes for clients in contracts, agreements, deeds and conveyances, debentures, mergers and acquisitions, trusts, charities, title searches and due diligence.
Our services also cover the legal documentation of mortgages, title registration, capital-market operations, receivership, procurement of commercial operating licences and expatriate quotas.
We advise on international-trade agreements and credit lines, trademark and patent registration, company-secretarial services and related commercial documentation.
Dispute Settlement
Commercially focused representation across resolution channels.
O&O has established a strong practice in commercial litigation, arbitration, negotiation, mediation and related dispute-settlement processes.
We also have experience conducting and advising on administrative inquiries. The firm is a leading voice in mediation and other alternative dispute-resolution mechanisms.
We represent clients in matters before courts and tribunals across Nigeria and undertake applications for judicial review, administrative redress, tax-review proceedings, enforcement of corporate-governance codes and non-litigation legal remedies.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
Experienced advocates focused on practical and sustainable outcomes.
Our litigation team comprises experienced lawyers focused on commercial law, banking and insurance claims, maritime and aviation claims, oil and gas, elections, real estate and landed property, criminal defence, criminal prosecution, appeals and general litigation.
Our annual casework success rate is above 85%. Our litigation practice is insured by reputable underwriters to assure clients of diligent and dedicated service. Many litigation briefs are undertaken on a no-cure-no-pay basis, demonstrating our commitment to taking ownership of client interests and providing first-class representation.
Our litigation team also provides pro-bono services, delivering more than 220 free legal hours annually since 2005 to indigent defendants, death-row prisoners and victims of gender-based violence across Nigeria.
Measured Commitment
Results backed by
responsibility.
A sustained record across our litigation and dispute-settlement practice.
Free legal hours delivered each year since 2005 to people and communities in need.
Access to Justice
Representation beyond
commercial briefs.
Our pro-bono work supports indigent defendants, death-row prisoners and survivors of gender-based violence. This commitment reflects our belief that capable legal representation should contribute to fairness, accountability and access to justice across Nigeria.
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