Pre – empting and resolving dispute to mitigate risk

We understand that potential dispute can, in many cases, be avoided by identifying possible conflict, early enough, and utilizing various ADR options to resolve the dispute before they snowball into a magnified proportion.

We believe that resolving disputes before they occur helps our clients to save money, energy and preserve their business relationship. At GLP, we work closely with our clients in their commercial engagements to ensure that we identify possible issues of conflict and advise on the ideal alternative for the resolution before the issues become full blown. In our experience, negotiation, mediation and expert determination is the way to achieve early and cost-effective dispute resolution. So, that is what you can expect from our team from the outset.

However, we also understand that not all issues will be resolved amicably and these issues might end up in litigation or arbitration. On this as well, we have got you covered. From the simple and straightforward, to the challenging and complex legal issues across contractual law disputes, tax disputes, arbitration and much more, you can always rely on us to defend your interest. Fundamentally, we are a team of experienced litigators and we love what we do.

One of our core competences is handling election related cases. We understand the legal framework for election matters in Nigeria, be it pre – election matters or post – election matters. We have helped clients reclaim their mandate at election tribunals and also worked with clients to defend their mandates. Our clients trust us with their election disputes because of our strategic thinking and proactive approach to election cases.

We handle various cases in criminal litigation depending on our clients’ need. We are experienced in representing clients in various stages of criminal cases from making an official report, as the complainant, at the prosecutor’s office, to representing or defending our clients in trials at the trial courts and to representing our clients in appeals at the appellate courts.

We provide corporate advice to companies who are willing to startup businesses in Nigeria. We advise on issues that range from corporate affairs, taxation, permits and licensing, regulatory filings etc. We also provide advice to companies willing to engage in a capital raise.

We prepare and review agreements such as Founders’ Agreements, Shareholders’ Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Partnership Agreements for our clients, especially startups, in order to ensure that they are protected from the onset that they commence their business.

We advise on drafting general Commercial Contracts. We also advise clients on the legal implications of potential business transactions. We are also adept at conducting legal due diligence on persons and companies in Nigeria on behalf of our clients.

At GLP, we have an impressive advisory portfolio traversing such diverse issues as corporate structure, corporate contracts, corporate governance, regulation of corporations, the organization and mode of subscription of capital, transferability of shares, composition of the board and management, labour, compensation, staff welfare and pension issues and finance. We support clients on cross border investments/acquisitions and divestments, and advise on entry and exit strategies.

Our team of banking and finance experts support institutions with advisory and transactional services, while keeping them ahead of the curve on local and global regulatory shifts.

We advise on a wide range of financing and security arrangements, including corporate & acquisition finance, real estate finance, restructuring, project and infrastructure finance.

Our clients comprise major local and international banks, non-bank lenders and financial institutions, property funds, private equity, corporates and project sponsors.

From the complex deals, to the day-to-day transactions, we bring our clients innovative solutions and approaches supported by best-in-class technology, and we deliver it with insight, responsiveness and professionalism.

Employers, sometimes, face disputes with their employees, ex-employees or labour unions in the course of personnel and labour management. We provide advice on the best way to avoid or manage such labour disputes and also represent clients in courts for labour litigation. We are also capable of negotiating with labour unions for collective bargaining agreements on behalf of employers.

When consulting on general labour matters, we provide practical advice to help clients understand the points to consider in cases where such matters become disputes.

Furthermore, we regularly advise clients on the legal framework for labour related matters in Nigeria. We advise our clients on the rights of the employer and the rights of the employee. We work with our clients to ensure that issues with their employees are treated in accordance with the acceptable international labour standard.

The sports betting industry in Nigeria is a fast-growing industry with a huge market size. With the expansion of the industry comes unique challenges which operators are, sometimes, confused on how best to navigate through.

At GLP, we have deep knowledge about the sports betting industry in Nigeria, and, with this, we are able to advise our clients on the legal issues that pertains to the industry. We regularly help new entrants into the industry obtain all licences and permits that are required to enable them operate successfully in Nigeria. We also provide advices on how best operators can navigate through the complex legal terrain of the industry and overcome other issues they might have while carrying out their operations.

We leverage our experience across numerous practice areas to identify key issues arising in insolvency and restructuring transactions across sectors while also addressing concerns of all interested parties. We represent lenders and investors on a wide range of issues including exit strategies, refinancing, debt restructuring, distressed debt trading, investment in distressed assets, liquidation and winding up.

Advising a broad range of clients from individuals and large corporate groups to financial institutions, GLP’s Tax Team has specialist knowledge across all aspects of the Nigerian tax law and the way in which the various taxes interact.

Against this background, we are able to guide clients to the best possible tax outcomes and to work with our accounting team to ensure that the tax outcomes fit within our clients’ overall objectives.

Protecting a valuable and important asset such as your intellectual property is imperative to establishing and maintaining competitive advantage. GLP’s intellectual property practice has acquired considerable experience in various aspects of intellectual property protection. The team routinely assists with the registration of trade and service marks at the Nigerian Trade Marks Registry in order to ensure that client’s rights are properly protected in Nigeria. At GLP, we handle applications of different IPs like registration and renewal of patents, designs, copyright, trademark, domain name etc.

 In case of violations of IP rights, we are capable of representing IP holders before the Nigerian Copyright Commission, the Trademark Registry or the Federal High Court to ensure that our client’s IP rights are protected.

We advise real estate companies and property developers in investments, joint ventures, property acquisitions, sales and leases. We have immense knowledge about various types of real estate transaction structures and we have a wide range of experience with handling complex issues in this sector.

We have expertise on the Oil & Gas framework in Nigeria and we regularly advise clients on their transactions in the Oil & Gas industry. We also represent clients in courts and arbitration tribunals in fallout disputes they might have in respect of their Oil and Gas transactions.

We provide company secretariat services for our clients. We help with incorporation of companies, setting up the company’s board and shareholders’ meetings, filing statutory reports at the Corporate Affairs Commission and providing general advisory on company law in Nigeria.

We provide a wide range of probate related services. We help our clients prepare and lodge Wills. We also help our client obtain Probate and Letters of Administration. We represent clients in issues of dispute on Wills or inheritance law. We also advise clients on Estate Planning.