JED Solicitors is a medium – standing international law firm with physical offices in Nigeria and Canada. Our main offices are located in Abuja and Lagos in Nigeria and in Toronto, Canada. 

Our leading and principal counsel are Kingsley I. Jesuorobo, Esq. and Sivbone Edu, Esq. Both Messrs Jesuorobo and Edu have over 40 combined years of practice experience and boast intercontinental legal training in Nigeria, UK, USA and Canada.

Mr. Jesuorobo is called to Ontario, Canada and Nigerian Bars. He has been the head of the award-wining Canadian law firm of Kingsley Jesuorobo & Associates in Canada. Mr. Jesuorobo’s legal exploits and ground-breaking successful legal fights on behalf of his clients have resulted in several awards and recognition. Mr. Jesuorobo’s cases have been cited in major scholarly works. In September 2010, Mr. Jesuorobo was a guest lecturer at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, under the sponsorship of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Fahamu Refugee Program. He has also guest-lectured at York University, Toronto, Canada. In June 2010, Mr. Jesuorobo was featured as one of the ten most influential Nigerians in Canada by the Planet Africa Magazine.

Mr. Edu is called to Nigerian Bar. He studied for a Master’s of law degree in London, United Kingdom. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Member of International Fiscal Association, London. Mr. Edu has, for several decades, been the managing partner of Edu, Edu & Co. [Solicitors], a Nigerian law firm that has been on the cutting edge of innovative and ground-breaking legal work to the satisfaction of clients and the admiration of legal community. Mr. Edu has contributed to the Journal of International Banking Law, England.

At JED Solicitors, our fused resources are dedicated to provide efficient client-tailored legal advice and cutting-edge representation to a vast and diverse array of local and international clientele, including but not limited to governments, ministries, parastatals, international organizations, private and public institutions, corporate and non-corporate persons, foreign embassies and commissions. Our scope of practice covers all aspects of legal work with specialization in all aspects of Civil, Criminal and Constitutional Litigation, Quasi-criminal Litigation, International Law and Treaties, Arbitration, Human Rights law, Investment law, Employment Law, Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Tax Law, Securities Law, Banking Law and International Finance.

With our knowledge and experience in the area of international law, public law, property law, arbitration, corporate structuring and governance, we are able to advice our clients not only on the law but also on the best risk-averse practice to adopt. Our arsenal of legal tools are protectively deployed to not only shield our clients from avoidable risks but to also effectively combat any opponent in an increasingly competitive and litigious world.

Our expertise in the area of Canadian Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee law, through Mr. Jesuorobo, enables the firm to provide quality representation to individuals and institutions that require Canadian citizenship, immigration or refugee status. Our Nigerian legal background and vast practice experience also position us to provide professional guidance and assistance to individuals and institutions that require Nigerian status.

Our range of commercial law expertise includes joint ventures, franchising agreements and trading and distribution agreements.

The firm’s tax work also covers all business activities including insurance, stamp duty, VAT, and matters pertaining to industrial relations.

We have been active in the Oil & Gas Industry, through Mr. Edu, and have only recently been involved in providing advice in the bidding rounds for Oil Mining Leases & Oil Prospecting Leases and have been involved in settling of complex Joint Operating Agreements, Farm Out Agreements and the likes.

We also act for governments, Commercial Companies, financial institutions and private concerns on a wide range of matters including Public Private Partnerships (PPP), real and personal property transactions, joint ventures, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, equity issues, and venture capital. We are active in the development of advanced funding techniques to take advantage of emerging trends in the domestic and international capital markets. The firm is particularly proficient in this area, and our experience has included successfully acting [together with others] in offering transactional advice to Governments and/or other concerns regarding PPP, Contractor in the innovative Loan Syndication/Project Financing Of Telecommunications Infrastructure liaising with Equipment Vendors, Local & International Club Of Creditors, GSM Licence Holders, etc as well as acting in foreign currency denominated trade finance, capital market issue, public offer and Consortium Resource Investment Fund.

With our professional strategy, we have the technical resources and the people to undertake large and complex transactions or litigation or consultancy work at short notice and complete them quickly and efficiently.
We assure that we are imbued with clear thinking and a full understanding of the law. We simply satisfactorily feed our clients’ needs.