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 IIMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP AND REFUGEE PROTECTION LAW (CANADA & NIGERIA) more...

Our expertise in the area of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee law, through Mr. Jesuorobo, enables the firm to provide exceptionally helpful representation to clients regarding all Canadian and Nigerian visa, immigration, citizenship and refugee protection issues. We adequately assist visitors, students, temporary workers (including live-in caregivers), skilled-workers, entrepreneurs, investors and those who want international protection as refugees. We effectively represent those who want to sponsor their family members. We amply assist those who want to regularize their status. We aggressively undertake court challenges on behalf of those who want to challenge or appeal the refusal of their applications. We provide relentless representation to those who face removal or deportation.



 OIL & GAS LAW more...

We are active in the Nigerian 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.



 CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL, PUPLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, TAX, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE,
    PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT LAW
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We act for governments, companies, financial institutions and private individuals on a wide range of matters including incorporation, Public Private Partnerships (PPP), real and personal property transactions, joint ventures, franchising agreements and trading and distribution agreements, 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. We act as agents for registration and protection of Patents, Trademarks and Copyright. The firm’s tax work also covers all business activities including insurance, stamp duty, VAT and matters pertaining to industrial relations.  



 CIVIL, CRIMINAL, QUASI-CRIMINAL, CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION more...

Our deep-seated understanding of the academic aspects of private, property and public law through intercontinental training coupled with decades of litigation experience in court arm us with a huge arsenal of legal tools that we can deploy to not only shield our clients from avoidable risks but to also effectively combat any opponent in an increasingly competitive and litigious world.



 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND TREATIES, ARBITRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS LAW more...

With our in-depth exposure to international law, treaties, conventions and human rights codes across continents on the one hand and a practical exposure to their practical application in court settings, we come equipped to adequately address the legal needs of both governments and private individuals in these areas. We come fully prepared to provide legal representation before international tribunals and courts. We are well suited to represent foreign governments, international institutions and organizations, embassies, high commissions, regional bodies and other agencies in local, regional and international negotiation, arbitration or litigation settings.



 PUBLIC GOVERNANCE more...

Our entrenched presence in the areas of corporate/commercial and property law practice on the one hand and our heavy involvement in the practice of constitutional, civil, criminal, quasi-criminal, administrative and international law and treaties on the other hand prepare us like no other and therefore uniquely put us in a position to provide cutting-edge advice in the area of public governance. We advise governments, public and private institutions on legislative drafting and implementation. We also advise impacted corporate and private persons on their rights and responsibilities.



 EMPLOYMENT LAW more...

We draw from our vast knowledge other areas of law and practice in our handling of employment law related issues. We are uniquely able to help both employers and employees to operate within the bounds of their contractual and statutory rights and responsibilities.

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TESTIMONIALS


Our principal partner, Mr. Jesuorobo, is a Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Public in Ontario Canada. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He has been the head of the award-wining Canadian law firm of Kingsley Jesuorobo & Associates in Canada. In June 2010, Mr. Jesuorobo was featured as one of the ten most influential Nigerians in Canada by the Planet Africa Magazine. Mr. Jesuorobo has guest-lectured 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.                                                                                     

Our principal partner, Mr. Edu, studied for a Master’s of law degree at the University of London, United Kingdom. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. 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 . Mr. Edu has contributed to the Journal of International Banking Law, England. He is also a member of several social and investments societies across continents.