G. Elias

Managing Partner: Fidelis Adewole.

Partners: Gbolahan Elias SAN, Segun Omoregie, Fred Onuobia SAN, Stephen Arubike, Abubakar Anafi, Okechukwu Okoro, Similoluwa Oyelude and Michelle Chikezie.

Number of partners: 9

Number of lawyers: 60

Languages: English

Firm Overview

We are a corps of specialists dedicated to addressing demanding clients’ important legal challenges.

We are also a leading Nigerian business law firm founded nearly 30 years ago. We have always had an international outlook.If we may say so, we have a reputation for, and an outstanding record of, carrying out critical, innovative and complex work to the highest standards. We have advised on many significant developments in Nigerian business law.

Main Areas of Practice

Our practice areas are: mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, re-organizations, foreign investment, compliance, lendings, derivatives, insolvency, capital markets, litigation, arbitration, “white collar” defence and investigations, tax, intellectual property, competition, data protection and employment law.

Our clients work in many industry sectors: agribusiness, commercial banking, Fintech, investment banking, insurance, private equity, pensions and other fund managers, oil and gas, electric power, mining, real estate, construction, infrastructure, healthcare, transport, services, retail and distributorship, commodities, materials, manufacturing (capital goods, consumer goods), external trade, technology, telecommunications, media and entertainment.

Practice Areas

■ Finance

■ Commerce

■ Corporate

■ Dispute Resolution

■ Projects

■ Tax

■ Energy

■ Intellectual Property

■ New Economy

Practice Areas and Contacts

Banking; Financial Services:

Contact: Fred Onuobia SAN

Tel: +234 803 402 3879

Email: [email protected]

Corporate:

Contact: Segun Omoregie

Tel: +234 803 313 3145

Email: [email protected]

Capital Markets:

Contact: Michelle Chikezie

Tel: +234 905 368 4134

Email: [email protected]

Disputes:

Contact: Abubakar Anafi

Tel: +234 806 968 9514

Email: [email protected]

Energy:

Contact: Okechukwu Okoro

Tel: +234 803 770 1610

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property, New Economy:

Contact: Similoluwa Oyelude

Tel: +234 803 827 1488

Email: [email protected]

Projects:

Contact: Fidelis Adewole

Tel: +234 803 885 0632

Email: [email protected]

Tax:

Contact: Stephen Arubike

Tel: +234 803 762 9931

Email: [email protected]