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Brickhouse Solicitors

Brickhouse Solicitors

Contact: Mr. Kevin Ebhojie, Partner
Suites E144/145 Ikota Shopping Complex
Victoria Garden City (VGC)
Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: (234-1) 4612953, Mobile: 234-8025614647
Fax: (234-1) 4612953
Email: mainexxen@N0SPAM.yahoo.com, info@N0SPAM.brickhousesolicitors.com
Web: http://www.brickhousesolicitors.com

Brickhouse solicitors is a group of young experienced and focused legal practioners. It is a partnership with over 15 years expertise and experience garnered over the years in the areas of legal practice, civil and criminal litigation, commercial and corporate law, telecommunication and information law, environmental law, oil and gas law, international trade finance, foreign investments, procurement of business permits and expatriate quota from the ministry of internal affairs. Others are property and real estate law, patents,trademarks, copyrights registration, protection, enforcement and investigation, arbitration, insurance, shipping and maritime law.

The firm has a policy of keeping abreast of changes in the legal landscape both locally and internationally and is an affiliate of professional bodies such as the International Bar Association (IBA) and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been involved in the drafting, preparation, negotiating and conclusion of complex commercial contracts, JVAs, MOUs and various commercial agreements.

The firm is well positioned to provide quality and timely delivered legal services to all clients as a result of its information technology capabilities.

Giwa-Osagie & Co.

Contact: Mr. Osayaba Giwa-Osagie
4, Lalupon Close, Off Keffi St.
SW Ikoyi
PO Box 51057
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: (234-1) 2707433, 2790466
Fax: (234-1) 2703849, 2693447
Email: giwa-osagie@N0SPAM.giwa-osagie.com, giwa-osagie@N0SPAM.hyperia.com
Web: http://www.giwa-osagie.com

Giwa-Osagie & Co. was first registered as Oloke Chambers in 1986, and changed its name in January, 1990.

The firm employs ten full time legal practitioners and six para-legal staff. It represents clients in all major sectors of the economy, including private businesses, banks/financial institutions, oil and gas companies, and manufacturing firms. Giwa-Osagie & Co is also a member of Lex Africa - Africa’s first network for leading law firms.

Giwa-Osagie & Co. offers comprehensive legal services to corporate bodies. They advise on compliance with provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act and Investment laws. The firm recently acted as Solicitors to Issuing Houses on the public issue of Corporate shares.

The firm also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, bank security documentations, securities laws, telecommunications, Oil and gas transactions, Labour laws, joint ventures and corporate litigation.

Kusamotu & Kusamotu

Contact: Mr. Sunmonu Olayiwola Kusamotu, Principal Partner
D45,Dolphin Estate Plaza
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: (234-1) 342 3917, 876 395 Cell: (234) 803 314 2619
Email: enquiries@N0SPAM.kusamotu.com, kusamotu@N0SPAM.yahoo.com
Web: http://www.kusamotu.com

Kusamotu & Kusamotu is a Partnership of Lawyers, designed to meet the challenges of 21st century Legal practice. We believe in team work and leverage on strategic alliances. We are the only African participating law firm in lex universal.

Our law firm provides a wide variety of legal services which include Company and Commercial Law Practice, Corporate Restructuring, Real Property Conveyance Law, Information Technology law, Energy, Litigation , Mediation and Arbitration.

The names of our team members are summarised hereunder:

1) Kusamotu Sunmonu Olayiwola, admitted 1961, Inner Temple London. Admitted, Nigeria Bar: 1963. London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.B. Hons) 1960.

2) Jeffrey M. Aresty is a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts and has been involved in international business law and the role of technology in the transformation of the practice of law for almost three decades.

3) Professor Ethan Katsh is a graduate of the Yale Law School and has authored three books on law and technology, Law in a Digital World (Oxford University Press,1995) The Electronic Media and the Transformation of Law (Oxford University Press, 1989) and, with Professor Rifkin, Online Dispute Resolution: Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace (2001).

Mogbeyi Sagay & Co.

Contact: Mr. Mogbeyi Sagay, Principal Partner
6th Floor, 38/40 Strachan Street
Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: (234-1) 2630369, 2637573, Mobile 234-8023029964
Fax: (234-1) 2645383
Email: mogbeyisagay@N0SPAM.yahoo.com

THE FIRM
Mr. O. M. Sagay, its Principal Partner, formed Mogbeyi Sagay & Co., nearly 25 years ago. Since its inception and up to the present day, the firm has been in active practice in Nigeria. The Firm has Offices in Lagos State, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State and in Sapele, Delta State.

THE PRACTICE:
Mogbeyi Sagay & Co., offers full expertise in certain areas of law including but not limited to the following: Banking, Banking/Finance, Insolvency, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial, Environmental, Foreign Investment, Oil and Gas Law, Personal Injury and Real Estate, Telecommunications, Trade Regulation and Trusts and Estates.

The firm is regularly involved in all levels of litigation and other contested matters before the State and Federal High Courts as well as the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court.

The firm also takes a proactive role in helping its clients to avoid unnecessary litigation and problems. The firm does so through ongoing counselling and informative sensitivity training of executives and other classes of employees. The firm also conducts compliance audits as may be warranted.

THE CLIENTS:
The clientele of the firm encompasses corporations, institutions and other business entities of all sizes. The firm also enjoys a substantial practice representing individuals in the areas of Trusts and Estates, Tax, Real property and related matters.

Its many corporate and institutional clients are as follows: The Federal Government of Nigeria, The National Assembly i.e. Senate and House of Representative, Federal Ministry of Justice, Bureau of Public Enterprises, The Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), NICON Insurance Plc, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), NICON Trustees Ltd., First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc., United Bank for Africa (UBA), IBTC Chattered Bank, Oceanic Bank International (Nigeria) Ltd., Zenith International Bank Ltd., Stanbic Bank Nig. Ltd., Spring Bank Plc., Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Arbico Nigeria Plc., Exxon Mobil, Lonestar Drilling Company Limited, African Petroleum, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Sagoil Company Ltd., UAC of Nigeria Plc, American Global Ventures Incorporated, South Sahara Air Services NY, U.S.A., East West Manufacturers Co., International Carpets Industries Ltd., Termomeccanica Nig. Ltd., Varomet Services, U.K., Fiogret Ltd., Auto Export Import, e.t.c.

THE PHILOSOPHY:
The primary goal of Mogbeyi Sagay & Co., is to serve the needs of its clients to the fullest extent. In accomplishing this goal the firm employs a team approach. The key element to the firm's approach is that all client work is partner led. The lead partner provides the main point of contact and ensures that work is done at the appropriate level within the firm. Primary responsibility for the client's satisfaction, however, remains with the lead partner.

In implementing its team approach, the firm relies on a fully stratified compliment of talented Solicitors, Barristers, Paralegals, Litigation Officers and other support staff. The firm has access to exceptional support resources such as extensive research facilities, providing access to extensive databases, as well as state-of-the- art data processing, word processing, desktop publishing equipment and internet/email facilities. The firm also has a well-stocked library with over 10,000 law journals, law reports and various precedent books.

COUNSEL IN CHAMBERS:

TONY LIAM GE, LL.B LL.M (LONDON), (B.L), ROLAND B. NICOL: LL.B LL.M (HARVARD) (B.L), EMMANUEL MEWE PIRAH,LL.B LL.M, (B.L); ONWUKWE UZO:LL.B, (B.L); ADEWOLE CHRISTIANAH MODUPE (MRS):LL.B, (B.L); IMOH NELSON OTU: LL.B LL.M, (B.L); NGWUOCHA OKECHUKWU: LL.B, (B.L); ADERONKE O. FATADE (MRS): LL.B, (B.L); UGOCHUKWU GODSON CHUKWUDI: LL.B, (B.L); DALMEIDA FOLARIN: LL.B, (B.L); BEATRICE OMONEMI IRUNE (MRS): LL.B, (B.L); RUTH HADIZA HAMMAN: LL.B, B.L; UHUANGHO ITOHAN MERCY: LL.B, (B.L); THOMAS S. AWHANA: LL.B, (B.L); STEPHENSON OKUCHEMIYA: LL.B, (B.L)