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PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors is a fully integrated and multi dimensional business law practice, with Partners and Associates providing legal services to a highly diversified client base. We believe that our clients are entitled to highly personalized and quality legal services and our common success is hinged on our ability to develop mutually beneficial, long-term working relationships and our ability to provide expert advice in key areas of law.
Our practice areas cover dispute resolution (with specialist skills and robust experience in Litigation and Arbitration & ADR), Mergers & Acquisition and Competition Law, Energy Law - Oil & Gas, Insolvency Law, Capital Markets, Property/Real Estate, Construction Law, Investment Law and Product Liability.
In our continuing quest to offer high quality services that would meet the growing needs of our diversified clientele, we have established multipurpose and befitting offices in Lagos, Abuja and Asaba with modern office equipment and fittings in the right business environment. Our library is equipped with latest titles in law, business and management and operated with a library system management programs.
Knowing the impact of technology in today’s business world, we have continued to invest in ICT. Our offices are equipped with hi-tech facilities and a well structured ICT department. From accounting/billing, document management to case management software, Punuka has continued to take advantage of the great value and technological advantage inherent in these applications to provide top-of-the-range solution to clients’ needs. Our continued investment in cutting-edge communication and IT technology guarantee the quality timeliness of our professional services.
Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors is a firm distinguished by excellence and industry, providing a broad range of specialist legal services.
Our Vision is "To be a leading global firm working with you for solutions."
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Our team of experienced and highly knowledgeable employment lawyers advise on all aspects of Labour and Employment Law. We represent a vast array of clients, including, government, private individuals, trade unions and corporate entities in labour related transactions and litigation.
Our practice involves providing legal advice on employment related matters, drafting and reviewing employment contracts, employee handbook/company policies and updating clients on labour related regulatory provisions. We also provide legal support and consultancy services to recruitment agencies and human resource practitioners.
The Firm’s commendable Labour and Employment Law Practice cuts across both indigenous and foreign clients. At PUNUKA we proffer proactive, workable solutions to employment matters, providing guidance that produce improved performance, satisfied workforce, and guarantee that clients have policies in place to protect them from labour related disputes.
Our lawyers serve all major participants in every aspect of the Real Estate Industry, providing quality legal representation in a variety of complex transactions, regulatory and litigation matters to minimize and guard against inherent risks.
We ensure all necessary due diligence on Real Estate is conducted by carrying out physical inspection of same, conducting detailed searches at the Land Registry, the Corporate Affairs Commission and consulting with relevant government institutions. Apart from conducting due diligence and drafting standard agreements, we also manage properties for diverse clientele through our subsidiary OOT Properties Limited.
We also offer expert advice in all aspects of construction, including procurement, project development and financing, drafting and structuring of construction contracts, liens, payment adjudication, Insolvency, Insurance, Risk Management, and Dispute Resolution.
Our New Business/Regulatory Practice Team brings to bear a wealth of expertise and experience in corporate affairs and regulatory matters for companies with local and foreign participation. We offer highly professional and tailored-services in rendering legal advice and opinions for complex and non complex corporate matters involving incorporation of new businesses, and non-business organisations, obtaining of requisite licenses, business permits and expatriate quota, and other regulatory registrations as well as post-incorporation filings and corporate due-diligence whilst maintaining confidentiality.
Litigation is a core area of competence for the Firm and has earned us the reputation of being tough, thorough, dynamic and innovative advocates. Our team members have argued cases at the highest courts and represented numerous clients, ranging from individuals, institutions, companies and the government. With highly skilled, articulate and intelligent lawyers, we have recorded successes in a plethora of cases, some of which are published in the law reports.
We adopt a unique and creative strategy for every matter in order to achieve and exceed the goals and objectives of the client. We think outside the box and place great emphasis not just on the law and jurisprudence but on its application to various matters. We rely on both local and international case laws and best practices which enables us to push boundaries, set precedence and advance the jurisprudence in Nigeria.
Our deep knowledge of Media and Entertainment business as well as the practices and conventions of the local Industry, enables us to provide practical advice to clients that is in line with global best practices and local law. Our specialised expertise is offered within a full service firm structure which allows us to advise clients in all aspects of their business from setting up their entities to taxation. Additionally, our affiliations with a network of international Law firms through our membership of Lawyers Associated worldwide (LAW) and organisations such as the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL) as well as other contacts legal and non legal enable us adequately cover our client’s cross-border business-legal needs.
Our leading and award winning Media and Entertainment practice represents clients in both contentious and non contentious matters in the Film, Music, Media (Digital and Print), Gaming, Leisure and Hospitality industries.
Our clients include foreign and local corporate entities, including;
• Multinational and SME Entertainment businesses
• Record labels
• Management Companies
• Production Companies
• Theatrical Exhibitors
• Distributors
• A-list Artistes and Talents across the spectrum of the Entertainment Industry
• High-Net-Worth Individuals investing in Media and Entertainment
• Government/regulatory authorities in Media and Entertainment Industry.
Our services include but are not limited to;
• Interfacing with regulatory bodies on behalf of clients such as;
• Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)
• Nigerian Copyrights Commission (NCC)
• Nigerian Communications Commission
• Nigerian Investment Promotion Council
• Provide advisory services for financing and investment in the film, music, Media
(Digital & Print) Gaming, Leisure and Hospitality industries.
• Litigation of a wide range of entertainment and media disputes.
• Offer advice on antitrust and regulatory issues that may arise from the entertainment industry related transactions.
• Consult on regulatory matters, develop, draft and advise on regulatory rules and frameworks.
• Defend and prosecute intellectual property rights infringement actions.
• File Trademarks and notifications at the Copyright registry.
• Advise on a wide range of Intellectual Property issues.
• Consult on rights clearance, acquisition and protection issues.
• Tax advisory services to clients in the Media & Entertainment sector.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
The Intellectual Property practice delivers timely and practical commercial legal solutions to our clients with respect to their Intellectual Property (IP) needs. We provide legal advice on IP rights in relation to usage, creative works, brand names, licensing and exploitation as well as acquisition and technology transfer. Our brand protection and Anti-counterfeiting practice involves conducting market research and surveillance. We work with the relevant government agencies to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators. We also work with these agencies to evacuate counterfeit products from the market and sanitize the marketplace by creating necessary public awareness awareness of our clients’ products and brands.
The IP group litigate the aforementioned legal issues in tribunals and courts (up to the Apex Court) in Nigeria.
