The firm's profile
Established in 1946 by the Late Honourable Justice Chuba Ikpeazu QC, OFR. Ikpeazu Chambers is a firm that has earned a reputation in litigation as well as in Corporate and Commercial practices, with offices at Onitsha and Abuja. The firm has through the years built a reputation for satisfying the expectations of its clients. The philosophy that inspires the firm is the provision of efficient legal services engineered to suit the peculiar needs of each client timeously. The firm has a staff strength of 29 (Twenty-Nine) lawyers who advise clients in legal fields not limited to Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Telecommunication, Banking, Corporate law, Property law, Arbitration, and legal drafting. Our focused team has many years of experience solving complex legal problems arising in these areas. We understand that providing our clients with successful advisory services not only requires in-depth legal knowledge of “classical” commercial and corporate law but also expertise in related areas. Each member of our team possesses long-standing experience in one or more of our practice areas. We also take an active part in current jurisprudential discuss and feel quite at home in our national legal environment as well as the international legal environment. Our Clients justifiably expect us to anticipate their needs and consider their entrepreneurial success at the end of our efforts. Thus, our goal is to apply knowledge and experience in all areas of law governing our areas of expertise and the related areas beyond mere transactional work and to advise and fully support our clients in their tactical and strategic analysis of all legal matters to further their economic goals. In recognition of our contribution to the jurisprudence of election petition in Nigeria, our leading partner Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu OON, SAN annually delivers lecture at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja on Election Petition since 2016 till date.
À propos de Ikpeazu Chambers
Fondé en 1946
50 personnes dans l'équipe
Domaines de pratique
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Domaines de pratique
Procès et litiges
We have a robust litigation team led by Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN, OON that handles a broad range of complex matters in Courts as well as before agencies, administrative bodies, and arbitrational tribunals worldwide. We represent clients in a wide range of substantive areas of Law including commercial disputes, Election Petitions, Energy Law, Labour Law, Securities Regulation, International Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Insurance, Bankruptcy, Environmental Law, Aviation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment, Criminal Litigation, Tax Disputes, and Mediated settlement. We advance the rights of our Clients in almost any setting or forum - High Courts, Industrial Courts, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court or administrative tribunals, against any opponent, regardless of the stakes
Banque et finance
Énergie, environnement et ESG
Affaires
Recent years have witnessed the globalization of trade and investment, the emergence of new markets, increasing trans-border merger and acquisition activity, and the growing convergence of trade, finance, and global corporate governance.
This practice area deals with structuring and managing international and local business transactions including Cross-border insolvency matters, Mergers and Acquisitions, Due Diligence, syndication, Corporate Restructuring, Divestment, Corporate Finance and Project Finance, and Capital Market transactions.
We also provide legal support for pre and post-privatization matters.
Droit des sociétés et commercial
Propriété intellectuelle
Our Intellectual Property Law department specializes in intellectual property protection of the works of our Clients. The trademark unit of this department conducts trademark searches, provides opinion on the availability and registrability of trademarks, files, procures, and generally prosecutes trademark applications in Nigeria, we procure trademark certificate and renew same for our Clients.
We assist clients in meeting the requirements for obtaining Patents and Registration of Designs. Although copyright protection of written works is automatic, we advise and assist our clients in registering their copyrights because it is difficult to prove the original authorship of an unregistered work. We register copyright in cinematograph films, conduct copyright litigation, draft copyright licenses, and exploitation agreements.
We maintain strong links with the ministry of trade and commerce and the Nigerian Copyright Commission, the major regulatory bodies vested with the responsibility of intellectual property protection in Nigeria.