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Who we are

Templars is a full service law firm with the know-­how to handle the legal needs of clients in Nigeria’s peculiar business environment.

With offices in the cosmopolitan cities of Lagos and Abuja, Templars is strategically placed to offer top quality legal services to our clients in the major economic hubs of the country.

The Templars ethos is predicated on our dedication to meeting the commercial objectives of our clients while providing qualitative legal services.

As a team, we assist our clients in analyzing the risks involved in their transactions; and we mitigate and hedge those risks by strategising different types of risk management tools.

At Templars, we pride ourselves on our sector strengths which cover diverse areas of the law including Corporate and Commercial, Energy and Natural Resources, Telecommunications.

À propos de Templars

Fondé en 1995

200 personnes dans l'équipe


Domaines de pratique
Affaires
Banque et finance
Défense pénale
Droit des sociétés et commercial
Procès et litiges
Immigration
Emploi et travail
Immobilier
Médias, technologie et télécommunications

Langues parlées
English

Réseaux sociaux

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Domaines de pratique

Affaires

Corporate and Commercial

Our Corporate and Commercial Practice Group provides general corporate advisory services to national and international companies, operating in the Nigerian economy.

At the core of our Corporate and Commercial practice is our ability to provide pragmatic and inventive business solutions to our clients for the effective implementation of their business goals.

Employeur
Document juridique
Création d'entreprise
Droit de la FDA

Banque et finance

Financement par augmentation d'impôts
Réglementation des services financiers
Fonds et gestion d'actifs
Partenariats public-privé (PPP)
Finance durable
Marchés des capitaux propres
Marchés des capitaux d'emprunt
Financement d'acquisition / à effet de levier
Financement structuré
Financement de projet

Défense pénale

Compliance, Investigations and White-Collar Defence

We offer our clients risk assessment and compliance advisory services based on their individual needs and we help them to formulate and put in place effective compliance programs.

We conduct internal investigations into allegations of misconduct for our multinational clients and their Board of Directors.

We counsel and represent clients, their officers and employees facing criminal investigations, regulatory investigations, and sanctions and debarment investigations by multilateral development finance institutions. We assist our clients to anticipate potential prosecution and adequately respond to the allegations.

We are highly experienced in representing clients in multi-jurisdictional investigations involving MLAT requests.

We prepare and represent Client’s officers and employees before legislative oversight investigations and hearings.

Our team has significant experience in advising on a broad range of criminal legislations including Nigeria’s Advance Fee and Other Related Offences Act, the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act,  the Code of Conduct  Bureau and Tribunals Act, the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act, and other foreign legislations which may affect our client’s operations in Nigeria such as the UK’s Bribery Act, the  Proceeds of Crime Act and US’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Arrestations et perquisitions
Service de cautionnement
Contentieux pénal
Criminalité en col blanc

Droit des sociétés et commercial

Enregistrement d'entreprise
Contrat
Franchisage
Licences
Fusions et acquisitions
Relations gouvernementales et lobbying
Droit du commerce international
Organisations à but non lucratif et caritatives
Sanctions et contrôles à l'exportation
Capital-investissement
Gouvernance d'entreprise

Procès et litiges

Dispute Resolution

Our Dispute Resolution Practice, which is led by two SAN’s (Senior Advocate of Nigeria), provides a broad range of legal advice and representation to international and Nigerian clients.

The team has expertise in providing clients with Pre-Dispute Advisory Services, Litigation (including a strong trial and appellate capability), International and Domestic Arbitration and other Alternative Dispute Resolution methods such as expert determination, mediation, conciliation and negotiation.

[FR] ADR Mediation & Arbitration
Appel
Recours collectif
Contentieux général
Éthique et responsabilité professionnelle
Restructuration et insolvabilité
Contentieux commercial
Contentieux antitrust

Immigration

Employment & Immigration

Our Immigration and Labour Practice Group advises on compliance with Immigration and Labour Laws and Regulations.

The team possesses appreciable experience in Nigerian Immigration Law and Practice and is routinely instructed by Nigerian and foreign clients to act as their Immigration Advisers. To this end, we advice our Clients on the provisions of the Law and where required, assist them in obtaining Immigration facilities (Permits, Quotas, Visas, etc) required for their operations in Nigeria.

We dispense our services with dispatch due to our expertise and broad experience in this area of practice and our longstanding excellent working relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission [NIPC].

Our Labour practice entails us rendering advise to clients on a broad range of labour issues including trade union regulations, private sector pension schemes and retirement benefits; staff negotiations, employment contracts and employment protection.

Asile
Visa d'affaires
Citoyenneté
Visa pour personne à charge
Résidence permanente
Visa de retraite
Permis de travail

Emploi et travail

Employment & Immigration

Our Immigration and Labour Practice Group advises on compliance with Immigration and Labour Laws and Regulations.

The team possesses appreciable experience in Nigerian Immigration Law and Practice and is routinely instructed by Nigerian and foreign clients to act as their Immigration Advisers. To this end, we advice our Clients on the provisions of the Law and where required, assist them in obtaining Immigration facilities (Permits, Quotas, Visas, etc) required for their operations in Nigeria.

We dispense our services with dispatch due to our expertise and broad experience in this area of practice and our longstanding excellent working relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission [NIPC].

Our Labour practice entails us rendering advise to clients on a broad range of labour issues including trade union regulations, private sector pension schemes and retirement benefits; staff negotiations, employment contracts and employment protection.

Droits du travail
Embauche et licenciement
Discrimination au travail
Droit du travail
Harcèlement sexuel
Sécurité sociale
Salaire et horaires
Licenciement abusif
Avantages sociaux et rémunération des dirigeants

Immobilier

Real Estate

At Templars, our real estate team handles the entire property life-cycle, from acquisition and development through to letting and disposal.

Clients come to us from across the sector for advice on their office, retail, hotel and leisure; infrastructure and logistics.

We assist them with:

  • Major acquisition and disposals
  • Creating, administering and selling down all types of joint ventures and fund or other holding structures
  • Supporting through obtaining planning for and implementing developments, including construction and environmental matters
  • Letting, sale and leaseback arrangements
  • Real estate finance, including commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions
  • Real estate tax structures
  • Real estate aspects of restructuring and insolvency work, including enforcement of security
  • Real estate outsourcing.

The breadth of our experience, the size of our team and our ability to bring in highly competent colleagues mean our clients rely on us on time and again to help them execute complex and innovative transactions.

Immobilier commercial
Saisie immobilière
Logement, construction et développement
Utilisation des sols et zonage
Propriétaire et locataire
Hypothèque
Transfert de propriété

Médias, technologie et télécommunications

Telecommunication & ICT Group

The Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) and IP (Intellectual Property) Practice Group continues to develop innovative and cost effective solutions to our client’s business needs following the deregulation of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria and the upsurge in the number of new entrants into the market.

The TMT & IP Practice Group advises on telecommunications law and regulations, market entry strategy, statutory applications and procurement of prescribed licences. Our competence in this area of expertise also includes privatisation, joint ventures, collaborative agreements, procurement contracts, interconnectivity agreements for the fixed and mobile sectors, etc.

Télécommunications et radiodiffusion
Publicité et marketing
Biotechnologie
Cyberdroit, confidentialité et protection des données
Fintech
Technologies de l'information
Médias et divertissement
Externalisation
Transactions technologiques
Droit de l'espace
Droit du commerce électronique et de l'Internet
Droit du sport
Centre de données et infrastructure numérique

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