With over 30 years of experience as a full-service law firm, D.D Dodo has carved a niche for itself in rendering top notch professional legal services to its clients both in the public and private sector. The firm is strategically located in major commercial cities in the country; Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Jos to attend to the arising needs of its clients.
The firms recruitment process and dedication to its the professional development of its lawyers has equipped the firm with a plethora of lawyers who are highly skilled in resolving the various complex legal transactions that its clients may be challenged with.
The experienced team of lawyers at the Firm maintain the highest standard of legal skills and acumen, ethics and professional standards while ensuring that clients’ peculiar interests are pursued in the most efficient manner within the relevant legal frameworks, and upon sound legal foundations. The fine balance of the various disciplines of law provides a cutting edge in addressing challenging legal issues and complex transactions. Our clientele cuts across the private and public sector, including various international agencies and IOCs who have benefited from the our expertise.
We collaborate with international law firms to assist our clients, with all aspects of their cross border and multi-jurisdictional business, ranging from transactional advisory to dispute resolution. to ensure the delivery of timely and cost-effective solutions. Our expertise in the legal space in Africa and our experienced network of Partner Firms in key jurisdictions has made us the choice firm in coordinating multi-jurisdictional transactional and project advisory while serving as a single point of contact for our clients for the delivery of an integrated solution.
Over the years, we have collaborated with law firms both in and out of Africa, the U.S.A, U.K, and Canada to deliver on legal services in respect of landmark transactions, projects, and dispute resolution across different areas of specialization and different economic sectors.
Our Commercial and Corporate advisory services are tailor-made for each client with due regard to the business environment of the transaction or project.
The Litigation and Arbitration experience of the firm, especially in connection with disputes arising from investments and commercial transactions, has also proved valuable in addressing diverse legal issues arising out of our commercial and corporate advisory practice.
We take a holistic consideration of matters in advising our clients in their commercial and corporate transactions. At the inception stage, we ascertain the risk to which the transaction is exposed, with a view to determining the most suitable risk mitigation and management options that should form part of the transaction documentation.
Our experience in advising on transactions in various sectors of the Nigerian economy, including business acquisitions, privatisations, concessions, liquidations, as well as licensing of investments in regulated markets places us in a vantage position to advise on a wide array of commercial transactions.
The clear objective is to ensure that performance of obligations and the overall objective of the client in any transaction is at all times secured.
We advised the Debt Management Office (DMO) on the issuance of 1.121 trillion Naira Promissory Notes for Settlement of Inherited Local Debts and Contractual Obligations of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
We advised the Global Infrastructure Holding Limited on operation of the Concession Agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria; the first concession agreement in Nigeria.
We advised the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on the drafting of the Licensing Regulations to provide a regulatory framework for Licensing Processes and Procedures for provision of communication services and operation of communication systems.
We advised the Nigerian Communications Commission (the Nigerian regulator for the communications industry) arising from interconnect rate dispute between MTN Nigeria Communications Limited/V-Mobile Wireless Nigeria Limited and the regulator.
We advised NITEL on the options to it in a commercial dispute over submarine cable network.We collaborated with McCarthy Tetrault Law (an International Communications Law Firm) to draft and the develop the Rules and Regulations for the Nigeria Communications Commission.
We acted as legal Consultant to the Nigerian Communications Commission on the award of 39 Licenses to Operators in the Telecommunications Industry.
Our lawyers are available as Arbitrators, Counsel and Registrars before Arbitral Tribunals, Mediations, Dispute Boards and other dispute resolution mechanisms adopted by clients.
We commit ourselves to assisting clients to realize the value of speed, efficiency, confidentiality and Arbiter-industry expertise that typically inform their choice of alternative dispute resolutions.
As Counsel, we have represented clients in domestic and international arbitrations involving both private and state parties administered by different institutions, including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). We are conversant with different arbitration rules.
We also leverage on our arbitration practice and expertise to advise clients on suitable arbitration clauses that suit the peculiarities of their objectives at the formative stage of transactions and projects.
