Path Solicitors is a bespoke and client-focused law firm of seasoned and dynamic legal practitioners with solid corporate, commercial and dispute resolution experiences. The Firm is built on solid foundations of ethics, excellence and client satisfaction. We choose a collaborative approach with an intense focus on the end-user and ethics. We strive to shape our services to add the most value to our clients. We understand the importance of our clients’ businesses which spur us into approaching every brief in a business-like manner, putting the interest of the client and ethics of the profession first, thus providing honest, positive and practical advice. We collaborate with our clients to grow their businesses and achieve their set targets for a resounding success. Our approach to rendering the best possible service is through teams which are configured to ensure that each client across the various sectors enjoys the full benefit of our lawyers’ specialist knowledge and cognate experience. Our approach to legal issues is holistic and all-round taking into consideration all sides and all details. We do not only strive to implement clients’ instructions, but we go extra mile to present them with a candid and well thought legal advice touching all areas of their brief. The Firm aims to provide legal services to our clients which will help in deepening and entrenching fair play and justice in businesses and human relations. The Firm strives to handle each matter with utmost commitment and excellence so as to meet the changing and challenging legal and procedural regimes governing the environment in which our clients operate.
The Firm was established in November 2009 with the coming together of Ibrahim Musa Abdullahi Esq with four other equally dynamic and seasoned legal practitioners: MD Marafa Esq, Hassan Isa Esq, Habib Muhammed Esq and Halima Mashegu [Miss] Esq, to form a futuristic law partnership. The objective of the partnership was to provide unrivalled legal services tailored towards and around the client but with strong emphasis on ethics. Mr Siraj Hamza was later admitted into partnership when the four other partners exited at various times to take positions in the Public service. The Firm has maintained its guiding principle of excellence, client satisfaction and ethics in providing legal services to the country and beyond from its 2 main offices in Nigeria’s major cities of Abuja and Lagos.
We have extensive expertise in international commercial transaction, banking regulation, privatization and security regulations. We advice corporations and institutions on issues that arise both in their routine operations and extra ordinary transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, divestitures and recapitalization. We provide innovative solutions to cutting edges problems, we advise our clients not only on legal positions but also the best business practice to adopt. We are experts in the rules governing documentations of various commercial transactions of modern concern.
Our advice and services based on litigation which arise from transactions between our clients and their customers are always apt and direct to the point. In doing that, we first, try to explore other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods like mediation, negotiation, and arbitration. It is only where these methods fail that we resort to litigation. We however identify and advice on the fastest process and procedure guaranteed by the law to be adopted. We possess the requisite skill to handle a matter effectively following the litigation process from beginning to the end. The protection of our client’s interest within the frame work of best ethical and international practice remains our watchword.
We handle our clients’ brief in the uttermost confidentiality. Considering the nature of Family law and the antecedents, we handle Divorce, Custodial mediation and litigation, probate administration and all other ancillary matters.
We have the requisite skill in real estate services. We can advise our clients on all relevant issue involved where targeting to invest in the commercial, industrial and hospitality market. We are also well versed in legal issues involved in the acquisition of real property, land registration, tax implication of property acquisition and real estate financing.
We provide advice to our clients both on national and international labour law; individual and collective labour law. We have extensive experience in handling employment issues that occur during an employer-employee relationship which includes appointment, dismissal, work ethics, discrimination, trade unionism and wages. We seek to always give effect to the agreement or law regulating every case at hand with emphasis to dignity and satisfaction of both the employer and the employed.
Intellectual property is an increasingly important consideration in the global market place; corporations are becoming more aware of the possibilities provided through effective brand management. Our practice in this area is wide encompassing trademark, copyright and patent. Our deep knowledge in intellectual property matters gives our client most definitive advantage as we help to protect our client’s most valuable assets.
