TAYO OYETIBO LP (TOLP) is a leading multi-service Law Firm in Nigeria with a strong reputation for integrity in service delivery. We are a Limited Partnership registered under the Laws of Lagos State. Our practice is driven and bound by our core values of Diligence, Integrity, Proficiency and Professional etiquette, which uncompromisingly shape all our relationships with clients, courts, colleagues and regulatory agencies.
Our vision is to be the most influential Firm making the most positive impact on the lives and businesses of clients. In advising and representing our clients, we rely on our invaluable experience and knowledge of the complex Nigerian business and legal landscape, which gives us a unique appreciation of and approach to matters and shapes the manner in which we deal with our clients’ challenges. We always aim at understanding the commercial and technical aspects of our clients’ businesses and the markets in which they operate, as this enables us to ensure that we provide the most useful and cost effective solutions to them. TOLP is the exclusive member of ‘PraeLegal’ in Nigeria, a global Network of independent Law Firms with membership in over 120 countries spanning five continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Our exclusive membership of ‘PraeLegal’ gives us the unique advantage of being able to effectively deal with cross border matters using the contacts afforded by the ‘PraeLegal’ Network, in providing our Clients with a seamless blend of local and international expertise. The Firm is also registered with the Lagos Court of Arbitration and Nigerian-Belgian Chamber of Commerce as a corporate member.
We are renowned for the strength of our dispute resolution practice in Nigeria, particularly in the area of litigation and arbitration. In the course of the last thirty years our lawyers have represented clients in several landmark cases at the Tribunals, High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, cutting across virtually all of the thirty-six states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Lawyers in our DRPG routinely represent clients in matters of high value and great complexity at the trial and appellate courts and at all times aim to ensure that any disputes arising from our Clients’ businesses and transactions are effectively resolved in the quickest and most cost-effective manner.
Our experience and expertise include the litigation of disputes arising from the following areas:
To enable us provide the most effective and relevant services to clients, it is an important part of our relationships with them that we understand the industries in which they operate, as well as their businesses, and not just the relevant laws. This way, our clients always get the benefit of us providing them with legal advisory services which afford important and useful guidance for them in a challenging business environment.
We routinely provide advisory services to multinational corporations as well as high networth individuals and business enterprises on several areas of Nigerian commercial law. The work of lawyers in our CLPG includes conducting legal due diligence, evaluation and review of proposals, advising on companies and allied matters, employment law, insolvency and corporate restructuring, contract drafting, review and negotiation.
Domestic and international arbitrations also constitute a very important area of our CLPG work, where we are able to rely on our invaluable experience in disputes resolution and management. We represent clients before domestic and international arbitral tribunals in respect of a wide range of contractual disputes and are regularly instructed on matters concerning the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in Nigeria.
