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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
