1. Firm Profile
R.C. 2371009
LOUIS & PARTNERS SOLICITORS
(SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA)
CORPORATE ADDRESS
PLOT 330B PENTHOUSE ESTATE III
AIRPORT ROAD LUGBE FCT ABUJA
Email: louisandpartners@yahoo.com ,
ezionyebisi@yahoo.com
Tel- +2348037419762, +2348027499103, +2349055923346
Website: www.louisandpartnerssolicitors.com
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2. Mission Statement
Providing legal and its ancillary services in the
most professional manner to the satisfaction of our
clients and the maintenance of the principles of
Justice according to Law
Vision
To maintain a high standard of professional legal
status that will put the firm at the forefront of
legal practice in Nigeria and the West African sub-
region.
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3. WHAT WE DO
LITIGATION
Litigation is one of our areas of core competence.
• We are well suited to handle anything from
investigations to very complex disputes in all the courts
of records in Nigeria. We have good and long standing
experience of litigation in varying degrees and have
been involved in high profile cases (financial, political,
and social).
• Institute action and represent you in all superior courts
of record in any part of Nigeria.
• Defend you on any litigation against you in all superior
courts of record in Nigeria.
Our services
• We specialize in commercial, administrative, or civil
and criminal litigation in the superior courts
ARBITRATION
Arbitration is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes
outside the courts. It is a proceeding in which a dispute is
resolved by an impartial adjudicator whose decision, the
parties to the dispute has agreed will be final and binding.
OUR SERVICES
Our principal is a senior member of the International Bar
Association, duly qualified in Nigeria and Africa, an
associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the
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4. fact that our firm has access to and agreements with
leading law firms in some countries like, the United States
other Africa countries and Asia, we can guarantee high
quality advice and representation using arbitration.
ISSUES FOR OUR CLIENTS
We consider the following issues to ensure the arbitration
clause suits the needs of your dispute:
• What type of arbitration procedure will best suit your
transaction?
• Would it be appropriate to have a “stepped” clause
(e.g. negotiation, mediation, and then arbitration) in
your agreement?
• Will you use an ad hoc procedure (creating your own
procedural rules) or use those of an established
institution?
• Where will the arbitration take place and in what
language?
• How will the arbitrators be selected and how many
arbitrators are required?
• What law will govern the arbitration itself as opposed to
governing the contract?
We also consider whether your particular dispute (or
possible future disputes) can be arbitrated in the country
you have chosen.
IMMIGRATION
We provide advice and representation on the following
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5. issues;
• Preparation of work permits applications.
• Rights of detainees in immigration matters.
• Entry clearance for Highly Skilled Migrants, sole
representatives of foreign companies, businessmen or
those with self-employed status, self-employed writers,
composers and artists, retired persons or independent
means, investors and innovators, and students.
• Advice in relation to the dependents of persons
admitted under the above categories.
• Advice as to rights of entry and leave to remain for
spouses of Nigerian Citizens and others countries
Citizens settled in the Nigeria.
• Naturalization.
• Human rights applications.
• Conduct of adjudicators and Tribunal appeals.
• All tax, property and other issues arising out of
immigration to the Nigeria.
• Taxing rights of dependent and independent agents,
residents and non-resident companies
CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL
Our services included;
COMMERCIAL
• Agency
• General commercial matters.
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6. • Contract negotiation and drafting
• Conditions of sale.
• Franchises.
• Joint ventures in the oil and gas industry.
• Manufacturing agreements.
• Marketing agreements.
• Partnership Law disputes.
CORPORATE
• Review of Articles and Memoranda of Association.
• Conduct search at Corporate Affairs Commission
• Company law advice.
• Company Formations in offshore jurisdictions.
• Share issues, transfers and subscriptions.
• Advice on Shareholder agreements.
• Mortgage Handling
COMMERCIAL PRACTICE & SALES OF GOODS
This practice area involves the law which applies to
domestic and international sale of goods, carriage
arrangements, payment for and security for international
transactions, agency agreements and the use of
conventions for documentary credits.
OUR SERVICES
• We provide legal assistance to buyers or sellers of
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7. goods to facilitate the interpretation of and drafting of
contracts in transactions and disputes as they arise
from the sale of goods.
• We offer appropriate advice is obtained in the
preparation of and disputes arising from any sales
contract, agency contract, distributorship or
documentary credit
• We offer services when complications arise as a result
of the interpretation the court may place on a contract
between two parties depending on whether the
contract is tailor made or a standard form contract
between the buyer and the seller and the
interpretation may prejudice either party.
CAPITAL MARKETS AND LOANS
National and International financial markets are a source of
raising finance for individuals or corporations from the
corporation itself, a bank, or the capital market.
OUR SERVICES
• Louis & Partners Solicitors can assist with providing
advice and opinion on various types of loan
agreements such as overdraft agreements, term
sheets, revolving credits, syndicated loans agreements
as well as the legal effects of each document when a
corporation raises finance.
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8. • We can also advise on the jurisdictional issues, choice
of law and legal issues which apply to these loan
agreements including terms relating to conditions
precedents, payment issues, covenants, negotiating
default, periods of grace, force majeure and collateral
security.
• The Louis & Partners Solicitors can assist with advice
and representation on all the various related issues.
Mergers and Acquisitions
There are two different types of acquisitions which we can
provide assistance with. The business acquisition and a
share acquisition whether an existing company, individual or
the management is acting as seller or buyer, in any of the
scenarios,
OUR SERVICES
• We review the basic structure involved in the
acquisition and the documentation involved in each
case. The five relevant stages we can provide advice
and representation on are the pre-contract, contract,
pre-completion, completion and post completion
stage.
• We will also review the various express and implied
terms of the deal as well as identify the potential
liabilities of the client and look for ways to minimize
them through the negotiation of the disclosures and
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9. warranties in the transaction.
• We offer services on the preparation and negotiation
of the acquisition agreement in both types of
acquisitions, preparing or responding to the pre-
acquisition questionnaire and noting the issues
regarding the effect of taxation, employees, ongoing
trade matters, litigation, environmental and regulatory
issues.
JOINT VENTURES
Joint ventures and strategic alliances are a viable option for
Company expansion and entry into different markets but
can be fraught with several problems including share
management, tax planning, capital and funding, regulatory
issues, intellectual property rights, commercial goals and the
procedure on termination.
OUR SERVICES
 We offer services on the formation of domestic and
international joint venture corporations and disputes
arising out of similar alliances.
 We provide advice and representations on the far
reaching impact of the use of appropriate legal
documentations including letters of intent,
confidentiality agreements, shareholders agreements,
deadlock, company constitutional documentation and
the ancillary contracts associated with the alliance to
ensure that the intention of the parties and their goals
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10. are adequately implemented and that the rights of
either the parent companies or the minority
shareholders are not marginalized
HUMAN RIGHTS
Human beings cannot be deprived of the substance of their
human rights as they are inalienable. In certain
circumstances, some of these rights can be lawfully
derogated from or limited by a state.
OUR SERVICES
• We offer advice and representation involving
fundamental rights issues relating to the interpretation
and implementation of regional human rights
instruments such as the African Charter on Human and
Peoples Rights, European Convention for Human Rights
ECHR, and where the obligations in these various
regional instruments and treaties and the general
principles on HR laws have been unlawfully limited,
derogated from or inadequately implemented pacta
sunt servanda by states.
• We offer services with the implementation of the
relevant international human rights instruments either at
the domestic level or internationally through the 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1966
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the Additional protocols of 1966 and 1989 and the 1969
Vienna Convention by making relevant submissions to
the international bodies to seek redress for their
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11. unlawful violations.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
IP rights include trademark, copyright, database right,
design rights, patents and confidential information rights.
Protection of relevant IP rights is crucial to the economic
growth and development of businesses in all countries.
OUR SERVICES
• We offer services to identify relevant IP rights and
infringements associated with various rights to effect
the protection and exploitation of the rights
domestically and internationally.
• We also offer services to resolve disputes through
negotiation or through the various specialist courts
based on the applicable domestic legislation and
treaties of the WTO.
PARTNERS
1. Edmond Ukoha Esq. LLB, BL (Head Intellectual
Property/Arbitration and Capital Market)
2. Chinedu Samuel Mbah Esq. LLB, BL, LLM (Head
Immigration, Merger/Acquisition and offshore Matters)
3. Egbo Jacob Ndubusis Esq. LLB,BL , NICAAM(Head of
Mediation and Conciliation )
4. Deborah Irowah Esq. LLB,BL(Head Corporate/Commercial
and Joint Venture)
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12. 5. Ezionye Louis Ndubuisi Esq.LLB,BL(Principal Partner,
Head, Civil/Criminal Litigation, and Fundamental Right)
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