We are solicitors, barristers, arbitrators and notaries, serving clients across Nigeria and beyond. Our practice is built on careful preparation, plain advice and steady advocacy, in matters ranging from corporate transactions to contested proceedings.
We stay involved in your matter from start to finish, not only to document the deal.
Treasure advises companies, banks, investors and public bodies on the commercial, managerial and operational issues they face. We give clear advice, keep you informed, and aim to save you time and cost.
Each instruction is handled by a team led by a partner, chosen for the experience the work needs. We take time to understand your sector, and we tell you about new laws and regulations that affect your business as soon as they take effect.
Our work spans contentious and non-contentious matters.
We resolve disputes in the forum that serves your business best. Commercial litigation conducted with your goals in view and minimal disruption to your operations. Where court is not the best forum we use negotiation, conciliation, mediation and arbitration, across commercial, oil and gas, IP, telecoms, tax, labour and pension disputes.
We advise on deals, governance and compliance from incorporation onwards. Corporate finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, governance and compliance, company secretarial services, incorporation, restructurings, liquidations and joint ventures.
We structure, advise on and document financing transactions. Credit and security, banking and securities regulation, property, aircraft and ship finance, offers and placements, with deal structuring and documentation.
We advise companies working in Nigeria’s oil, gas and power sectors. Production sharing, joint operating, bidding and gas supply agreements, licences, permits and local content. Tax advice covers petroleum profits tax, corporate and personal tax, stamp duties, VAT, customs and excise.
We advise on every stage of the property life-cycle. Acquisitions, development, leasing, sale and leaseback, real estate finance, Certificates of Occupancy, consents, lands registry searches and perfection of title.
We act in constitutional, electoral and administrative proceedings. Constitutional and administrative proceedings, electoral disputes, human rights and criminal law matters.
We advise employers on people, pensions and permits. Employment contracts, handbooks, pensions, trade disputes, and immigration permits, quotas and visas for Nigerian and foreign clients.
We help foreign investors set up in Nigeria and help creditors recover debts. Establishing companies with foreign participation and securing approvals, plus recovery of local and international debts for banks and individuals.
A dispute resolution and arbitration lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993. James has acted as counsel in ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL arbitrations, argued appeals in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, and handled tax disputes before the Federal High Court and the Tax Appeal Tribunal.
He led dispute resolution at Fidelis Oditah & Co for fifteen years. Clients turn to him for disciplined case strategy, clear advice on risk and advocacy in the forum their dispute requires.
LLB and LLM, Obafemi Awolowo University. Advises on commercial law, oil and gas, finance, mergers and company compliance.
LLB, Rivers State University. Experienced in civil, criminal and commercial litigation across the courts of record.
LLB, Rivers State University. Focuses on litigation, tax and energy-related disputes.
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+234 (0)803 428 9800
c/o IRT and Associates, 3rd Floor, 2 Tokumbo Alli Street, off Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos
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