About Us
A relationship-driven firm, based in Ikeja, Lagos
Kanmi Isola Osobu & Company is a modern legal service provider. The firm is driven by the experience and qualifications of its Partners, Associates and Consultants.
Our attitude is business-like, and we make sure our solutions are practical. We offer first-class advice and we take care over how it is carried out.
Many lawyers see their job as simply documenting a client's deal. We do not. We look for creative solutions to problems and we help develop the strategy and structure of a transaction, working alongside you and your colleagues.
We understand the commercial, managerial and operational challenges your company faces every day, and we keep our communication open and honest at all times. We have real experience with start-ups, growing companies and established businesses.
Nigerian and foreign clients routinely instruct us as their Solicitors, Barristers and Advisers. Our experience is strongest in Nigerian property law and practice, corporate and commercial law, human rights, and labour and employment law.
Our work and the way we deliver it have earned the firm a reputation as one of the young leading law firms in Nigeria, with a busy and successful practice.
Our practice in three parts
We give practical legal solutions at the speed of our clients' business. Our work falls into three main areas.
Litigation services
Representing clients in court and in disputes, from adverse claims to debt recovery.
Advisory, risk evaluation and contract management
Advice that helps you understand your risks and manage your contracts.
Perfection, permits, registration and compliance
Perfecting documents, procuring permits and handling registration and compliance.
To be Nigeria's first commercial law firm delivering world-class and pragmatic legal advice and support to our clients in their business capacity.
- Professional ethicsWe hold ourselves to the standards of the legal profession.
- IntegrityWe do the right thing, including when nobody is checking.
- HonestyWe tell you plainly where you stand.
Some of the clients we have worked for
Here is a short summary of the work we have done for some of our corporate clients.
National Identity Management Commission
The agency in charge of digital identity management in Nigeria. We have defended it in several cases. In the very first one, someone challenged its demand for statutory fees to modify a date of birth, and we defended it successfully.
Sankore Investment Limited
An investment company. We work with its real estate arm, carrying out due diligence on properties it plans to acquire and handling title registration.
Briscoe Properties Limited
A company in the Briscoe Group, working in real estate and facility management. A counterparty refused to pay for facility management services under an agreement, so Briscoe retained us to recover the money. We have taken the steps set out in the Lagos State High Court rules and will file an action if they do not succeed.
Trimidan Nigeria Limited
Trimidan imports and sells tricycles. In 2012 it won a contract to supply 1,000 tricycles to the Niger State Government, on condition that it obtained an Advance Payment Guarantee from a reputable bank. The bank went beyond the guarantee and took over performance of the contract, leaving our client with a heavy loss. We challenged the breach in court and won a favourable judgment. It is now on appeal at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division.
General Oil Limited
An oil and gas company in the downstream sector. We handle its company secretarial work, including searches, filings and due diligence. When it restructured, its founder and majority shareholder had passed away. We obtained letters of administration over his shares, which let us apply to re-allot them to his beneficiaries and appoint them as directors.
IBSG Limited
IBSG deals in telecommunications equipment and was owed millions of naira by a company it had supplied and installed equipment for. We petitioned the Special Fraud Unit and the entire debt was recovered.
Chain Reactions Limited
A media and advertising company. We advise it on a range of legal issues involving third parties and have represented it in a few cases, where we negotiated out-of-court settlements on its instructions.
Wondars Mills Limited
A Nigerian company that produces and distributes animal feed and related products. We incorporated the company. Once it started operating, we drafted and reviewed its agreements with suppliers and distributors and advised whenever it asked.
Liberta Leasing Limited
A finance company that serves its customers through a lifestyle app called Nirra. As its solicitors, we handle its licensing and compliance, including a Data Protection Impact Assessment that led to an Audit Trust Mark from the relevant government agency.
Digital Plus Consulting
A financial software development and implementation company, focused on cryptocurrency trading. We have advised it on several legal issues and reviewed agreements between the company and businesses interested in acquiring its software.