Technology & Telecommunications Law

"Our seasoned lawyers are also able to assist clients in the telecommunications industry on a wide range of legal issues bordering on regulatory compliance."

As one of the fastest-growing sectors across the world, innovators, and technology enthusiasts across an array of industries often require expert legal guidance to help get their ideas realized. Our team leverages their years of experience to understand our clients’ ground-breaking technologies and relevant markets to provide targeted advice and insights to clients. Our effective yet simplistic problem-solving approach gives clients the credibility and competitive edge needed to mitigate risks and achieve their goals when negotiating business-critical commercial arrangements and fast-paced, high-profile deals.

We work with companies of all sizes, at all stages of development, providing strategic guidance in the creation, acquisition, use, and commercial exploitation of technology. Whether our clients are buying, selling, licensing, or developing technology-based products or services, we help them attain successful business relationships while protecting their IP assets by crafting technology-driven commercial agreements. We also assist clients in the registration of and obtaining requisite permits in cases of acquisition or transfer of foreign technology to Nigeria.

Our lawyers invest time to understand our clients’ business models, practices, and objectives thereby enabling us to add value to technology deals by identifying negotiation leverage, anticipating potential hurdles, and recommending solutions to overcome these hurdles. In addition, we assist buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions related to information technology and intellectual property due diligence, helping to ensure that contractual rights to use, transfer or retain critical information technology and intellectual property assets align with deal structure and post-closing integration objectives.