Intellectual Property and Legal Training

Our IP practice provides made to measure services complemented by the experience of our IP Team. The Team ensures that the work is delivered on time and in the most cost-efficient manner while not compromising on quality.

The Team has additional responsibility of facilitating Continuing Legal Education through knowledge Management, Legal Training and current awareness of Legal Issue

Business setup and Licensing

We offer advisory services to local and foreign clients on business entry requirements in Nigeria. We also provide ongoing regulatory risk management to our clients advising on the impact of regulation and the possibility that regulation may have on their business development plans. 

Our services cover advice on Compliance Procedure and Practice, Immigration and Expatriate Quotas, Licenses and Permits, Products Registration, Relationship with Government Agencies including Corporate Affairs Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Central Bank of Nigeria, Standard Organisation of Nigeria, Department of Petroleum Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Inland Revenue Services, National Investment Promotion Commission and Stamp Duties Commissioners, Nigeria Communications Commission, Nigeria Electricity Regulations Commission, NOTAP, Nigeria Civil Aviation Agency.

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Bene Attorneys is foremost in litigation and commercial arbitration having made numerous representations in cases that have traversed the entire hierarchy of courts under the Nigerian legal system. Our dispute resolution practice comprise of the following:


  • Civil and Public Law Litigations
  • Corporate and Commercial Law Litigations
  • Arbitration and Mediation.

  • Our prime preoccupation is to limit litigation to the barest minimum while ensuring a win-win situation to our clients’ best interest.

    Real Estate

    The Real estate sector has grown over the years and we recognize this area of the economy as a part which is governed by laws and procedures and having gained extensive knowledge, our wealth of practice covers the full range of legal services in the Real Estate segment from management of properties on clients’ behalf, General Pre acquisition Due Diligence, Conveyance and Mortgage Finance, Private Property Development Agreements and Constructions and Development Contracts.

    The Firms’ Real Estate practice group comprises of Solicitors with depth in Estate Management who have garnered an understanding of the property market and its supervising laws and have deployed such understanding in several high value Real Estate transactions involving the firm. 

    Recently, the Firm was involved in the negotiation and purchase of properties in the highbrow areas of Lagos.

    Labour

    We offer legal services in such areas as: Employee Benefits and Pensions, Employment Contracts and other issues arising there from, Retirement Benefits and other related matters within the ambits of the regulatory laws.

    Banking & Finance

    We have considerable experience in Capital Market transactions, Loan documentation, Project and Corporate Finance Advisory on investments. We also advise on Loan Facilities restructuring, Asset tracing  and Debt recovery services.

    Corporate & Commercial

    Corporate & Commercial We are suitably positioned to advise our clients on the vast array of commercial matters, which may affect their businesses. We have specialised lawyers that are experienced in complex corporate and commercial matters including advising on capital raise, divestment, corporate restructuring, and corporate finance. 

    Business transactions in the present global market place must be structured in a manner that optimises the legal position of the enterprise as well as the multitude of issues that may arise.