Africa Intellectual Property

Our services include pre-dispute advisory, representation in arbitration proceedings, acting as arbitrators in institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations, providing expert witness services, and advising on the enforcement and recognition of arbitral awards.

The Africa Arbitration Team comprises seasoned practitioners with extensive experience in resolving complex, high-value disputes across diverse sectors, including banking and finance, energy, infrastructure, real estate, entertainment, and technology. Our competitive edge lies in our robust partnerships across the African region and our deep understanding of industry-specific disputes, enabling us to craft tailored strategies that best serve our clients.

Our Our team is affiliated with leading global and regional arbitration institutions, including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) UK and Nigeria, the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb), the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC), the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) UK, the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA), and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Our team members are regularly invited to serve as arbitrators, mediators, and facilitators in both domestic and international disputes, underscoring our expertise and the firm’s reputation in the global ADR community. We have also been recognized by leading international legal directories, such as Chambers Global, Legal 500, and CorpINTL, for our excellence in arbitration and ADR.

Key Transactions and Experience

We have an extensive track record of successfully handling high-profile arbitration matters across Africa and beyond. Some of our notable engagements include:

1. Representing a leading German multinational construction conglomerate in an arbitration involving a N2.2 billion breach of contract claim, successfully securing a favorable outcome for our client.

2. Acting as counsel for a Danish company and its Nigerian subsidiary in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in Paris, France, resulting in the recovery of over US$1.2 million in outstanding royalties.

3. Successfully enforcing an ICC arbitral award for the recognition and enforcement of a multi-million-dollar judgment in Nigerian courts.

4. Acting as sole arbitrator in an arbitration involving a dispute over the development of a payment database system for healthcare institutions, between a leading African digital payments company and a private software developer.

5. Representing a leading Oil and Gas firm in Nigeria in an arbitral reference seeking to recover over US$2 million in outstanding payments.

6. Advising and representing a global payment service provider in a mediation involving a claim of N31 billion.

7. Serving as panelists and arbitrators on multiple World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) domain name disputes, including cases involving major multinational technology companies.

8. Defending a prominent medical practitioner in a professional malpractice arbitration before the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.

9. Advising and representing an IVF medical facility in arbitration proceedings related to professional ethics allegations, leveraging ADR techniques to resolve the dispute successfully.