Immigration, Employment & Private Client Services

JEE’s Immigration Advisory and Private Client Services team comprises talented lawyers and paralegals with vast experience of inbound and outbound immigration services and corresponding regulatory matters, as well as tailored will writing, estate planning, investment migration, and trusts services. 

We serve clients across a wide variety of industry sectors of the Nigerian economy and pride ourselves on the breadth and depth of our expertise. Our firm’s track record of excellence regarding Nigerian immigration law is internationally respected, and recognised by such prestigious organisations as Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration. 

Our Immigration Advisory & Private Client Services include: 

• Work authorisation and work permits: We procure Expatriate Quota Approval, operating licenses and permits, and assist clients in diverse industries to process work permits (CERPAC, ECOWAS permit, etc). Our services also extend to Free Trade Zone Compliance and filing on monthly returns. 

• Documentation: If you are going to another jurisdiction to study or work, we assist with the procurement, authentication, and legalisation of all vital documents required. 

• Consular services: We offer trusted consular services from Nigeria to Angola; Egypt; Kenya; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the Schengen Area; South Africa; the UAE; the UK; and the USA. 

• Visas: We obtain visas–on–arrival, business visas, and temporary work permits for our clients. 

• West Africa immigration: Our Immigration and Regulatory Advisory Service now extends to West Africa’s Benin, Ghana, and Togo, where we provide the full suite of work permit authorisations and ancillary services. 

• Expatriate cultural orientation: Overseas business assignments and employment relocation can be unsettling and daunting, albeit exciting. However, with JEE’s quality information and cultural awareness preparation, we can help clients moving in and out of Nigeria successfully manage their expectations and make the entire process less onerous. 

With the expansion of globalisation and remote working, investment migration offers great opportunities to geographically mobile businesspeople and investors. Wealthy individuals and families can invest substantially in countries other than their countries of origin to acquire citizenship. Many countries now offer direct citizenship or residency (with the right to citizenship after a period ranging from 1 to 10 years) through such investment, and it is the fastest way for successful investors to become ‘global citizens’ and give their family access to a good quality of life.  

For more information on how JEE can help you achieve dual citizenship, contact our Partner; Head of Corporate Commercial Practice; and Sector Head of Energy & Infrastructure.

With in-depth legal expertise across 6 industry sectors and 11 practice areas, JEE’s legal team is adept at managing all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment issues.  

Our track record of employment matters for our high-profile clients includes: 

• compliance with labor employment and compensation legislation; 

• employee welfare and benefits;  

• boardroom and executive-management severance claim disputes;  

• collective bargaining agreements (including negotiations with and defense of enforcement actions against trade unions);  

• redundancy, dismissal, and termination issues;  

• occupational health and safety;  

• employment contracts and employee handbooks/manuals;  

• employee compensation;  

• enforcement actions involving breach of trade secrets and restrictive covenants;  

• judicial review actions;  

• employment issues in corporate restructuring transactions; and 

• out-sourcing related matters, amongst others.  

We also specialize in advising, structuring, and preparing employees’ share-purchase and share-option schemes and regularly advise multinational clients on strategies in relation to trade unions.

JEE’s Private Client Services (PCS) team provides bespoke solutions to optimise our clients’ investments in foreign jurisdictions, with the added benefit of gaining permanent residency and citizenship based on their investment type. Our PCS team also manage all services relating to clients’ estate planning and trusts. These involve: 

• Estate planning: We craft bespoke strategies for wealth transfer before and after one’s passing, as well as creating frameworks to manage your affairs should you be unable to manage them alone. Our in-house experts work with you to understand your medium- to long-term objectives, which enable us to lay the foundation for your Will. 

• Will writing and administration: JEE’s PCS team is specialised in Will writing and provides tailored advice and services to ensure you achieve their wishes regarding transfer and management of your assets. 

• Trusts: We determine whether you need a Trust to manage your assets and, if so, will create Trusts for personal; estate; financial; tax; and business-planning objectives. Our team has the multi-jurisdiction experience to provide the most efficient solutions for your circumstances and will offer advice on the best structure and most appropriate jurisdiction for your Trust.