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Practice Areas
Our Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law
Smith & Partners LP delivers tailored corporate and commercial legal services to businesses of every scale. We advise on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, contract structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property management, while also guiding clients through dispute prevention and resolution. Our approach is proactive and business-oriented, ensuring that clients minimize legal risks, seize growth opportunities, and maintain a strong foundation in Nigeria’s dynamic commercial and regulatory environment.
Learn MoreShipping, Aviation, Logistics and Transportation Law
Smith & Partners LP offers specialized legal support in shipping, aviation, transportation, and logistics law. We advise on regulatory compliance, cargo claims, vessel and aircraft financing, insurance, charter agreements, and port operations. Our team assists shipping companies, airlines, and logistics providers in structuring transactions, resolving disputes, and managing risks. With deep industry knowledge, we guide clients through Nigeria’s regulatory landscape while ensuring alignment with international transportation and trade standards.
Learn MoreEnergy, Power & Natural Resources Law
Smith & Partners LP delivers strategic legal services to clients in Nigeria’s energy and power sectors. We advise on oil and gas transactions, renewable energy projects, power regulations, environmental compliance, and dispute resolution. Our lawyers structure contracts, manage risks, and guide investments to align with national and international standards. By combining industry insight with legal expertise, we help energy producers, distributors, and investors operate efficiently and sustainably in a rapidly evolving sector.
Learn MoreBanking, Finance, and Fintech Law
Smith & Partners LP offers sophisticated legal advisory in banking, finance, and fintech. We support financial institutions, investors, startups, and tech innovators with regulatory compliance, transactions, and dispute resolution in Nigeria’s evolving financial services industry.
Learn MoreTechnology Law
At Smith & Partners LP, we understand the rapidly evolving digital world. Our technology law practice is designed to support tech companies, startups, developers, and investors with legal compliance, intellectual property protection, data governance, cybersecurity, and technology transactions. We bridge the gap between innovation and regulation.
Learn MoreData Protection and Privacy Law
Smith & Partners LP offers comprehensive legal services in data protection and privacy, ensuring that businesses comply with Nigeria’s NDPR and global data regulations such as GDPR. We help clients manage risk, safeguard personal information, and establish trust through legally sound data practices.
Learn MoreReal Estate and Construction Law
Smith & Partners LP offers comprehensive legal support in real estate and construction law. We handle property acquisitions, development projects, construction contracts, lease agreements, and financing arrangements. Our team conducts due diligence, ensures regulatory compliance, and resolves disputes effectively. Serving developers, investors, landlords, and tenants, we provide practical solutions that safeguard property rights, reduce risks, and enhance commercial value in Nigeria’s competitive and highly regulated real estate and construction sectors.
Learn MoreProjects and Infrastructure Law
Smith & Partners LP provides strategic legal guidance on major infrastructure and project developments. We advise on public-private partnerships, energy, transport, and construction projects from inception to completion. Our services include contract structuring, financing, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. By supporting investors, contractors, developers, and government agencies, we ensure that projects are executed smoothly, lawfully, and with maximum commercial and social impact in Nigeria’s evolving infrastructure landscape. Learn More
Labour and Employment Law & Advisory
Smith & Partners LP advises employers and employees on all aspects of labour and employment law. We draft employment contracts, design workplace policies, and resolve disputes while ensuring regulatory compliance. Our team protects employee rights and represents clients in employment litigation. By fostering fair, transparent, and legally sound workplace relationships, we help organisations minimise risks, manage conflicts effectively, and create environments that support productivity, growth, and compliance with Nigerian labour standards.
Learn MoreTaxation Law
Smith & Partners LP provides strategic legal support in taxation law, covering corporate and personal tax compliance, structuring, and dispute resolution. We advise on tax planning, audits, regulatory filings, and transfer pricing, while representing clients before the FIRS and state tax authorities. Our approach helps businesses and individuals manage risks, optimise obligations, and maintain compliance. By combining legal insight with practical strategies, we ensure efficient and sustainable tax management solutions. Learn More
Family Law
Smith & Partners LP delivers compassionate and strategic legal services in family law, protecting the rights and interests of clients during sensitive matters. We advise on divorce, separation, custody, adoption, spousal support, and prenuptial agreements, while also assisting with estate planning and dispute resolution. Our goal is to provide clarity, stability, and fair outcomes, helping families navigate complex legal issues with dignity, care, and solutions that safeguard future well-being.
Learn MoreTrust, Asset, Wealth and Property Management and Protection
At Smith & Partners LP, we provide comprehensive legal solutions for safeguarding wealth, managing assets, and ensuring seamless property transfers. Our services include estate planning, trust formation, asset protection, property management, and wealth preservation strategies, ensuring that individuals, families, and businesses secure their financial future and protect their interests against legal uncertainties
Learn MoreCompetition and Consumer Protection Law
Smith & Partners LP advises on competition and consumer protection law, helping businesses comply with antitrust regulations, fair trade practices, and consumer rights standards. We handle merger notifications, defend against anti-competitive claims, and represent clients before the FCCPC. Our team also advises on advertising, product safety, and consumer disputes. By combining regulatory insight with practical solutions, we help organisations manage risks, protect reputations, and maintain compliance in Nigeria’s competitive marketplace.
Learn MoreDispute Resolution - Civil and Criminal litigation
Smith & Partners LP provides expert dispute resolution services, covering both civil and criminal litigation. Our civil litigation practice handles personal injury claims, commercial disputes, contract enforcement, real estate conflicts, and debt recovery. On the criminal side, we represent individuals and corporate entities in cases of fraud, white-collar crimes, financial misconduct, and other criminal matters. Whether through litigation, arbitration, or mediation, we ensure that our clients receive strong legal representation and effective dispute resolution strategies.
Learn MoreDebt and Asset Recovery
Smith & Partners LP offers specialised legal services in debt recovery and asset protection, assisting individuals, businesses, and financial institutions to reclaim outstanding debts and secured assets. We handle loan default enforcement, receivership, asset tracing, negotiation, and litigation, while also employing alternative dispute resolution. Our approach combines strategic negotiation with strong legal enforcement, ensuring efficient recovery processes and favourable outcomes that safeguard clients’ financial interests and strengthen their commercial stability.
Learn MoreElection Disputes & Electoral Law
Smith & Partners LP provides expert legal services in election disputes and electoral law, representing candidates, political parties, and stakeholders in matters related to election petitions, electoral malpractice claims, voter rights violations, and regulatory compliance. Our firm ensures that electoral processes adhere to the legal framework and provides strategic litigation support in election tribunals and appellate courts.
Learn MoreConstitutional Rights and Human Rights Law
Smith & Partners LP is committed to defending and enforcing constitutional rights, ensuring that individuals, organizations, and government institutions comply with the principles of justice, equity, and fundamental freedoms. Our expertise covers human rights violations, freedom of expression, unlawful detention, discrimination, constitutional interpretation, and public interest litigation. We advocate for the protection of civil liberties and work to uphold the rule of law.
Learn MoreIntellectual & Industrial Property
Smith & Partners LP provides top-tier legal services in the protection, management, and enforcement of intellectual and industrial property rights. Our expertise spans trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, industrial designs, and brand protection. We assist individuals, businesses, and corporations in securing their innovations, preventing infringement, and maximizing the commercial potential of their intellectual assets.
Learn MoreMedia and Entertainment Law
Smith & Partners LP delivers tailored legal services to clients in Nigeria’s media and entertainment industry, including artists, producers, broadcasters, and digital platforms. We advise on contract negotiations, intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. Our goal is to safeguard creative rights, secure fair commercial arrangements, and provide strategic legal support that allows talent and businesses to grow, innovate, and succeed in today’s fast-evolving entertainment and media landscape. Learn More
Law and Policy Advisory
Smith & Partners LP provides expert advisory services at the intersection of law, governance, and public policy. We assist governments, institutions, and private entities with legislative drafting, regulatory reform, and policy development. Our team conducts legal impact analysis and contributes to sectoral reforms, ensuring that laws and policies are constitutionally sound, socially impactful, and commercially viable. By combining legal precision with policy insight, we help clients drive meaningful governance and institutional change.
Learn MoreArt Law
Smith & Partners LP provides specialised legal services in art and cultural property law, supporting artists, collectors, galleries, museums, auction houses, and cultural institutions. We advise on ownership rights, provenance, licensing, and cross-border transfers, as well as sales and dispute resolution. Our goal is to protect creative and cultural assets, ensuring that transactions and engagements are legally sound, commercially secure, and aligned with both domestic and international cultural property frameworks.
Learn MoreSports Law
Smith & Partners LP delivers comprehensive legal services in sports law, representing athletes, agents, clubs, governing bodies, and sponsors. We handle contract negotiations, image rights, sponsorship agreements, and regulatory compliance, while advising on anti-doping matters and dispute resolution. Our approach ensures clients are legally protected both on and off the field, enabling them to focus on performance, growth, and fair participation within Nigeria’s rapidly expanding and increasingly commercialised sports industry. Learn More
Immigration Law
Smith & Partners LP delivers comprehensive legal services in sports law, representing athletes, agents, clubs, governing bodies, and sponsors. We handle contract negotiations, image rights, sponsorship agreements, and regulatory compliance, while advising on anti-doping matters and dispute resolution. Our approach ensures clients are legally protected both on and off the field, enabling them to focus on performance, growth, and fair participation within Nigeria’s rapidly expanding and increasingly commercialised sports industry.
Learn MoreEnvironmental and Climate Law
Smith & Partners LP advises on environmental and climate law, helping corporations, governments, and NGOs comply with environmental regulations, sustainability standards, and climate-related obligations. We provide guidance on ESG compliance, regulatory frameworks, and international treaties, ensuring that operations align with both local and global environmental standards. Our services promote responsible growth, risk management, and sustainable practices that balance commercial objectives with environmental protection and ethical responsibility for future generations.
Learn MoreWhy Choose Us
Excellence without compromise
At Smith & Partners LP, we deliver legal services with unmatched precision, strategic thinking, and uncompromising quality. Every case, client, and transaction is handled with a deep commitment to excellence—whether it's a complex commercial negotiation or high-stakes litigation.
Deep Industry Knowledge and Versatility
With a robust understanding of Nigeria’s legal landscape and a multidisciplinary team of attorneys, we offer tailored solutions across sectors—corporate, real estate, maritime, aviation, energy, and more. Our diverse expertise ensures we approach every brief with the right mix of insight and innovation.
Client-First Legal Partnership
We are not just legal advisers; we are long-term partners in our clients’ success. From individuals to large institutions, we provide responsive, transparent, and client-centric services that anticipate challenges and deliver value far beyond legal compliance.
