In today's commerce environment, it is invaluable to have a good and solid foundation to build businesses upon. We advise companies on their ongoing obligations in a world where businesses are becoming increasingly accountable to all stakeholders. Our experience extends beyond transactional work. We advise our clients through every stage of a company life cycle.
Our corporate & commercial team advises clients on the full range of legal services in relation to corporate and commercial matters. Apart from general corporate and day-to-day matters like corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters, support for in-house legal teams, our skilled advisors put special emphasis on company formations, dissolutions, corporate changes, business transfers, including cross-border advise and contracts.
Our clients include players from the private and public sectors such as multinationals, domestic firms, financial institutions, funds, private and institutional investors, energy companies, media and telecommunication, as well as state agencies and municipalities.
Our corporate and commercial practice also encompasses the following;
At Dates Attorneys and Solicitors, we represent clients’ in a wide array of real estate-centered legal matters, both transactions and litigation. We help our clients’ execute complex transactions that demand deep market knowledge and commitment.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in advising, negotiating, structuring and preparing all types of construction contracts for developers on all types of real estate development. Our team has a profound understanding of the local market and legislation and is committed to providing the best possible legal advice.
We also serve clients in securing title to real estate for plants, offices, and residences. We negotiate and draft commercial lease, hotel, and apartment development and management contracts, as well as in the strata title projects.
We take environmental implications into consideration when advising on real estate and construction matters and therefore proactively address and eliminate potential obstacles in the process.
We advise a wide variety of clients ranging from construction and development companies, to asset managers, banks, private and institutional investors, private equity, to facility managers. The firm further provides the under listed services in Real Estate and Construction;
Legal disputes can be very costly and time-consuming and should be handled with the greatest attention to detail. With our experienced dispute specialists, our clients' can make sure that their matters will be treated respectfully and in line with their specific needs and requirements.
Besides providing litigation services in relation to our practice areas, our lawyers are also experienced in advising and representing clients in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings, like pre-trial settlement, arbitrations, mediations, and negotiations.
We represent an ample of clients from different industries, such as automotive and manufacturing, banks, construction and materials, retail & consumer goods, energy, financial services, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical and life science, industrials, telecommunication and media.
The growing importance of human resources and its efficient management is essential to any business. Our excellent immigration team recognizes the importance of human resources and its management as an essential factor for any successful business operation.
DAS offers top-notch advice in the field of corporate immigration and investment. We are helping clients to be able to focus on their core values and strength knowing that our experts take care of all legal obligations with regards to business immigration.
Our immigration practice covers all aspects of inbound and outbound corporate immigration. We act for a wide variety of corporate clients including asset managers, global law firms, technology businesses and banks, private equity firms, consulting businesses, pharmaceutical manufacturers and architects.
Our immigration practice advises and provides assistance in the obtaining of;
Aviation law cases require high-level experience in many aspects. Our transportation and logistics team advises domestic and international clients on all matters related to aviation. Our team of acknowledged leading practitioners and highly talented aviation lawyers brings a genuine in-depth knowledge and understanding of the aviation industry, which when combined with a practical hands-on approach and high levels of our legal expertise enables us to deliver the commercial outcome desired by our clients.
Our clientele includes aircraft manufacturers; logistics service suppliers, warehouse operators, export credit agencies, financial institutions, freight forwarders, lessors and high net worth individuals (HNWI).
The scope of our instructions has resulted in a thorough understanding of and working relationship with regulatory bodies in Nigeria particularly the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Ministry of Aviation (MOA). The firm undertakes legal services to aircraft transactions relating to;
Taxation is an ever-present factor for every business. A clever and well-structured approach to taxes can help save. Our tax law specialists have longstanding experience in providing tax advisory and outside general tax counsel to public and private businesses on all tax aspects of their business operations.
The firm has a dedicated team of specialized lawyers knowledgeable in any emerging tax regime in Nigeria. DAS provides creative practical tax advisory services for a comprehensive range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, reorganizations, joint ventures, owner-managed takeovers, investment structures, restructuring and any tax-driven transactions.
We also assist our clients with strategic tax-related business planning. The firm also undertakes and represents clients in tax disputes and settlements, resolving tax disputes as they arise in the below areas;
