Commercial Law
Contracts, trade and day-to-day commercial counsel for businesses operating in Nigeria.
- 2011
- Since
- 2
- On the desk
- 6
- Matters of record
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The work
Revenue lives in contracts. We draft and negotiate the agreements that carry it, and we do it before the dispute exists.
We advise businesses on the agreements that carry their revenue: supply and distribution arrangements, agency and franchise terms, service contracts, and cross-border trade documentation.
Our approach is preventive. We draft and negotiate so that the commercial intent survives contact with regulators, counterparties and, where necessary, the courts.
What this desk does
Services under Commercial Law
How we engage
Four steps, one accountable partner.
Nothing leaves this desk that a partner has not read.
- 01BriefA partner takes the first call and frames the issue, the exposure and the options.
- 02ScopeWe agree the mandate, the team on the desk and the fee basis in writing before work begins.
- 03ExecuteThe named partner stays on the matter through drafting, negotiation, filing or hearing.
- 04ReportYou receive plain-language updates at each milestone, with the next decision made explicit.
What you receive
- Negotiated, execution-ready contracts
- Contract playbook and fallback positions
- Risk register with commercial impact
- Signature and filing checklist
Who runs it
The lawyers on this desk
Oluwashina O. Olagbende
Managing Partner
Oluwashina is the Managing Partner of Legal Climate (Barristers & Solicitors), a lawyer with a powerful legal mind and a formidable serial investor and entrepreneur who sits as chairman for several companies.
He advises top-tier corporate clients and institutional investors, and combines that counsel with an entrepreneur's instinct for seeing commercial opportunity long before it arrives.
Corporate Law
Commercial Law
Project Finance
Isiah Gloria
Senior Associate
Gloria is a senior associate with over a decade of experience and partnership with the firm. She holds a Master of Laws degree with a certificate of specialisation in Corporate Law, Property Law and Commercial Law.
She advises on matters such as dispute resolution, probate matters and property management.
Commercial Litigation
Real Estate & Property Law
Commercial Law
Where we practise
Lagos commercial reality, read correctly the first time.
Commercial Law in Nigeria is decided as much by regulators, registries and counterparties as by the drafting. We work the whole picture.
Sectors served
Where this desk works most often, and where the commercial context is already familiar to us.
Manufacturing
FMCG & distribution
Logistics
Technology
Professional services
Retail
Can you work from our template?
Yes. We mark up your paper, set fallback positions and keep a playbook so your team can close routine deals without us.
How quickly can a contract turn around?
We agree a turnaround with you at the point of instruction, and it holds unless the scope changes.
Do you handle disputes on contracts you drafted?
Yes — our litigation desk takes it, with the drafting lawyer briefed in.
Adjacent practices
Most matters cross more than one desk
Office
Plot 8A, Abba Saggoe Street, Michael Otedola Jubilee Estate by Omole Phase 2, Lagos, Nigeria
legalclimate76@yahoo.com
Telephone
+234 802 860 2551 · +234 803 242 5113 · +1 (470) 338 7999
Hours
Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm (WAT). Saturday & Sunday closed.