Diaspora Representation
Acting locally in Nigeria for clients living and working abroad.
- 2011
- Since
- 1
- On the desk
- 12
- Matters of record
On this page
Speak to the desk
A partner takes the first call on every diaspora representation matter.
The work
One accountable Nigerian contact for matters you cannot attend to in person — with reporting that respects your time zone.
Nigerians abroad instruct us to handle property purchases, estate and family matters, debt recovery and litigation at home, with clear reporting across time zones.
We act under power of attorney where appropriate, and give clients a single accountable point of contact for matters they cannot attend to in person.
What this desk does
Services under Diaspora Representation
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
- Verification report with photographs
- Executed documents and custody confirmation
- Scheduled written updates
- Court or recovery outcome report
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
Where we practise
Lagos commercial reality, read correctly the first time.
Diaspora Representation 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.
United States
United Kingdom
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
Asia
Elsewhere abroad
How do we communicate?
Scheduled video calls in your time zone, with written updates at every milestone.
Do I have to travel to Nigeria?
In most matters, no. A properly scoped power of attorney lets us act for you.
How do I pay from abroad?
By transfer to the firm's account, against an invoice issued before work begins.
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.