Our Industries

The gamut of Construction Law and practice is attributed to a complex and specialized industry which requires professional proficiency, skill and a high-technical knowledge base on structures, designs, planning, construction, project management and the multiple legal frameworks guiding the operations of the construction industry. Construction law and practice includes inter alia, knowledge in the fields of structural, electrical and mechanical engineering, building, quantity surveying, architecture, and other related subjects.

W&P wields great competence in Construction Law from various years of practice and training and we provide our Clients with outstanding legal services as it relates to general and knotty issues on Construction and Engineering matters. We consistently update our knowledge on current and significant developments in the industry, while our strength lies in our aptitude to navigate through the various dispute resolution forums and deliver a commercially beneficial outcome for our clients.

The essential process of sourcing/generating capital, taking investments decisions and the administrative management of a business venture forms the foundation through which profit or loss margins are predicated/projected. This process is sensitive to businesses and places a demand that industry players regularly exhibit a holistic comprehension of financial market deals, which is often volatile. W&P has a profound background in finance and capital market operations and is intensely engaged in providing legal advisory services to companies, banks, financial institutions and state governments on diverse finance portfolio options and services comprising: bonds (with its derivatives) and superior capital market services.

The Firm is duly registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a Capital Market Consultants (Solicitors) and has rendered legal advisory services to clients on various capital market transactions, which include but not limited to:

Public Offers
Debt and Equity
Collective Investment Schemes
Divestitures
Corporate Restructuring; and
Schemes of Arrangement and Reconstruction

The Financial Services industry incorporates a wide range of businesses including banks, investment firms, insurance companies and mortgage institutions. This industry may be regarded as the most crucial to every economy as a result of the financial intermediation role of the various businesses that play in this space. As a pivotal industry of every economy, the Financial Services is also particularly loaded with legal risk and are most frequently a target for litigation; thus, making it an extremely regulated industry.

W&P has mastery of the various legislations and regulatory circulars that relate to the various businesses that make up the sector and we have fostered a seamless working relationship with the various regulator agencies. The Firm sits comfortably in dealing with all legal issues around this industry.

The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry holds a sensitive position in the health and well being of the general populace. Its activities are connected to all facets of business endeavors and its activities must compulsorily be executed in compliance with government regulations, acceptable global practice and innovations. This highly regulated industry is often bedeviled with several industrial procedural breaches; thus, effective policies on international trades and relations, agreements, supply, licenses and distribution, intellectual properties- (patent, trademark and copyright), counterfeiting, financing, drug abuse and regulations, legal rights and relationship of healthcare practitioners and patients.

W&P have a deep-rooted experience to deliver quality legal advisory services to health and pharmaceutical service providers on a wide range of issues, regulatory advice, Intellectual Property, Licenses and Distribution Rights, managing claims of misconduct and negligence, workplace relations’ advice, commercial litigation & ADR, professional indemnity and public liability claims, developing strategies aimed at minimizing brand/reputational risk while maintaining business operations. Our clients immensely benefit from dealing with our team of lawyers who are cognizant of the multiple issues that are likely to arise from interactions in this industry.

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a long term modern approach through which private and public companies together with the government and/or non-governmental agencies form a consortium to pull resources together towards building and financing projects for infrastructural and other developmental purposes. An essential feature of this sector is the need for huge capital and skilled manpower and activities in this industry involves multi-level participations from financial institutions, project financing, construction and engineering, manufacturing, utilities.

W&P is adept at providing legal advisory services on all aspects of transactions on Infrastructure, PPP, procurements, transportation, obtaining regulatory permits and licenses, compliance and projects for both private and public industry clients. The business environment of procuring infrastructural facilities, construction and forming strategic PPP is often caught up with incidences on policies, change of political systems/regulations, inadequate funds and frustration of the contract. The Firm has at its disposal, the combination of detailed technical legal practitioners having the requisite proficiency, innovation, creative thinking abilities and remain commercially focus to provide practical solutions and alternative approaches on this aspect of the law.

The Firm has a team of professionals designated to advise clients on their needs as it relates to Intellectual Property (IP), data management, security and protection, storage, software development, licensing and related matters. Regardless of whether such issues arise in their daily business or during complex transactions, the Team assiduously work towards preserving and protecting the interest of its clients to attain effective protection for their trademarks/trade-names, trade-identity and business concepts.

Our Team of Lawyers are demographical represented and poised to provide legal advisory services, define and draft contracts, terms of services, privacy policies and agreements that would cater for the needs of our diverse types of clients from the Baby Boomers to the Gen X, Gen Y or Millennial and the Gen Z and we creatively proffer topnotch services in meeting the evolving demands as required in this peculiar industry.

The manufacturing industry like many other industries; faces significant costs, manpower, technicalities, and pressures, largely due to foreign/international competition and regulatory standards.

W&P has professionals who are skilled at providing tailored solutions and advisory guidance at all stages of the manufacturing process. Our professional expertise is structured towards minimizing operational disruptions, advising on machineries leasing and purchase, mitigating risks, drafting policies/contracts on health safety and environment, and labour matters to safeguard the interest of both the employers/employees and ensuring compliance of regulatory standards. Our detailed knowledge of the industry means we are able to provide effective, industry specific legal guidance.

The Firm has a team of astute lawyers who have the empirical knowledge to secure the creative works and practitioners of this industry in their day-to day- business and personal activities. The Firm wields a detailed grasp of professionals in these fields and appreciates the intricacies involved in their roles and responsibilities in a semi-regulated environment with increasing litigious disputes.

The team provides legal advisory services to corporate entities in the sport industry, music artistes, producers & record labels, and assist them through the processes encountered at their commercial affairs such as, drafting of Agreements and negotiating deals and packages in a variety of agreements to suit their interest; preparing recording and music publishing agreements, artiste management, royalties, sponsorship agreements as well as other specialized agreement to suit the required purpose.

For a country to be termed “developed” or “developing”, constant power supply is a sine qua non. There are though other supporting indices for development, regular and un-epileptic power supply cannot be overemphasized. This is mainly owing to the fact that power is the life blood of almost all sectors of the economy, be it, manufacturing, engineering, small and medium scale enterprises et al.

Hence, any government or nation whose energy need or power sector is comatose or epileptic, not only toys with its development and stands the great risk of losing potential foreign investors but is also likely to be treated with scorn in the comity of serious nations and termed “underdeveloped.”

The legal frameworks guiding the operations and sustainability of the Power, Energy and Natural Resources sectors are consistently evolving to accommodate environmental changes and other factors. It is trite that the profitable resources of these indispensable sectors are yet to be harnessed. W&P has over several years, acquired insightful expertise through its active and direct participation in the Power, Energy (and other derivatives) industry. The Firm’s team of lawyers provides legal advisory services on infrastructure, bidding, leasing, oil & gas, tank farms, management, renewable energy, power & plant production, environmental law & policies, supply & distribution-related transactions and consults on all spectrums of the Nigerian Power & Energy Law and Practice.

Our practice fortes further include;

Preparation and/or verification of contracts for seismic, drilling, bidding and development operations
Securing Licenses and Permits
Drafting and review of Contracts- oil and gas contracts/sales agreements, power plant generation and distribution; Joint Venture agreements, farm-in agreements and joint operating agreements, royalty agreements and net profits interest agreements, concession agreements/production sharing contracts/buy-back arrangements
Environmental testing; and
Community Relations

Private Equity transactions are creative models employed to raise capital for investments purposes, diversification of portfolios and high yield returns. Expertise in finance and investments options is a key requirement for effective delivery of consultancy and legal advisory services in this industry.

W&P leverages on its acquired knowledge on Private Equity and is proud to have an internal network of experts who regularly proffer effective, business-oriented approaches to its clients at every phase of the transaction; whether on alternative investments options and/or on enhancement of cash liquidity through unconventional and conventional re-classification of capital base and financial investment portfolios. Our team comprises in-house Solicitors and Consultants in the industry who are well rounded in modern commercial transactions and have over the years exhibited proven expertise to negotiate acquisition, finance and investment options on behalf of its clients within acceptable laws and practice. At W&P, our culture for excellence positions us to offer practical and specialized solutions under unique circumstances on all aspects of private equity transactions.

W&P focus on real estate is rich in practice. The Firm brings significant insight and in-depth experience in all forms of real estate activities including acquisition, planning, construction, development, project financing and management, letting and sales/transfer. The Firm provides advisory services on pre-acquisition to post acquisition of real estate interests to both domestic and international companies for agricultural purposes, residential/commercial purposes, hospitality, tourism and infrastructural purposes as well as investment purposes.

The Firm has a robust data of real estates’ clienteles and represents their interest in matters concerning property acquisition, financing construction contracts, leasing and management, preserving and enforcement of property rights, registration of properties, litigation, ADR forums, and related transactions regarding property issues that arises in private and commercial transactions.