Conveyancy & Real Estate

Basically, property law practice in Nigeria focuses on laws applicable to tangible or real property: land, anything attached to land, or any interest in land, land of any tenure, tenements, hereditaments, corporal or incorporeal and individual shares in lands.

W&P has the required resources and project experience to deliver portfolio acquisition and disposals on time and in budget. Our dedicated team of experienced staff is committed to providing comprehensive and high-quality services in the following property and real estate related transactions:

  • Property conveyance
  • Obtaining Land Use Rights through allocation and grant of Statutory and Customary Rights of Occupancy
  • Purchase and sale of leasehold and freehold property interest
  • Drafting of all known documentation relating to land and real property
  • Lease extensions, Transfer of Equity, Property finance, conducting due diligence on land purchases and transactions
  • Perfection of title and mortgages

Team

Uche Wigwe

Managing Partner

Adebukola Oyeneyin

Partner

Abdulfatai Mohammed

Partner

Afam Okeke

Partner

Obinna Agwu

Associate

Israel Olatunde

Associate

Oluwatobi Adeyemo

Senior Associate

Chioma Amadi-Agoro

Senior Associate

Opeyemi Adebanjo

Senior Associate

Elizabeth ODIGUE

Associate

Augustine Agushaka

Associate

Juliet Amah

Senior Associate

Ifeoluwa Akinteye

Associate

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UCHE WIGWE

Managing Partner

Uche has a masters degree [LL.M.] in Petroleum Law and Policy from the University of Dundee, Scotland, a bachelors of law degree [LL.B.] from the University of Ibadan, and a bachelors of science [BS.C] in Banking and Finance from the University of Port Harcourt.

He wields strong expertise in advising on various practice areas including Construction and Infrastructure, Energy and Natural Resources, Corporate Finance and Project Finance. He has also developed a strong practice in Corporate Insolvency and Debt Recovery.

Uche is a qualified member of the Nigerian Bar and he is the current 1st Vice Chairman of the Construction Projects & Infrastructure Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) . He is also a member of the International Bar Association [IBA] and the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)

Obinna Agwu

Associate

Israel Olatunde

Associate