Services
Ahmed Uwais and Co. has extensive experience in Corporate, Quasi-Commercial Law, Property Consultancy, Sale of Goods and Legal Consulting. This has been gained through many years of working in and managing business activities for major companies and corporate organizations.
All key staff members have considerable experience in working in international projects and are familiar with the unique range of issues present in the corporate and commercial sectors.
Scope of Practice
Admiralty and Maritime
Arrests, insurance, maritime casualties, maritime zone and offshore structures, ship sale and purchase.
Drafting and reviewing of charter party agreements.
Advice to clients on maritime law issues affecting foreign and domestic lenders.
Arbitration and Litigation
Alternative dispute resolution (Arbitration and Mediation).
General litigation.
Aviation
Passengers, cargo, and baggage claims and insurance disputes.
Debt recovery.
Advise on commencement and maintenance of airlines (both local and International) operations in Nigeria.
Banking and Finance
Financing and refinancing businesses.
Rotating secured and unsecured credit transactions.
Capital equipment leasing.
Preparation, documentation and review of loan and lease agreements.
Enforcement of security interests.
Corporate Services
Asset-based finance, aviation, banking, capital markets, commercial services, competition issues (anti-trust), corporate governance, debt recovery.
Due diligence.
Derivatives and other financial instruments, financial services, insolvency.
Mergers and acquisition, private equity and venture capital, project finance.
Securities transactions and taxation.
Monitoring and Evaluation of policies in the Education sector.
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Conflict of laws.
Deregulation and privatization.
Legislation.
Regulatory.
Employment Law and Industrial Relations
Corporate immigration.
Disputes and industrial actions.
Employment law contracts.
General labour law.
Health and safety issues.
Medical aid and employee benefits.
Pensions and benefits.
Restructuring and other commercial negotiations.
Entertainment, Media and Sport
Advertising Contracts for sportspersons, writers and artists.
Defamation.
Licensing, sponsorship, music, newspaper and publishing, radio and television.
Sports law.
Environmental, Mining and Energy Services
Environmental impact assessment agreements and Litigation.
Auditing and due diligence investigations.
Pollution, water, air, waste, noise.
Pesticides, hazardous materials handling and resource use.
Advising clients on energy licencing and registration in the power sector.
Intellectual Property Services
Copyright.
Industrial design.
Patents.
Design.
Trade mark portfolio management and registrations.
Franchising, licensing, distributorship agreements and technology transfer.
Mining and Minerals
Mining agreements, environmental law, expropriations, joint ventures.
Mining arbitration and litigation.
Oil and Gas Sector
Advising clients on proposed privatization of the Nigerian Gas Company.
Preparing divestiture documents for the sale of Government's share in the company, advising clients on relevant Nigerian laws and regulations.
Due diligence report.
Preparing contracts and Contract of Service agreements.
Private Client Services
Estates and trust.
Family law.
Property and Conveyance Services
Conveyance.
Industrial properties.
Leases.
Perfection of title.
Property development and transactions.
Technology
Domain name disputes, business and procurement.
Hardware acquisition.
Local and international legislative compliance.
Networking.
Software licensing, development, assignment and acquisition.
Website development, hosting and maintenance.
Telecommunications
Cellular telephony.
Complaints and disputes.
Drafting and reviewing of facilities agreements.
Licensing and networking agreements.
Regulatory, service provision and maintenance agreements.
