Templars

Nigeria

Address:
5th Floor, The Octagon Building, 13A AJ Marinho Drive
101241 Victoria Island, Lagos
Nigeria

+2342015155890





Key contacts:

Partner: Igonikon Adekunle
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Partner: Sesan Sulaiman
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Quick facts:

Number of lawyers: 150+
Number of partners : 22


TEMPLARS is a foremost, integrated, full-service commercial law firm. With offices in key commercial centres in Nigeria i.e., Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, and an office in, Accra, Ghana, the firm is strategically placed to
offer quality legal services to clients across the length and breadth of the continent.

At TEMPLARS, our strengths lie in our coverage of diverse legal fields as well as our familiarity with the major sectors of the Nigerian economy. Not only are we well acquainted with domestic and international business transactions, typically involving strategic alliances and complex business arrangements, our lawyers work daily with all kinds and sizes of businesses, to structure, negotiate and document their transactions.

We have built a reputation for understanding each client’s peculiar business needs and applying legal principles to craft workable solutions to meet those business objectives.

Our lawyers are trained to diagnose business problems from a commercial perspective and don the lawyer's hat to implement business-savvy legal solutions within a timely and efficient manner, keeping transaction
timelines and deadlines in view.

We assist our clients to analyse the risks involved in their transactions; and we mitigate and hedge against those risks by deploying or devising appropriate risk management tools.

Our lawyers are consummate professionals who have decades’ worth of experience collaborating with various transaction parties to achieve the commercial and other intentions of clients.

Consistent with our commercial approach in the service of our clients, we constantly employ cost-effective procedures in the pursuit of each mandate.

Corporate Tax Matters
  • Restructuring
  • APAs
  • Financial services
  • Corporate taxes
  • Transactions
  • M&A
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Technology
  • Cross-border project management
  • Environmental
  • Value chains

Tax Advisory

  • International tax advisory
  • Tax consulting

Dispute Resolution

  • Controversy management
  • Litigation
  • Pre-litigation
  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Dispute resolution
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Arbitration

Transfer Pricing

  • International Tax Planning
  • Cross-Border Project Management
  • Business Restructuring
  • Business Model Optimisation
  • TP Risk Management
  • Cost-Sharing Arrangements
  • Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Controversy Management
  • TP Policy Design
  • Audit Defence
  • Audit Support
  • IP Management

Indirect Tax

  • VAT
  • Customs
  • Supply chains

  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Oil and gas