Practice Areas

Practice Areas

Over the years, our team has earned a distinguished reputation for offering wholesome professional services. Our core practice areas include:

ADR & LITIGATION

Our strong litigation team handles both local and international matters, regardless of the complexity. Our extensive experience in litigation from the High Courts through to the Supreme Court enables us to ensure that our clients are adequately informed and prepared for a vast array of issues that may arise.

COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES

Under our sister company, Peridot Nominees, we are able to offer small and medium sized companies this most crucial service. We can act as Legal Secretaries to their board, and/or members, giving out notices, sitting in on meetings, taking and disseminating same to requisite members.

AGRICULTURE

As a result of a slight shift in focus away from Oil to Agriculture in Nigeria, we have a capable team well positioned to offer advise to both government and private sector stakeholders on different aspects of agriculture, such as farmland acquisition, seed purchase and crop exports.

AVIATION

This is an age old industry in Nigeria and so we have in our team dedicated aviation lawyers at the forefront of the industry providing comprehensive legal services across such aspects as finance, tax, corporate, dispute resolution and regulation to both established and new entrants to the market including financiers, export credit agencies, investors, manufacturers, airlines owners and leasing companies. Delivering local and international advice and providing innovative solutions.

Our aviation team combines insight and experience with technical expertise on issues like aircraft acquisition, aircraft financing, aircraft/airport leasing and aircraft insurance.

OIL & GAS

Our team includes lawyers with deep oil and gas industry expertise. Oil has been the mainstay of the economy of our country Nigeria and so has been a sector we have constantly been dealing with. Our oil and gas experts who are adequately qualified are capable of handling all aspects.

export credit agencies, investors, manufacturers, airlines owners and leasing companies. Delivering local and international advice and providing innovative solutions.

Our aviation team combines insight and experience with technical expertise on issues like aircraft acquisition, aircraft financing, aircraft/airport leasing and aircraft insurance.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

We offer our clients legal advise in this very regulated sector both those already operational and those looking to enter the telecoms market in Nigeria and in the sub-region. In providing service under this sector, we ensure our clients avoid many of the pitfalls of operation in new environment.

We offer advise on licensing requirements, policy and market developments, technology, media and telecommunications law. We also help our clients participate in a wide range of mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements which take into account technology, media and telecommunications regulatory requirements.

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

We are versed in mergers and acquisitions, project and asset financing, procurement, restructuring and selling of assets, concessions and public private partnerships, dispute resolution and regulatory compliance.

MINING

Whatever position or stage a client may be in this industry, be it the supply side contracts or requires day-to-day commercial agreement support, we have the necessary depth of expertise and skills to assist. Our team regularly advises clients on matters relating to mining legislations, compliance, mining titles, legal opinions, applications and acquisitions of rights, review applications, appeals and due diligence.

ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

The energy sector is a major area of development and growth in Africa and therefore investment opportunities abound. Our team can be of service at all stages of the energy projects from development, procurement, construction, commercial operations, project financing.

FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES

Barnville Solicitors and Advocates has been providing sound legal advice of the highest standard to all our clients, particularly in the financial sector. Our integrated team specialises in complex finance transactions both locally and internationally. We have extensive knowledge in acquisition finance, structured finance, capital markets, projects and infrastructure, real estate finance, trade and export finance, commodities finance, derivatives, preference share finance, subordinated debt, insolvency and restructuring, recovery of debt using all available and legal resources. We also act as receiver managers.

HEALTHCARE

Our team is well poised to work with our clients and help them in pursuing and achieving their goals. We offer advise to stakeholders in this industry through the entire healthcare chain of products and services. And these include manufacturing, wholesales, distribution, pharmacies, hospitals, health practitioners, medical scheme administration.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We advise on all aspects of creating, protecting, exploiting and enforcing Intellectual Property rights.

MARITIME & SHIPPING

We deliver a comprehensive service in this sector as we help in easing relationships between land and sea users and owners of ports, terminals and equipment. Our expertise integrates all of the contractual and, regulatory aspects of ports, terminals and logistics corridors with the physical establishment and financing of the infrastructure.

We also undertake risk management assessments as well as all litigation between parties to port and terminal operations.

REAL ESTATE

Our Firm has a team of skilled Real Estate Managers who have successfully managed and are still managing vast estates on behalf of our clients.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Working with the government can be very challenging but also very rewarding. A key to success is guidance from legal minds who can navigate the complexities of government contracting.

We will use our expertise to advise you on the best course of action and successfully resolve your case