Firm Description

G. Elias & Co. was founded in 1994. It is a full-service business law firm with a clear focus on quality and commitment to practicing law to the very highest standards, and avoids non-organic growth. It has an international outlook and an outstanding record of carrying out critical, innovative and complex work to the highest standards.

It is active on the ‘cutting edge’ of Nigerian law and legal practice, particularly in the fields of sales of businesses, infrastructure financings denominated in hard currencies and tax and shipping disputes. The firm offers a wide range of services to business enterprises (whether controlled by private sector or by public sector actors) in respect of transactions, advisory work, regulatory work, litigation and arbitration. In each of these areas the firm handles corporate, financial, commercial (including shipping and petroleum), taxation, intellectual property, telecommunications and information technology law assignments.

The firm has clients of many nationalities and every size in these and other sectors. Traditionally, the firm’s diverse clients have included upstream oil companies, financial institutions, producers of branded consumer goods and services and information technology and telecommunications companies.

The firm’s paramount aim is absolutely always to offer its clients service of the very highest quality. It emphasizes technical proficiency, attention to detail and creativity in developing practical solutions to clients’ problems. It is known for its sensitivity to clients’ business needs and concerns and promptness in responding to and executing their requests in dealing with business law assignments of every complexity, magnitude and novelty.