Alliance Law Firm
ALLIANCE LAW FIRM is a dynamic partnership registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
With a seamless blend of industry-recognised partners, consultants and other lawyers, operating from three offices spanning 3 key commercial centres of Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, our capacity to provide value-added legal services to our clients’ needs has seen our stock in the industry grow considerably. We offer our clients the broadest mix of cognate skills and depth of expertise drawn from decades of experience in corporate commercial transactions (both local and cross-border) and dispute resolution. Our up-to-date awareness, participation in local, international commercial developments, and technology enables us to adopt forward-facing approaches to legal issues referred to us. The Firm is focused on constantly seeking ways of improving its suite of offerings with a view to constantly aligning its legal solutions with clients’ commercial objectives.
The Firm has been ranked amongst the notable law firms in Nigeria. The 2015 edition of the International Financial Law Review (“IFLR”) 1000 currently recommends the firm in its “Financial and Corporate” category. The firm is also recognised as a “Recommended Law Firm” in the 2014 and 2015 editions of IFLR 1000 and received the 2014 ESQ / Legal Blitz Award for the “Corporate Restructuring Firm of the Year”. It was voted as the Business Law Firm of the Year in Nigeria in 2012, by the Corporate International of the United Kingdom.
In 2008, the firm was conferred with the award of “The Finest Capital Market Legal Consulting Firm in Nigeria” at the West African Direct Marketing Awards. The firm has also been recognized as one of the most integrity-driven organizations in Nigeria by major national newspapers, such as The Guardian, Thisday, and Business Day. It has also been acknowledged by the World Bank/ ITF as a notable contributor to their global Doing Business Guide publications for several years.
PRACTICE AREAS
As a full-service commercial law firm, we have the following distinct practice groups:
• Corporate and Commercial Practice Group
• Tax and Transfer Pricing Practice Group
• Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group
• Intellectual Property, Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Group
• Dispute Resolution Practice Group
Our experience has seen the us provide legal advisory services in respect of non-litigious matters and client representation services as partners in the Firm have been occasioned to act as Arbitrators and Mediators by both parties and Courts. In some instances, members of the Firm have also acted as Expert witnesses as to Nigerian law in International Arbitrations.
The firm has a dedicated company secretarial subsidiary Alliance Corporate Secretaries Limited (“ACSL”), which provides company secretarial and nominee services ensuring that all its clients are aware of and comply with their respective reporting and compliance obligations under Nigerian law.
Contact:
Alliance House
Alliance Law Firm
71, Ademola Street
Off Awolowo Road, South-West Ikoyi
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234-1-9035352-5; +234-9060003017
E-mail: info@alliancelf.com
Website: www.alliancelf.com
Uche Obi SAN
Uche a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is one of the Founding Partners of Alliance Law Firm and is the Managing Partner of the firm. His multidisciplinary skills set, wide-ranging experience and insight are constantly brought to bear in the resolution of clients’ issues. Uche is a highly ranked transaction solicitor and Litigator. Clients of the firm and peers alike hold him in high esteem. He is a notable contributor to the IMF/World Bank Doing Business Guide publications, and the author of “Class Actions in Nigeria” – a pioneer book on the subject in Nigeria.
He has advised on a wide range of matters in Energy, Power, Capital Markets, Banking and Finance.
In 2013 Uche was elected Chairman of the Capital Market Solicitors Association (“CMSA”) and was a member of the ministerial committee that recommended the implemented 26 billion Naira (US$170 million USD) forbearance of debts granted to stockbrokers by the Federal Government of Nigeria as announced by the then Minister of Finance/CME. Further he was also a member of the Capital Market Master Plan Committee set up by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and served as a council member of the Nigeria Bar Association -Section on Business Law. Uche was also a member of the National Technical Committee for the Implementation of E-Dividend in Nigeria. He was the pioneer CMSA coordinator of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Emerging Capital Market Project comprising Lawyers of the UK Law Society of England and Wales and Nigerian Lawyers.
Uche has been listed amongst the top most integrity-driven professionals in Nigeria by major newspapers including The Guardian and Thisday, and has contributed over 40 published articles in the areas of capital market, business and investment laws in the Business Day Law Specialist Section. He has received several local and international awards.