Established in 1984

Total number of professionals: 25 (3 partners)
Principal office: Lagos
Other offices: Port Harcourt and Abuja

Key practice areas

Aviation; mining; litigation; capital markets (private equity); banking & finance; oil & gas; sport, media, and entertainment; company secretarial and regulatory compliance; tax; IP; maritime

Our services

Ajumogobia & Okeke is a leading full-service commercial law firm with its head office in Lagos. The firm embraces its local and international knowledge to complete the clients’ transactions and enable its clients to achieve their objectives. Its correspondent relationships with international firms complement the firm’s ability to provide effective and cost-efficient services.

The firm was founded in 1984 by H Odein Ajumogobia and C Nonyelum Okeke. It has established its reputation by acquiring unrivalled knowledge of its client’s business sectors, as well as strong and long-standing contacts throughout the commercial sector. The firm is a multi-partner law practice with diverse expertise at the partner level and firm-wide. In 2011, Babatunde A Sodipo and Patrick A Osu were admitted as partners of the firm.

Ajumogobia & Okeke has established a reputation for providing cutting-edge legal advice using best practice techniques and solutions to meet its client’s demands. The firm’s current lawyers are organised into dedicated practice groups, which enable the firm to offer a full complement of commercial legal services from its offices, which are strategically located in the commercial capital Lagos, the centre of the oil and gas industry Port-Harcourt and the seat of government in Abuja. In addition, Ajumogobia & Okeke has competent paralegals that support the work of its lawyers.

Over the years, Ajumogobia & Okeke has drawn on the unique expertise and experience of its staff, acquired from within the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy. H Odein Ajumogobia served the government of Nigeria at the state and federal levels. In the private sector, members of the firm have represented private interests in diverse commercial undertakings.

The firm and its partners have been bestowed with several prestigious legal awards and honours over the years.