Dispute Resolution Practice Group
We are recognized as one of Nigeria’s foremost dispute resolution law firms, built on decades of delivering trusted legal advice and effective representation. Our practice spans arbitration, litigation, mediation, and legal risk management, with additional expertise in litigation audits conducted as part of due diligence or portfolio assessments for corporate and governments.
Clients consistently choose CLEMENT ONWUENWUNOR & CO. for our specialist knowledge, innovative strategies, and proven ability to resolve even the most complex disputes. With a track record of representing clients before courts, tribunals, and regulators across virtually all States in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, we are regularly engaged on matters of high sensitivity and national or international significance.
Our dispute resolution practice is strategically structured into four dedicated units, ensuring depth, focus, and excellence in every engagement.
Criminal litigation has long been a defining strength of our disputes practice. We represent individuals, corporates, and government entities across the full spectrum of criminal law, including investigations and proceedings involving asset tracing, corporate fraud, extradition, bribery and corruption, regulatory and business crime, official secrets, intellectual property, and related offences. Our lawyers appear for clients at every level of the judiciary, from the High Courts to the Supreme Court, and we are frequently engaged in some of the most sensitive and high-profile criminal cases in Nigeria.
Our expertise in public law litigation is extensive and widely respected, forming a core foundation of CLEMENT ONWUENWUNOR & CO since inception. Our lawyers enjoy an outstanding reputation across all areas of public law and are frequently instructed in high-profile and complex judicial reviews as well as other significant public law matters.
We bring together specialist knowledge across administrative law, constitutional law, electoral law, environmental law, human rights, torts, immigration, and international law—ensuring that every case is handled by a team of experts with the right blend of skills.
Over the years, we have played a prominent role in landmark public law cases of both national and international importance, including post-election disputes challenging elections to some of the highest public offices in Nigeria, such as the Presidency, State Governorship, Senate, and other legislative positions.
We boast one of the most dynamic and experienced property litigation teams in Nigeria, with the breadth of expertise to handle all aspects of property-related disputes. Our clients include property developers, landholding families, governments, investors, utilities, landowners, landlords, and tenants, and we act on matters ranging from landlord-tenant conflicts, rights of way and easement disputes, title and ownership claims, to land transaction fraud.
In addition, our Property and General Litigation Practice Unit provides comprehensive advice and representation across a wide spectrum of civil and general disputes, including child rights, construction, consumer protection, defamation, employment, family and probate, matrimonial matters, and trusts. This depth of knowledge ensures that we deliver effective, practical, and results-oriented solutions to our diverse clients.
Our Arbitration and Commercial Litigation Practice Unit represents governments, business leaders, and both Nigerian and multinational corporations in some of the most significant domestic and international commercial disputes. We are regularly involved in high-profile and precedent-setting cases in Nigeria, with our commercial litigation lawyers bringing the depth, skill, and experience required to handle complex disputes at all levels of the Nigerian courts.
Our practice spans a broad spectrum of matters, including banking and finance, company law, debt recovery and insolvency, insurance, intellectual property, international trade, judgment enforcement, oil and gas, taxation, shipping, and transportation.
Our arbitration team is led by Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators—renowned practitioners with extensive experience in both domestic and international proceedings. We have successfully represented clients in arbitrations conducted under a wide range of institutional and ad hoc rules, including UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, SIAC, AAA, and LMDC, across diverse sectors of the economy.