Acted as co-counsel for a public authority in proceedings involving competing claims to upstream petroleum assets of significant commercial value. The action sought declaratory and injunctive reliefs compelling the allocation of specified oil fields, together with substantial monetary claims. We advanced threshold jurisdictional and substantive objections, including that the claimant had not established any accrued contractual or proprietary rights capable of enforcement, and that the reliefs sought would require impermissible judicial intervention in matters reserved by statute to regulatory discretion. The proceedings required careful delineation between enforceable commercial rights and claims resting on regulatory expectation.

Acted for an indigenous marginal field awardee in proceedings arising from a consortium funding dispute relating to a marginal field licence under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. The claimant sought wide declaratory and injunctive reliefs asserting an assigned equity interest, specific performance of consortium arrangements, and orders aimed at compelling ministerial and regulatory recognition of the alleged assignment, alongside substantial damages. We advanced a coordinated defence strategy focused on preserving the client’s licence and operational position pending resolution of the underlying commercial dispute, and on enforcing the parties’ agreed dispute-resolution framework by applying under section 5 of the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 for a stay of proceedings and referral to arbitration.

Acted for a digital marketing and media services provider joined in proceedings arising from a commercial dispute connected to a social-media campaign executed for a telecommunications company. The claim alleged unauthorised image use, privacy infringement, and exploitative publication, with extensive declaratory, injunctive, and monetary reliefs sought. We advanced a defence grounded in the prior public availability of the image, the non-commercial and non-endorsement character of the campaign, and the absence of demonstrable loss.

Acted for a digital content services provider joined in proceedings arising from alleged copyright infringement linked to a social-media campaign for a telecommunications company. The claimant, a professional photographer, sought declarations of copyright ownership and infringement together with substantial damages, arising from the inclusion of a wedding photograph in an audio-visual compilation. We advanced a defence focused on the absence of unauthorised commercial exploitation, the contextual and non-substitutive use of the image within a cultural engagement campaign, and the claimant’s failure to establish subsisting loss or economic harm, while addressing issues of attribution, scope of rights, and evidential proof of infringement.

Acted for a fashion business owner in proceedings arising from the passing off of original apparel designs and brand identity through social-media-based commercial activity. The claim concerned the unauthorised use of customer photographs and replicated designs to market competing products, giving rise to a likelihood of confusion and misrepresentation as to trade origin and association. We pursued injunctive relief, delivery up and destruction of infringing materials, an account of profits, and ancillary remedies directed at curbing ongoing digital misuse and protecting commercial goodwill.

Acted for an investor in appellate proceedings arising from a high-value share purchase facility administered and controlled by a commercial bank and its capital-markets subsidiary, following substantial losses caused by the bank’s failure to act in deteriorating market conditions. The trial court held that the bank had assumed responsibility for managing and disposing of the investment, owed a duty of care to the investor, breached that duty through negligent management, and granted declaratory and injunctive relief restraining enforcement of alleged residual indebtedness. On appeal, we successfully defended the judgment against jurisdictional objections based on the Investment and Securities Tribunal and upheld the court’s findings on duty, causation, and discretionary relief—an important early authority on lender liability in Nigeria.