We help businesses protect their brands and handle personal data lawfully.
Intellectual property
- Trademarks: we run availability searches, file applications at the Trademarks Registry, respond to objections, handle oppositions, and renew registrations.
- Copyright and licensing: we draft licence, assignment and content agreements for creative and software businesses.
- Enforcement: we send cease-and-desist letters and act in infringement and passing-off claims.
Data protection
- Compliance programmes: we map the personal data a business holds, draft privacy notices and policies, and prepare data processing agreements with vendors.
- Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023: we advise on lawful bases for processing, data subject rights, cross-border transfers and whether a business is a data controller or processor of major importance.
- Breaches: we help clients respond to personal data breaches, including notifying the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
- AI and data: we advise businesses adopting AI tools on confidentiality, data protection and supplier terms.
Who leads this practice
The practice is led by Chidera Eze, Senior Associate, under the supervision of Ifeanyi Obi, Partner.
Related insights
- Protecting your brand: registering a trademark in Nigeria
- Data protection basics for Nigerian businesses under the NDPA 2023