Services

As a commercial-oriented legal practise, Wizecounzel Law Firm handles legal matters across the various commercial practise areas. However, our primary area of focus includes the following:

Intellectual Property Practice

• Pre-Filing Advise (Availability Searches and legal opinion on distinctiveness, registrability and general compliance with the requirements of the Trademark Law).
• Filing and Prosecution of Patents, Trademarks and Industrial Designs.
• Post-Registration Maintenance (Renewal of Patents, Trademarks and Designs).
• Watch Services
• Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights – Assignments, Licensing, Franchising and Mergers.
• IP due diligence (pre-acquisition investigation of intellectual property rights).
• Administrative Actions – Quasi-judicial proceedings (Opposition and Revocation/Rectification actions).
• Contractual Drafting – Assignment Agreement; Licensing Agreement; Agency or Distributorship Agreement etc.
• Legal Protection for Intellectual Property Rights – Infringement and Passing-Off actions.
• Brand Management
• Regulatory Matters – Product Registration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Registration of Technology Transfer Agreements with National Office of Technology Acquisition an Promotion (NOTAP).
• Domain Name/Internet Issues.

Corporate/Commercial Law Practice

• Incorporation of Companies and other business organisations
• Secretarial Services
• Advisory Services on Corporate Matters (e.g. corporate restructuring – buy-outs, mergers, acquisition and dissolutions)
• Alien Participation in business in Nigeria – Legal and Regulatory Requirements (i.e. Business Permits and Expatriate Quotas etc.)
• Drafting Commercial/Corporate Agreements – Share Purchase Agreements; Shareholders’ Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Loan Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Employment Contracts etc.
• Negotiation of Contracts
• Investment Law
• Legal Advice on all aspects of Nigerian Tax Law.

Litigation

• Legal action in all superior Courts of Records in Nigeria particularly in relation to violation of Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Disputes.
• Debt Recovery.
• Enforcement of Foreign Judgments.
• Arbitration and ADR.
• Service of Foreign Court Processes in Nigeria.

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