Welcome to Obaika Legal

Obaika Legal is a firm of innovative legal counselors that have as their mantra absolute client commitment. This functions as the main fulcrum upon which the Obaika Legal firm operates.

We have absolute local know how of the Nigerian terrain legally yet function with international bias and standards as our Counselor policy.

Our legal advice and services are based on commercial realism and we offer clients more than just legal counsel. We take on the responsibility of developing and sustaining long term relationships to ensure our clients achieve their business objectives.

Some of our practice sectors include but are not limited to:

Immigration and Labor: we advise on compliance with Immigration Laws and Labor regulations.

We possess appreciable experience in Nigerian Immigration Law and Practice and have been routinely instructed by clients to act as their Immigration Advisers.

We advice our Clients on the provisions of the Law and where required, assist them in obtaining Immigration facilities (Permits, Quotas, Visas, etc) required for their operations in Nigeria.

We execute our services with dispatch due to our expertise and experience in this area of practice and maintain excellent working relationships with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission [NIPC].

Dispute Resolution: Obaika Legal will attempt to reduce to the barest minimum the disruptive impact of a lawsuit while maximizing all available opportunities for a successful outcome in any dispute position. We understand the necessity of conducting commercial litigation with business goals in view and seek to achieve those goals consistently to the benefit of our clientele.


At Obaika Legal we believe that not all commercial disputes need to resort to litigation. To this end we apply appropriately the use of all alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques including negotiation, conciliation, mediation and arbitration.

Obaika Legal offers litigation and ADR solutions in respect of all disputes that can and sometimes do arise from day to day interactions in all business endeavors.

IT and Telecommunications: due to the deregulation of the telecoms industry in Nigeria there has been an upsurge in new entrants into the market. We have competency to advice on all aspects telecommunication law and regulations.

Commercial: We offer practical legal solutions in diverse areas including:

Tax and Business Advisory Matters, Corporate Governance, Corporate and Project Finance, Banking, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance Issues and Company Secretarial services.

Whatever the legal needs may be ObaikaLegal is absolutely committed to our clientele.

We have and will consistently provide innovative and practical legal counsel steeped in commercial realism to ensure our clients meet and exceed their objectives.