Lagos, Nigeria
We advise individuals, founders and established businesses across Nigeria. Your position in plain English, your options set out honestly.
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Who we are
Most people do not come to a lawyer wanting a legal opinion. They want to know what to do: whether to sign, whether to sue, and what it costs if they are wrong.
We work across corporate and commercial law, disputes, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, real estate, energy and digital lending. The approach is the same in each: understand the commercial objective, then find the legal route that serves it.
Yoake means daybreak. Good legal advice should feel like the moment something becomes clear.
How we work
We make sure we understand the situation and what a good outcome looks like to you.
Your options and the trade-offs, in language you can act on and repeat to your team.
Scope and fees agreed in writing before work begins.
Practice areas
Company formation, shareholder arrangements and the commercial contracts a business runs on.
ExploreStrategic representation in court, and in negotiation, arbitration and mediation.
ExploreWorking out which regulators apply to you, and building a system that keeps up with them.
ExploreProtecting the names, ideas, content and software that make a business distinctive.
ExploreLegal support built around how early-stage companies actually work: fast, budget-aware, focused.
ExploreTitle investigation, transaction documentation and leases, with the diligence property in Nigeria requires.
ExploreCommercial and regulatory support for participants across the Nigerian energy value chain.
ExploreRegulatory, data protection and consumer-fairness advice for digital lenders and their platforms.
ExploreFree tool
Most compliance problems we see were avoidable. Nobody mapped what applied to the business before it started trading.
Answer four questions and get a personalised roadmap: what to register, what to file, which permits to investigate, and the IP and data obligations that come with what you are building. Free, about two minutes, and downloadable.
Why Yoake Legal
A clear recommendation, the reasoning behind it, and the practical next step.
We weigh cost, timing and the relationship alongside the law.
Calls returned, questions answered, no charge for a short clarifying conversation.
We track what changes in the sectors we serve, so clients are not the last to hear.
Insights
Sole proprietorship, partnership or limited company? The choice affects your liability, your tax position and your ability to raise money.
Read the articleMost founder disputes are not about the law. They are about something that was assumed rather than agreed.
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Read articleBeing right is not the same as being better off. A short, honest assessment before filing saves many businesses a great deal of money.
Read articleSpeak to a lawyer
Tell us what you are dealing with. We will explain your options in plain English and what it would take to move forward.