At EandC Legal, we provide comprehensive, business-focused legal services that help startups, corporations, and investors operate confidently within Africa's dynamic commercial and regulatory landscape. Our expertise cuts across multiple industries and jurisdictions, with a strong emphasis on innovation, technology, and sustainable business growth.
We provide strategic and practical legal guidance to founders, investors, and emerging companies at every stage of growth. From structuring equity and securing funding to protecting intellectual property and ensuring regulatory compliance, our team helps startups build on a solid legal foundation. With deep ecosystem insight and hands-on experience advising some of Africa’s most innovative founders, we translate complex legal requirements into clear, actionable strategies, enabling startups to scale confidently and sustainably. As Nigeria’s leading startup law firm, we provide tailored legal guidance to founders and investors across all stages of growth, helping startups structure equity, secure funding, protect intellectual assets, and remain compliant with evolving regulations.
We offer full-spectrum corporate and commercial advisory services from business formation and structuring to contract negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance, ensuring your business is built on a solid legal foundation.
We protect the creativity and innovation that power your business. Our IP team handles registration, portfolio management, licensing, and enforcement, ensuring your brand and technology assets are secure and monetizable.
At the intersection of law and technology, we provide advisory support to startups, corporates, and policymakers on emerging tech issues, digital regulation, and innovation governance, shaping policies that enable growth and protect interests.
As a licensed Data Protection Compliance Organization (DPCO) under Nigeria’s Data Protection Act, EandC Legal provides trusted and end-to-end advisory on data privacy and governance. We help organizations design and implement robust data protection frameworks that ensure full compliance with Nigerian regulations and international standards such as the GDPR. Our services include conducting data audits, developing privacy policies, guiding cross-border data transfers, and providing regulatory liaison support with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC). Our goal is to help clients build responsible data practices that foster consumer trust, enhance operational integrity, and balance innovation with compliance in today’s data-driven economy.
We stand at the forefront of technology and innovation law in Africa, helping founders, startups, and corporations navigate the evolving digital landscape with clarity, compliance, and confidence. As Nigeria’s go-to technology advisory law firm, we have trailblazed the intersection of law and technology, working with innovators, investors, and policymakers to create frameworks that enable sustainable digital growth. Our work spans from supporting early-stage tech startups to advising established technology-driven enterprises and government institutions shaping the future of Africa’s digital economy. We understand that innovation often moves faster than regulation. That’s why our approach is proactive, anticipating legal challenges and providing strategic solutions that empower our clients to scale securely, attract investment, and maintain regulatory compliance.
Our immigration team facilitates cross-border movement for investors, founders, and talent, providing efficient support with visas, permits, and business migration requirements across Africa.
We provide seamless governance support, maintaining corporate records, advising on board structure and compliance, and ensuring alignment with Nigeria’s regulatory framework and global best practices.
We provide strategic representation in commercial disputes, with a focus on efficient, outcome-driven litigation and dispute resolution that safeguards business interests and minimizes operational disruption.
Our notarial team provides professional certification and authentication of documents for domestic and international use, ensuring your transactions remain valid and recognized globally.
We connect clients to key ecosystem partners, investors, accelerators, regulators, and business leaders, providing value-added, non-legal support designed to accelerate business growth and expansion.
At EandC Legal, we protect business interests with precision and strategy, combining deep legal insight with a commercial mindset. Our Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation team handles complex corporate, contractual, and regulatory disputes through negotiation, arbitration, and litigation. We represent clients before courts and arbitral tribunals, ensuring outcomes that safeguard both immediate interests and long-term business objectives. Whether the issue involves shareholder disputes, breach of contract, employment conflicts, or regulatory investigations, we deliver clear, results-oriented solutions. Our approach prioritizes early risk assessment, strategic settlement options, and cost-effective resolution, allowing clients to stay focused on growth while we manage the complexities of conflict resolution.