Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM WAT
Est. 1985
Adekoya & Co is a Lagos litigation and business law firm. We combine courtroom firepower with the pragmatism of advisors who have seen how these stories end.
40+
Years of practice
1,200+
Matters resolved
96%
Client retention
18
Attorneys & advisors
What we do
Six disciplines, one standard of preparation. We staff matters leanly and staff them with partners.
From formation to exit, we structure entities, negotiate deals, and keep governance airtight.
Learn moreTrial-tested advocates who prepare every matter as if it will be decided by a jury.
Learn moreCounsel for the deal and the dirt — acquisitions, development, leasing, and zoning.
Learn moreDiscreet, empathetic representation through divorce, custody, and estate transitions.
Learn moreWhy Adekoya & Co
Most disputes are decided long before anyone stands up to speak. We build the record early, tell you the honest odds, and only fight the fights worth fighting.
The lawyer you meet is the lawyer who argues your case.
You will always know your options, your odds, and your next step.
Predictable pricing for transactions and routine matters.
Every file is built as if a judge will see it — because one will.
“Adekoya & Co shepherded our acquisition through four months of diligence without a single surprise at closing. Their corporate team thinks like operators, not just lawyers.”
“Dr. Patrick took a case two other firms called unwinnable and turned it into a defense verdict — and knew our plant floor better than our own supervisors by the time of trial.”
“Divorce is the hardest thing I have ever been through. Miss Ogiri was the one person in the room who was always two steps ahead and still had time to explain things twice.”
“Dr. Aare cleared a zoning obstacle that had stalled our project for a year. The board approved unanimously — the first time that has ever happened on that parcel.”
Our people
Board-room negotiators, courtroom advocates, and counselors who pick up the phone.
Managing Partner
Corporate & Business Law
Prof. Adekoya has spent three decades counseling founders, boards, and family enterprises through their most consequential decisions. He co-founded the firm in 1985 after practicing corporate law in New York, and still relishes the moment a complex negotiation finally clicks into place. Clients value his habit of asking the uncomfortable question early — while it is still cheap to answer.
View profilePartner, Real Estate
Real Estate & Land Use
Dr. Aare has guided more than $2 billion in real estate transactions, from single-tenant acquisitions to ground-up mixed-use developments, and is equally comfortable redlining a long lease as standing before a zoning board. Developers describe Dr. Aare as 'the lawyer who finds the answer before we finish asking the question.'
View profilePartner, Employment
Employment Law
Dr. Aladekomo advises employers on the front end — policies, investigations, and executive negotiations — and litigates on the back end when those efforts fall short. Defending wage-and-hour class actions and discrimination appeals makes the preventive advice unusually concrete, and Dr. Aladekomo regularly trains leadership teams on documentation that actually holds up.
View profilePartner, Corporate
Corporate & Business Law
Dr. Bada structures financings, joint ventures, and acquisitions for founders and family enterprises, from first term sheet to closing table. The advice is commercial, plain-spoken, and built to still make sense a decade after signing.
View profileInsights
Practical analysis from our attorneys on the issues our clients are actually facing.
A buy-sell provision nobody read at formation becomes the whole lawsuit a decade later. Here are the clauses that matter most.
Boards approve variances when the record makes approval easy. A practical checklist for building that record.
Release language, equity treatment, and cooperation clauses carry more weight than the headline number.
Questions
Straight answers to the questions we hear most often from new clients.
The first conversation is free and confidential. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right firm for you.