Olisa Agbakoba legal, OAL, a mediation and arbitration centre for the public has formally opened office in Nigeria. OAL, a full service law firm will be providing legal services to a broad spectrum of clients in the area of alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Banking and Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Maritime, Energy and Natural Resources to mention a few.

As responsive commercial lawyers, OAL understands that clients now try to avoid Litigation as a first option in resolution of commercial dispute.

Companies and private individuals now require new ways to circumvent the slow judicial process and encourage accelerated and quick resolution of disputes.

The firm became one of the foremost law firms in Nigeria to introduce law firm annexed ADR Centre, a destination where disputes are amicably resolved out of court and to the satisfaction of client’s commercial exigencies.

To satisfy its clientele and public, OAL recently expanded and relocated the ADR center to Ikoyi. The center will provide services including designing and setting up of Alternative Dispute Resolution Framework peculiar to companies operations, representation in arbitration and ADR proceedings as well provide design for mono or hybrid ADR systems depending on evaluation and assessment of company operations and dispute scenarios.

The services include prosecuting and defending disputes in arbitral proceedings. OAL is a member of the London Maritime Operators, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-Nigeria, London Court of International Arbitration, Lagos Court of Arbitration, the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria etc.

The firm has been actively involved in advocacy for arbitration institutional development and has contributed to the drafting of various legislative proposals on the subject.