Firms in the spotlight: Famsville Solicitors
Famsville is a leading full-service commercial law firm based in Nigeria, offering comprehensive legal solutions to a wide range of local, African, and international businesses across all the major sectors of the economy.
The firm is renowned for being one of the fast-growing and most sought-after commercial law firm owing to the innovative methods of business advisory, our practical and business-focused solutions to the most complex legal challenges, and our excellent culture of timeous delivery.
What makes us different is our Pan-African reach and the ability to provide a suite of support service in addition to our core legal advisory, especially for clients seeking to do business in Nigeria, making us a one-stop-shop for our clients multifaceted needs.
Our extensive cross-border expertise spans diverse areas of law including Corporate/Commercial, Labour/Employment, Company Secretarial Services, Real Estate, Data Privacy, Immigration, Dispute Resolution, ESG, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Project Financing, and Energy. Leveraging our partnerships and strategic alliances, we can deliver our cross-border legal services across major cities on the continent. We boast a track record of successfully representing multinationals, financial institutions, government agencies, international law firms, and high-net-worth individuals.
The firm’s immigration practice has been praised for its “great customer service” on matters including expatriate work authorization. Most notable, its “in-depth knowledge of the entire relocation business and has particular strength on matters relating to immigration procedures”, has been commended.
The Managing Partner, Dayo Adu is an award-winning lawyer leading the Investigations, Employment & Labor Relations, Immigration and ESG practice areas. He has been praised for “his great knowledge of the law” his “in-depth knowledge of the whole immigration regularization process”. and “has impressive attention to details” and “goes beyond expectations”. ” He has been commended for being “analytical, thorough, and detailed“, with a “vast knowledge” of Investigations. His remarkable expertise has been praised as “highly efficient and extremely knowledgeable… exceling at assisting companies in their dialogue with employees on operational and legal matters”. He has also been described as “very professional and communicates well with clients” and is singled out for his “vast knowledge of immigration law.”
Partner, Woye Famojuro has been praised as being “very articulate” and a “strong negotiator“. He has been He stands out in Nigeria thanks to his “great analytical and creative mind.” He has also been ranked as a National Leader in Construction and Real Estate.
Pamilerin Akabunwa, is a Managing Associate, leads the firm with a vast experience in both corporate and individual Immigration. She currently holds the position of Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Immigration & Nationality Law Committee, International Bar Association (IBA) and Assistant Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Immigration Lawyers Association (NILA).
Temiloluwa Dosumu is the Managing Associate leading the firm’s Data Privacy, Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice areas. He is a licensed Data Auditor certified by the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB). A strong litigation expert, his track record cuts across Nigeria’s foremost mining company and a multi-billion agriculture company.
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