The Leading Oil & Gas Law Firm in Nigeria

We are a longstanding player in the Nigerian oil and gas industry – an industry not without complex political and regulatory challenges. The industry has an important role to play, not only as a major contributor to the Nigerian economy but in meeting growing global energy demands. The industry expertise of our team members allows us an in-depth knowledge of the legal issues confronting operators and an up-to-date understanding of the domestic and international oil and gas markets as they rapidly evolve. We understand and navigate the vast cross-jurisdictional issues for our clients. Our experience includes structuring major oil and gas acquisitions and disposals, the development and financing of LNG and floating LNG projects. Our role involves preparing, negotiating and reviewing joint operating agreements, product lifting and sales agreements and associated arrangements such as drilling and EPC contracts.

Imperial Law Office Attorneys' Oil & Gas team works across the value chain – upstream, midstream and downstream. We help E&P companies with tenures and licensing, production activities, procurement and facility operations. We work with midstream companies to get new projects permitted, financed and built, with marketers on product transportation and sales, with service companies on commercial agreements, and with utilities on rates and rate design, commercial agreements and new products.

Imperial Law Office Attorneys is ranked primus interpares amidst top leading Oil & Gas Law Firms in Nigeria, housing a constellation of the legal industry's most sought-after leading Oil & Gas Lawyers in Nigeria. We take an interdisciplinary approach to our client work. Many transactions benefit from strategic finance, regulatory, diplomatic and litigation expertise, and many client contacts appreciate that we work efficiently on transactions while keeping them informed of larger industry and economic implications.

Imperial Law Office Attorneys' Oil and gas clients include governments and government entities, independent and national oil and gas companies, marketers, multi-lateral agencies, equity and debt sponsors, utilities, property owners and developers. We also work with commodities producers and traders, contractors, exploration and transportation companies. We provide insight on upstream, midstream and downstream commercial activity and regulation and have extensive and direct experience in the development of pipeline, terminal, storage and export projects for liquefied natural gas and other products.