D. O Botoku & Co

D. O. BOTOKU & CO.

BILINGUAL LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & NOTARIES PUBLIC,

23 Igbosere Road Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria.

We place emphasis on professionalism, technical competence, dynamism and high level of efficiency. We are in the business of providing quality legal service and business advisory support to a diverse and discerning clientele, foreign investors within Nigeria and across borders in the African francophone business world.

Our firm’s greatest strength lies in the experience acquired in diversified fields over the years and our consummate experience, our multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary background has helped us to be able to effectively service our clients, some of whom we have helped nurture into big conglomerates.

We are committed to service excellence and added value for our clients. We take great care and joy in our work, we are very thorough, detailed and painstaking and we will be appreciated only by a discerning clientele that have a desire for value. We protect the interest of Nigerians in the diaspora, as well as communities with French background based n Nigeria.

Most importantly, we ensure that our clients are rightly positioned for business in Nigeria.

Our services are divided into the following complementary categories:

· Translation of legal documents and Interpretation (Bilingual Services)

· Bilingual Notary Public Services

· Purchase of properties and processing of title documents at Lands Registry

· Secretarial and Legal Services

· Financial Advisory Services

· Liquidation and Receivership

· Fraud Investigation

· We advise on the Laws and regulations regarding registration of patents, Trademarks, Intellectual Property and designs in Nigeria.

· Routine legal advice and Drafting of contracts of agreements.

· Obtaining expatriate quota and certificates of approval status for foreign Investments.

· Interpretation of tax legislation and advice

· Our Secretarial and Legal Services include:

· Incorporation of companies and NGOs

· Arranging Annual General and other Meetings,

· Preparation of Minutes of Board of Directors and General Meetings.

· Filling of relevant returns, i.e. annual returns, returns of allotments etc.

· Attending to and advising on statutory formalities.

Our Law Office is Bilingual Law Office (English/French) with special interest in the French international community with a seasoned Conference Translator Interpreter (English-French) Legal Practitioner Practitioner and Notary Public.

We have a vast exposure in French and English legal system having studied in the two jurisdictions. We are a law firm of Bilingual Legal Practitioners with years of experience and Notary Public of repute, having mastered a thorough understanding of the laws and practices of the anglophone and francophone communities.

This exposure has promoted our legal practice beyond borders, in the areas of foreign investments; general international trade; corporate and commercial law. with a difference, having studied lived and worked in the francophone community worldwide and acquired advanced proficiency in both languages.