Perchstone and Graeys is a leading commercial law firm offering comprehensive legal services to its clients. Our team has a deep well of expertise and knowledge across various legal areas.

Who We Are

Practice Areas

Perchstone and Graeys is a leading commercial law firm offering comprehensive legal services to its clients. Our team has a deep well of expertise and knowledge across various legal areas.

Dispute Resolution

With a commitment to delivering optimal outcomes and a multidisciplinary approach rooted in extensive legal knowledge and practical experience, our Dispute Resolution...

Capital Market, Banking & Finance

Our Banking and Finance Practice Group boasts a remarkable track record of consistently aiding individuals, companies, institutions, governments, banks, and other financial entities..

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group functions as a trusted legal advisor to a wide range of clients within the energy sector. This encompasses oil and gas exploration and production companies, renewable energy developers, utilities, and government agencies...

Employment & Labor Relations

Our Employment Law Team provides exceptional legal services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients in the dynamic Nigerian employment landscape. Led by seasoned professionals with..

Information, Communication Technology

Our Information, Communication Technology (ICT) Practice Group caters to businesses navigating the fast-paced world of technology. We offer comprehensive legal services to address a diverse array of ICT legal matters, including...

Corporate & Commercial Services

Our Corporate and Commercial team is one of the firm’s crucial divisions that provides quality services to individuals, startups and corporate organizations over a wide range of...

Sport & Entertainment Services

The sports and entertainment department specializes in delivering comprehensive legal services to clients within the sports and entertainment sectors. This specialized division...

Technology Services

Our Technology Team offers exceptional legal guidance to both foreign and local companies, assisting them in navigating the intricate landscape of compliance issues, commercial practices, and contractual matters within Nigeria’s technology industry..

Data Privacy Compliance Services

Our Data Privacy compliance team consists of experienced privacy practitioners that regularly advise various local and international business entities on data privacy compliance and policies...

Intellectual Property Services

Our Intellectual Property Team provides bespoke legal services to our local and international clients to attain effective protection for their brands, intangible assets, concepts and business operating plans...

Agribusiness

The Agribusiness Practice Group at our firm is dedicated to supporting the legal needs of all stakeholders within the agricultural value chain. We advise clients on a wide range of legal issues, including...

Capital Markets

The Capital Markets & Structured Finance Practice Group provides comprehensive legal services to a diverse clientele, including corporations, financial institutions, and private equity firms. We advise on a full range of capital markets and structured finance transactions, including...

Tax Law

The Tax Law Practice Group at our firm is your trusted partner in navigating the intricacies of tax law. We advise clients on a wide range of tax matters, including...

Private Clients and Wealth Management

The Private Clients and Wealth Management Practice Group at our firm is dedicated to providing tailored legal solutions for high-net-worth individuals and families. We understand the importance of protecting and growing your wealth across generations. We advise on a comprehensive range of wealth management matters, including...

Real Estate and Construction

The Real Estate and Construction Practice Group at our firm is your trusted advisor for all your real estate and construction needs. We offer a comprehensive range of legal services to a diverse clientele, including...

Leisure Industry

The Leisure Industry Practice Group at our firm understands the dynamic landscape of the leisure and hospitality sector. We provide comprehensive legal services to a diverse clientele within this industry, including...

Start Ups

The Start Ups Practice Group at our firm is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey. We offer comprehensive legal services specifically designed for startups, including...

About the Firm

As a top-tier law firm in Nigeria, Perchstone & Graeys provides astounding and unique services to its clients. We strive to make our business one of the best international standards be recognized globally. With diligence and a sense of duty, we have been able to cater to the complex and intricate needs of our various clients. The quality of our lawyers and the breadth of our expertise adds to our unique ability to provide and guarantee excellent service tailored to match and satisfy the intricate needs of our clients. We do not compromise our integrity, which makes us stand out in the legal industry. With years of experience and various competencies in different aspects of law, we have been able to establish a dominant presence in the legal field in Nigeria and across the world. We are a law firm that constantly seeks innovation in areas where others see challenges and due to our resilience and dedication, we set a path for others to follow. We were the pioneer law firm to organize an international business-law seminar in India. The seminar presented unique business matchmaking opportunities to attending companies, skirting the usual administrative, bureaucratic, and cultural divides that typically hamper cross-border transactions. The fall-out of these seminars and advocacy gave rise to various legal reforms and implementation of sectoral laws and policies in Nigeria.

The Partners

Osaro Eghobamien, SAN

Partner

Osaro is one of the Founding Partners of the firm, and is also the Managing Partner of the firm, leading the Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, and Private Client Practice Groups. Osaro was admitted to practice in England and Wales in 1989, and in Nigeria in 1991. In recognition of his diligence, passion, and contribution to the legal profession, he was conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2008

Tolulope Aderemi

Partner

Tolulope is a John Taylor scholar of the prestigious University of Aberdeen, Scotland, a Visiting Professor at the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, a Doctoral student at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa He is the Chairman, International Law Association (ILA) Arbitration Committee, Chairman, Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association, Training Committee and Partner/Director, Perchstone & Graeys Consulting Limited (UK), the United Kingdom branch of the company.

Ugochukwu Obi

Partner

Ugo heads the firm’s Information and Communications Technology (‘ICT’) Practice Group. He has more than a decade of banking experience, having previously worked in-house at senior levels with some of the leading commercial banks in Nigeria. Ugo possesses a deep understanding of the financial services sector, particularly the Fintech landscape in Nigeria.

Akhigbe Oserogho

Partner

Akhigbe graduated from the University of Benin in 2007, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2008. Following his call to the Bar, he joined one of the foremost law firms in Benin City, Edo State. Over his career, Akhigbe has developed a voice as a passionate advocate for legal reforms in the public sector, to meet with present day realities and international best practices. Akhigbe has garnered over a decade of experience providing strategic advice and representation to clients in complex matters at the various tiers of court.

Steve Austin Nwabueze

Partner

Steve is a Dispute Resolution lawyer and is the team lead of the Dispute Resolution team of Perchstone and Graeys LP. He also heads the Leisure Industry team of the firm. Steve obtained his LL.B (Hons) from University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2008. He was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2009.

Tare Olorogun

Partner

Tare heads the Firms’ Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Practice Group. Tare was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013 and obtained her Master’s degree in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. Tare’s qualifications and experience in the banking, finance, Oil and Gas and fintech industry have greatly impacted her ability to advise on various transactions in the financial space as well as draft and negotiate commercial agreements.

Pius Owhoavwodua

Partner

Pius heads the firm’s Intellectual Property and Data Protection teams. He also heads the firm’s Abuja office. Pius was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2014 after obtaining his LL.B (Hons) from Igbinedion University Okada. He has relevant experience advising clients on a broad range of intellectual property and commercial disputes. Since joining the Firm, Pius has garnered vast experience in Corporate Commercial Transactions, Intellectual Property Law, Entertainment Law and Dispute Resolution.