A small firm on purpose.
We started in 2016 with a rule we have not broken: the lawyer you meet is the lawyer who does the work.
Sui Generis Attorneys is a five-practice firm operating out of Lagos and Port Harcourt. We are deliberately small. Files are staffed thin and senior — no pyramid of associates learning on your matter, no partner who appears only at the closing dinner.
That structure shapes what we take on. We would rather run twelve matters properly than forty at arm's length, and we say no often enough that our clients notice when we say yes.
- Founded
- 2016
- Partners & senior counsel
- 4
- Offices
- 2
- Financings papered
- 90+
Senior hands only
The lawyer in the first meeting drafts the document. We do not delegate downward and re-review; we staff thin and stay close.
Fees you can predict
Fixed fees for defined work, published rates for everything else, and a written estimate before we start. No surprises at the end of a quarter.
We say no
If a matter sits outside our competence or the economics do not work for you, we will say so in the first conversation and point you somewhere better.
Counsel
Twelve years across venture financings and cross-border M&A. Sits on the other side of the table often enough to know where it bends.
Writing →Fifteen years in upstream contracting and licensing. Reads a JOA the way other people read a menu.
Writing →Former prosecutor. Now spends her days undoing the case files she once built.
Writing →Title work, perfection, and the long unglamorous march through the land registry.
Writing →