A. Williams & Co. Solicitors

The firm is a cross-border legal practice between the United Kingdom and Nigeria which draws from the experience of its principal who is qualified to practice in Nigeria and the United Kingdom and is also a Privy Council Agent and a senior member of the International Bar Association on the WTO and Credentials Committees.

In Nigeria, the practice has had the care and conduct of several litigious matters including but not limited to the case of Chukwuani v. S.E.C., where the practice acted on behalf of a minority shareholder in the Federal High Court, Lagos and challenged the privatization of a major Nigerian cement company by the Nigerian Government. Other cases include contentious probate litigation in Nigeria, in the celebrated case of Majomi v. Majomi, at the Lagos High Court and the Court of Appeal; Successfully defending family property from receivership in Majomi v N.D.I.C. at the Federal High Court, Lagos; Contentious company litigation over the ownership of a quarry and construction equipment worth over US$30 million in Alintah v Trade Afrique at the Federal High Court, Lagos, Litigating trademark application over the right to bottled mineral water in Voltic v Volvic at the Court of appeal; Successfully challenging the misjoinder of a client in contentious probate litigation in Akpata v Alintah. Most of these cases involved an international element.

In the UK, A. Williams & Co. Solicitors has undertake substantial cross-border litigation matters involving Shipping, Tort, Personal Injury, Property, Divorce. The practice has also provided advice on Corporate Finance matters. Nigerian clients include the Daily Times of Nigeria, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), UK based clients include Savills Commerce.