auxano law

About Us

FIRM’S OVERVIEW

AUXANO LAW is a multi-service law practice rendering legal services to a broad spectrum of clientele in diverse areas, including Corporate/Commercial and General Litigation, Property and Investment, Project Finance, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) etc. It commenced business in June 2013 as ‘Auxano Law Consult’. In January 2017, it underwent a restructuring into AUXANO LAW, a fast-rising new generation legal services enterprise now incorporating Chijioke Emeka SAN & Colleagues and The Whiteacre Solicitors.

As a fast-growing organization, AUXANO LAW has significant service capacity through a strong team of in-house solicitors and consultants and its understanding of the legal terrain, thereby presenting clients with a huge capacity in diverse legal services. AUXANO LAW has a growing clientele spanning a broad range of sectors, from emerging businesses, multi-nationals, private and public sector organizations.

We are committed to delivering effective legal services to our increasing sphere of clientele, in line with our ABC of engagement – “A Badge of Commitment” and our Creed of Responsibility – “Committed to Legal Solutions Delivery”. This we achieve by effectively combining dynamic and innovative approaches to meet client’s expectations. AUXANO LAW adopts the approach of first understanding clients’ needs, their businesses and goals; then analyzing a set of facts and pinpointing the critical issues for timely and efficient solutions.

At AUXANO LAW, we understand the importance of relationships and strive to maintain them while developing new fronts. We understand clients’ desire for the quickest and most effective solutions that satisfy their individual needs. AUXANO LAW is driven by efficiency, accessibility and our culture of effective and seamless feedback to clients; with our rich nest of consultants and formidable team of young and energetic associates, we are able to respond promptly to the needs of our clients locally and internationally.

Our Vision

o carve a niche at the top, as a diversified full-service law firm rendering diverse legal services to diverse clientele in the next decade through a synergy of professionalism, track record, commitment and timely delivery of solution.

Our Mission

To deliver expeditious and cutting-edge legal services through multidimensional, innovative and bespoke approaches.

Our Core Values

  • Client-Centricity
  • Commitment
  • Diligence
  • Resourcefulness
  • Innovation
  • Integrity
  • Passion
  • Relationship
  • Team Work

OUR STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT

Long Term Business Relationships

We are committed to effective legal representation. This requires more than an understanding of applicable laws; but also an understanding of clients’ needs, business and regulatory environment. We focus on building and maintaining long term business relationships which avails us custom-made strategies to deliver on mission and objective and achieve client satisfaction.

Client Satisfaction

Client satisfaction is core to our practice. We constantly seek and develop ways of improving our strategies to achieve bespoke legal services for Clients. Our ability to provide value-added legal services has seen to a leap in our reputation as committed legal solution, leading to earned client confidence.

OUR CREED OF RESPONSIBILITY

We are Committed to Legal Solutions Delivery

OUR TRACK RECORD

Since its inception in 2013, AUXANO LAW has concluded over 500 criminal and civil cases through litigation spanning high courts and appeal courts as well as through ADR methods; and has secured judgments in about 95% of them. Some of the memorable records are delineated below:

  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/628/2016, we successfully represented a major client in a complex settlement involving three petroleum companies Stallionaire Nigeria Limited, Acorn Petroleum Plc and Bono Energy Limited where we got judgment in the sum of N744 Million.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/IB/CS/70/2014, we successfully represented a major client in a dispute from a petrol station lease against Olona Petroleum Limited and Asset Oil and Gas Limited at the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division, decided by Ayo-Emmanuel J. on 22nd March 2016.
  • In FHC/L/CS/614/2016, we represented a musical record label, ERICMANY LIMITED in the quest to resolve a copyright dispute involving a popular artiste at the Federal High Court, Lagos per Anka J. The dispute was later amicably resolved through ADR.
  • In SUIT NO. LD/1411CMW/2015, we successfully represented the Nigeria and South-Africa based petroleum downstream giant, PETROCAM TRADING LIMITED in a N2.1 Billion subsidy dispute at the Lagos High Court involving OBAT PETROLEUM LIMITED. The dispute was eventually resolved through ADR.
  • In SUIT NO. FCT/HC/CV/543/2014, INEH-MIC AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LIMITED V NUJUUM VENTURES LIMITED & ORS. we successfully prosecuted a claim for credit sales in the High Court of the FCT.
  • In SUIT NO. FCT/HC/CV/2290/2014, DILLY MOTORS LIMITED V NUJUUM VENTURES LIMITED & ORS. we successfully prosecuted a claim for the recovery of the sum of N107.5 Million in credit sales for a client the High Court of the FCT.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/660/2016, we represented CHYZOB OIL AND GAS LIMITED in the Federal High Court, Lagos Division in a charter dispute involving the tanker, MT IHEM. It was eventually resolved through ADR.
  • In SUIT NO. PH/1920/2016, DIGITEK ENGINEERING CO. LTD V SHORELINK OIL & GAS LTD, we successfully represented a client in a claim of over N1 Billion in the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt Division, arising from a commercial dispute, per Green J.
  • In SUIT NO. LD/2771CMW/2017, we successfully represented Nigeria’s downstream leader, PETROCAM TRADING NIGERIA LIMITED in an AGO import dispute involving about N1Billion by Pinnacle Oil & Gas Limited. The suit was eventually resolved through ADR.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/1593/2014, we represented two blue chips in a group in a receivership action by Ecobank in the Federal High Court Lagos Division involving the PPPRA, DMO and the CBN, with a nucleus interest in the sum of N1.02Billion. The case was resolved through ADR.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/298/2016, we presented BONO ENERGY LIMITED in an action against Acorn Petroleum Plc at the Federal High Court, Lagos Division for the recovery of the sum of N626 Million in a petroleum downstream dispute. The case was resolved through ADR.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/1502/2016, HARRIS & ANNIS LIMITED V. A.G. LAGOS STATE & 3 ORS we successfully represented Harris & Annis Limited before Justice (Prof.) Chuka Obiozor where the Court declared Sections 23 and 24 of the Cinematograph Law of Lagos State (on Licensing and Registration of Cinema Houses) inoperative and unenforceable since Sections 17, 21 and 25(2) of the National Film and Video Censor Board Act has covered the field under the 1999 Constitution.
  • In SUIT NO. LD/1825/2003, MOSHOOD SALAWU & ANOR V. UBN & MARTIN ABHULIMHEN, we successfully represented our client, a bona fide purchaser for value in a suit instituted by a Mortgagor of a property over the exercise of power of sale on the property by Union Bank of Nigeria.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/179/2015, CHIJIOKE O. EMEKA V. INEC, we successfully challenged the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a PVC to our client, which we contend amounted to a disenfranchisement from participation in government as fundamentally directed by Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution.
  • In SUIT NO. LD/ADR/251/2015, CHIZUO ANETOH V. OKWUDILI UMENYIORA & 2 ORS, we successfully represented our client in action instituted by a representative of a community for breach of an entertainment contract.
  • In SUIT NO. LD/506/2013, we successfully represented a former Deputy Governor of Imo State in a libel suit in the Lagos State High Court, before Hon. Justice Harrison. The sum of N5,000,000 was awarded in damages.
  • In SUIT NO. ID/1242/2012, we are prosecuting a claim against Arik Air Limited where we seek N250Million as damages for negligent misstatements as to flight times made by Arik Air in respect of e-ticketing which our client acted upon to his financial losses.
  • In SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/1820/2015 and SUIT NO. FHC/L/CS/1260/2016 we are representing a major client in two separate claims of about N10 Billion against the Central Bank of Nigeria in the Federal High Court, arising from Foreign Exchange disputes from the devaluation of the Naira and the floating of the Naira respectively.
  • In SUIT NO. FCT/HC/CV/2668/2016, we are representing a major client in a legal dispute with a frontline bank over a loan of over N8 Billion at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Bwari Division.
  • In SUIT NO: FCT/HC/CV/21/2018 we are currently representing a major client in a legal dispute with another bank over a loan of over N5 Billion at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Bwari Division.
  • Our appellate advocacy has seen to the setting aside of several death sentences passed by different High Courts. They include AWELLE V PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE (2016) LPELR-41395(CA); OKON V STATE (2017) LPELR-42639 (CA); MENDRICK V THE STATE OF LAGOS (2018) LPELR-45549 (CA), ZEBULON V STATE (2019) 11 NWLR (PART 1684) 383, GBENGA KAYODE V THE STATE OF LAGOS (2018) LPELR-50108(CA) and CHARLES V THE STATE OF LAGOS (2023) 13 NWLR (PART 1901) 213 (SC).
  • In CA/L/1381C/2017 NWOSU V FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, we successfully secured the acquittal of a client convicted of conspiracy and jailed for four years. It is now reported in (2018) LPELR-45598(CA).
  • We also successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal and secured acquittals and reversal of jail terms in a number of cases. They include: MICHAEL FAFURU V. STATE (2016) LPELR-41410 (CA); ABRAHAM ABIODUN V. STATE (2016) LPELR-41399 (CA); ENECHE V. THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE (2018) LPELR-45826 (CA) and ABIODUN AKINBAMI V STATE (2016) LPELR-50578(CA)
  • Our appellate advocacy resulted in the often-cited decision in JOSEPH ZHIYA V STATE (2016) LPELR-40562 (CA) on the legal effect of a confessional statement obtained without video recording or in the absence of a Legal Practitioner, pursuant to Section 9(3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2011. 
  • In CA/OW/191/2014, MR. GAUL IHENACHO & 4 ORS V NPF & 2 ORS, the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division agreed with our position and clarified the often-misrepresented Supreme Court’s decision in TUKUR V GOVERNMENT OF GONGOLA STATE on the ambit of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in fundamental rights case. This is now reported in (2017) 12 NWLR (PART 1580) 424.
  • In CA/L/1246/2016, MRS. COMFORT KOLO V NPF & 3 ORS. we successfully invited a Full Court of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos empaneled by the President of the Court of Appeal to clarify decisions misinterpreting the decision of the Supreme Court in the TUKUR CASE on the scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in fundamental rights applications. The Five Justices unanimously upheld our position and clarified the law. This has remained the law on the issue and reported in (2018) LPELR-43635 (CA)
  • In CA/L/1362/2017, ANCHOR OCEAN LTD V BONO ENERGY LTD & 2 ORS., we successfully represented Bono Energy Limited in an appeal by directors of an oil marketing and shipping company for contempt of Court cited by the Federal High Court over our attempt to execute a judgment. It is now reported in (2018) LPELR-45530(CA).
  • We are currently advising the Official Receiver in a multibillion Naira winding up and liquidation in respect of Afren Resources Limited (In Liquidation).