Practice areas

Four areas, one underlying question: who owns what, and on what terms.

Most of the problems that reach us started as a clause nobody read closely. The work below is about getting that clause right the first time — and fixing it when it wasn’t.

Music & entertainment

We act for recording artists, songwriters, producers, managers, labels and publishers — on the deal that starts a career and the ones that decide what it’s worth a decade later. Nigerian music is a global export now, and the agreements behind it need to work in every market the record reaches.

  • Recording and artist agreements
  • Publishing and administration deals
  • Distribution and label services
  • Producer agreements and royalty points
  • Songwriter splits and split sheets
  • Management and commission terms
  • Featured artist and collaboration terms
  • Sync licensing for film, TV and advertising
  • Brand partnerships and endorsements
  • Live performance and touring agreements
  • Master ownership and catalogue transactions
  • Royalty audits and unpaid income

Sports & talent

Athletes and public figures generate value from their name and image well beyond their playing career. We structure and negotiate the commercial side of that, and act for the agencies and brands on the other side of the table.

  • Image and personality rights
  • Sponsorship and endorsement agreements
  • Agency and representation terms
  • Ambassador and appearance deals
  • Talent agency structuring
  • Commercial and contractual disputes
  • Exit and termination advice

Intellectual property

Registration is the cheap part. The value is in owning the right things, licensing them on terms you control, and being in a position to enforce when someone uses your work without asking. We handle the full arc.

  • Trademark clearance searches
  • Trademark registration and renewals
  • Copyright registration and assignments
  • Licensing structures and terms
  • Portfolio strategy and management
  • Infringement and passing-off claims
  • Cease and desist correspondence
  • Platform takedowns and content disputes
  • IP due diligence on transactions

Industrial & creative design

For designers, studios and makers whose output is the commercial asset. Design work is commissioned quickly and copied easily, and the default terms in most briefs are written to favour whoever paid the invoice.

  • Design rights and registration
  • Commission and studio agreements
  • Collaboration and co-creation terms
  • Manufacturing and supply agreements
  • Brand and house partnerships
  • Exhibition and showcase terms

Contracts & ownership run through all of it.

Whatever the sector, the same three questions decide the outcome: what exactly is being transferred, for how long, and what happens if the relationship ends. Everything else is detail.

We draft and review with those questions in front of us, and we explain the answer in language you can act on without a law degree. If a term is bad, we say so plainly and tell you what to ask for instead.

Have a contract in front of you?

Send it over with a short note on the background. We’ll tell you what stands out and what it would take to fix.

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