Employment, Immigration & Incentives Lawyers

When your company has questions about the legal and regulatory requirements of Nigerian law concerning your expatriate employees or employee relations severally, our immigration lawyers provide the answers, as well as creative, practical and cost-effective solutions.

Our Nigerian and multinational clients in various sectors, including banking, oil and gas, construction, energy, banking, telecommunications, manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods and non-profits, rely on our experienced litigators, labour law specialists, dispute resolution lawyers and tax lawyers for help with all aspects of the employer/employee relationship.

We provide sound and innovative labour law advice, including high-level management and workforce terminations, negotiation and review of employment contracts and consultancy arrangements, employee share schemes, secondment arrangements, wages, outsourcing, pensions, tax liabilities, independent contractors, and health and safety compliance. We also advise on the immigration and tax status of foreign workers in Nigeria.

We have offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. We invite you to contact Oghogho Makinde oghogho.makinde@aluko-oyebode.com with your labour and employment concerns.

Employment, Immigration & Incentives SUBPRACTICES

Employment

Our lawyers specialising in employment law provide legal support to help our Nigerian and multinational clients achieve their business objectives and remain in legal compliance with the requirements of Nigerian employment law. We also offer planning, advice and strategies to avoid potentially disruptive employee disputes. If a legal dispute becomes unavoidable, we aggressively protect our clients’ interests in court, as well as in mediation and arbitration proceedings with our experienced litigators and dispute resolution lawyers.

Immigration

Our immigration practice has comprehensive experience in all aspects of the legal, political and corporate contexts in which immigration issues arise. The increasingly mandatory localisation rules have spread from the oil and gas sector to multiple sectors and our expertise will help you navigate the fast-changing regulatory landscape. Our immigration lawyers are responsive and efficient and will help you and your employees and their families navigate the intricacies of Nigerian immigration and employment law and bureaucracy.

Pensions

We provide a full range of advice on employee benefits, compensation, and tax, from equity compensation arrangements and executive employment contracts to health and welfare plans. We ensure that your business objectives and your employees’ needs are aligned and we consider corporate culture, compensation structure, administrative and regulatory issues to arrive at high-quality solutions that are practical and cost-efficient.