OAS Law Firm

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)

Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR“) refers to any means of settling disputes outside of the courtroom. ADR typically includes early neutral evaluation, negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration. Mediation is also an informal alternative to litigation.

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Lagos

The firm offers arbitration, mediation and conciliation services to complement its other practice areas. As alternative dispute resolution lawyers in Lagos Nigeria, we aim to resolve your commercial disputes efficiently, amicably and swiftly with the most favorable result for you and your business. With an understanding of advocacy and excellent negotiation skills, as well as a balance of legal knowledge, commercial understanding and an in-depth appreciation of our clients’ circumstances, we work to achieve the best possible results for our clients.

Our dispute resolution practice represents a variety of clients ranging from individuals to government agencies and banks amongst others. Our lawyers have settled a loan facility from over 19 billion to 1 billion Naira on behalf of an Oil and Gas company.

There’s diverse disputes everyday; personal, commercial and corporate. Most of these disputes can be resolved outside the court room.

Here are some types of disputes that can be resolved through ADR lawyers like us:

  • Neighbourhood dispute: Neighbour and boundary disputes can become stressful and challenging, this is a common experience. Any dispute relating to the personal home needs to be dealt with rationally, especially when tensions between neighbours are high or there is a risk of violence. Although there are no formal guidelines on how to deal with neighbour disputes, there are steps you can take to resolve them without the need for legal action.
  • Workplace Disputes: Workplace conflict is inevitable when employees of various backgrounds and different work styles are brought together for a shared business purpose. Conflict can and should be managed and resolved and this is where we come in. As a top law firm in Nigeria, we can assist parties involved in reaching amicable settlement.
  • Family Law Dispute: It’s never a happy sight to see a family at loggerhead, so when we get the call we make it our priority to find a solution. Family conflict refers to active opposition between family members. Conflicts may involve different combinations of family members: it can be conflict within the couple or between parents and children or, again, between siblings.