Who We Are
McCarthy Mbadugha, SAN & Co. is a leading law firm in Nigeria with over thirty (30) years experience in Arbitration and Litigation specializing in Admiralty, Arbitration and Related Courts Applications, Automotive, Credit Transactions, Environmental Law, International Trade and Cross-Border Litigation, and Oil and Gas.
Legal expertise is crucial to understanding litigation, but strategy is the key to knowing how and when to implement it. The combination of our technical skills and front-line experience gives us an edge over our opponents. We provide creative and redemptive legal solutions to our clients’ challenges and represent our clients with resilience and determination, protecting their interests and successfully resisting any challenge.
We offer clients a track record, virtually second to none, in precedent-setting work and successful results. Hitherto, the Supreme Court of Nigeria’s decision in Center for Oil Pollution Watch v. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [2019]5 NWLR (Pt. 1666) SC 518, one of McCarthy Mbadugha, SAN & Co.’s precedent cases, is the locus classicus on inter alia that environmental rights are fundamental human rights (right to life). The case sets the precedent that any party who maintains an action for public interest, or to vindicate the rule of law and get unlawful conduct stopped, has the locus standi to maintain the suit; and maintaining the environment is, within the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the civil rights and obligations of every Nigeria citizen including institutions operating in Nigeria and visitors alike.
We are committed to the provision of exceptional legal services and to delivering the highest level of value to our diverse range of domestic and international clients, and we are poised to take on more clients. We also render advisory services and expert opinions/reports, including oral testimony, on Nigerian laws in proceedings in foreign jurisdictions including United Kingdom (Great Britain).
