Our Firm
Minerva Legal (ML) is a full-service law firm with international reach, offering a broad range of legal services and providing strategic, pragmatic, and client-focused legal guidance.
As a modern law firm grounded in traditional values, ML combines ambition, dynamism, and a partner-led approach to deliver high-caliber legal services across its practice areas.
Our ethos is centered on accessibility, diligence, and consistency in service delivery. We work closely with clients to understand their objectives, manage legal risks, and create value through tailored solutions supported by advanced legal research and technology.
With a team of experienced lawyers and an international practice structure, Minerva Legal delivers innovative and bespoke legal solutions from Nigeria and through strategic collaborations across Africa and Europe.
Expertise
People
At Minerva Legal, our people are central to the quality of service we deliver. We are a team of highly skilled legal professionals who combine technical excellence with a strong understanding of our clients’ commercial and strategic objectives. Our lawyers work collaboratively to provide thoughtful, practical, and results-driven legal solutions.
We bring together top-tier talent with diverse experience across multiple areas of law, allowing us to assemble teams that are tailored to each client’s industry, business needs, and legal challenges. This depth of knowledge enables us to assess risk effectively and provide clear guidance on complex transactions and regulatory matters.
Our culture is built on integrity, collaboration, and continuous professional development. We encourage innovation, accountability, and a client-first mindset, ensuring that every engagement benefits from our collective expertise and commitment to excellence.
Careers
At Minerva Legal, we recognize that our continued success depends on the talent, dedication, and integrity of our people. As a modern and dynamic law firm, we place significant importance on recruiting and developing individuals with strong academic backgrounds, diverse skills, and a shared commitment to our core values, fostering an inclusive culture where exceptional professionals can thrive and contribute meaningfully to our practice.
We seek intellectually driven lawyers and legal professionals who demonstrate a passion for delivering innovative, effective solutions to complex legal challenges through high-caliber insights and pragmatic advice. Minerva Legal offers rewarding career opportunities across multiple roles supported by structured learning programs; if you share our dedication to excellence, you are invited to join our dynamic team by submitting your resume and cover letter to careers@mlpng.com.
Expertise
Innovative legal advice, bridging client need and solution.
Admiralty and Maritime Law
We provide comprehensive legal support across the maritime sector, advising on both contentious and non-contentious shipping matters with commercial clarity and strategic insight
Aviation
We provide end-to-end legal support across the aviation sector, advising on regulatory, transactional, perational, and dispute-related matters with commercial insight and technical precision.
Banking and Finance
With technical depth and cross-sector insight, our Banking & Finance practice guides clients through complex transactions, regulatory developments, and the evolving digital finance landscape.
Commercial Law
Our commercial practice delivers end-to-end guidance on negotiations, contracting, and business operations, combining legal xpertise with a deep understanding of commercial realities to help clients manage risk and unlock opportunities.
Corporate and M&A
Our corporate team provides comprehensive support on M&A, governance, and business structuring, offering clear, practical advice that aligns legal requirements with strategic commercial goals.
Corporate Governance and Compliance
Expert governance and compliance advice helps boards and shareholders navigate complex regulatory landscapes through strategic frameworks, risk management, and transparency to ensure accountability and sustainable corporate growth.
Employment, Pensions and Incentives
We prioritise dispute avoidance through strategic advisory, but where litigation or adjudication is unavoidable, we deploy our proven capability to secure favourable outcomes.
Energy and Natural Resource
We advise throughout the project lifecycle, including regulatory compliance, commercial structuring, funding, contractual arrangements and dispute resolution.
Environment and Regulatory
We closely track policy and regulatory developments to help clients manage emerging risks and anticipate potential liabilities.
Immigration
We design bespoke immigration strategies, stress-test applications, and collaborate across practice areas—employment, tax, TMT, corporate and real estate—to provide integrated solutions.
Infrastructure
Our approach integrates sector knowledge, commercial insight and cross-border capability to help clients deliver bankable and sustainable projects.
Restructuring & Insolvency
We act for liquidators, administrators, trustees, financiers and corporates, providing timely and commercially viable solutions aimed at protecting and preserving value.
Insurance
Our cross-disciplinary approach ensures integrated advice supported by our corporate, disputes, tax and finance teams.
Intellectual Property
With support from our corporate, tax, TMT and employment teams, we deliver coordinated and business-driven IP solutions.
Litigation and Dispute Management
We maintain specialist financial expertise through our internal accounting support team, enabling robust analysis in complex commercial disputes.
Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
We monitor policy developments and industry trends to ensure our advice remains practical, relevant and forward-looking.
Real Estate
We work closely with clients from project initiation to completion, offering commercially grounded advice designed to support execution within scope, time and budget.
Sanctions, International Trade and Investment Compliance
Our global perspective ensures clients remain compliant while pursuing international opportunities.
Tax
Working across practice groups, we offer holistic tax solutions designed to ensure compliance and optimise outcomes.
Telecommunications, Media and Technology
Supported by our in-house technology consultant, we deliver practical, future-oriented solutions.
Wealth, Asset Management and Private Client
We take time to understand each client’s personal and financial circumstances in order to deliver tailored, strategic and discreet advice.
Capital Market
We work closely with clients to design transaction structures that not only meet their capital needs but also align with their long-term strategic objectives. Our approach emphasizes innovation, risk management, and investor confidence, helping clients thrive in competitive and highly regulated capital markets.
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
At Minerva Legal, we take pride in bridging the gap between law, sustainability, and strategy. Our ESG practice draws on our deep sectoral experience across energy, infrastructure, real estate, finance, and technology to deliver solutions that are legally sound, commercially viable, and ethically grounded.
How It Works
At Minerva Legal, our approach is simple, transparent, and client-centric. We work collaboratively and proactively, utilizing our multidisciplinary experience to guide you from the initial consultation to the successful resolution of your case.

Initial Consultation and Assessment
Schedule a meeting with our team of experts to discuss your legal needs. We will analyze the details of your situation and provide you with an honest, initial assessment of your case.

Strategy Development
We create a strategic and pragmatic legal action plan, aligned with your objectives. Our approach is multidisciplinary to effectively manage risks and navigate complex regulations.

Execution and Ongoing Support
We implement the strategy with precision, maintaining constant communication to ensure you receive innovative solutions and dedicated support throughout the entire process.
FAQs
Our key differentiators include our global perspective and multidisciplinary expertise, allowing us to offer commercially focused advice across various sectors. We pride ourselves on providing high-quality, partner-led service, backed by meticulous legal research and advanced technological support to deliver innovative solutions tailored to your specific goals.
To ensure a comprehensive case assessment, please provide us with all relevant documentation, including a chronological account of the facts, contracts, agreements, correspondence (emails/letters), and any previous legal filings. Also, be prepared to clearly identify all parties involved in the matter.
We accept electronic bank transfers and all major credit card payments. We believe in transparency, so we offer various billing models—including fixed fees, hourly rates, and retainers—which will be discussed and agreed upon during your initial consultation to match your budget and case complexity.
Once engaged, you will be assigned a lead attorney and a paralegal as your primary contacts. You can reach us via dedicated email or phone lines during standard business hours. We prioritize clear communication and aim to respond to all inquiries promptly, ensuring you are informed every step of the way.