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Streamsowers & Köhn A leading law firm in Nigeria, acting institutionally in advancing the best interests of our clients & society.

Our Modus Operandi

Our modus operandi is to act in the best interest of our clients within the rules. Accordingly, on behalf of our clients, we are firm but fair; resolute but courteous; innovative and daring; and, attentive to the concerns of others without losing focus of our clients’ legitimate objectives. As experienced commercial lawyers, we have an understanding of the goals of commercial people. We understand the interplay of international expectations and the Nigerian business environment. We are aware of the principles and tools for the delivery of excellent legal services both internationally and in the Nigerian context. We possess the necessary intellectual and managerial ability, technology, contacts and other resources to support our clients in achieving their set goals. We deploy all our resources to ensure that our services are of demonstrable value to our clients.

Did you know that Nigeria has expanded the legal capacity ceiling for mini-grid projects? Swipe to learn more.
24/09/2026

Did you know that Nigeria has expanded the legal capacity ceiling for mini-grid projects?

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The NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY BILL, 2026 (HB. 2711) seeks to provide globally competitive and ...
18/09/2026

The NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY BILL, 2026 (HB. 2711) seeks to provide globally competitive and environmentally friendly innovative research and development in the processing and conversion of indigenous raw materials into valuable chemicals and petrochemical products for the development of chemical, biological and man-made fibre technologies for industrial application in Nigeria.

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Did you know that section 5 of the Labour Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (“the Act”) prohibits an employer...
17/09/2026

Did you know that section 5 of the Labour Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (“the Act”) prohibits an employer from making deductions from a worker’s wages or entering into an agreement for such deductions, except where expressly permitted by the Act or another law?

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Our Partner, Chukwuyere Izuogu, will be speaking at this upcoming webinar organised by Michalsons in conjunction with Th...
16/09/2026

Our Partner, Chukwuyere Izuogu, will be speaking at this upcoming webinar organised by Michalsons in conjunction with The Lexing Network which will provide a comparative and practical discussion of data protection requirements across African jurisdictions. The webinar will focus particularly on the obligations that may arise where organisations based outside a jurisdiction offer products or services to individuals within that jurisdiction or process their personal information. It will examine when a local representative or Data Protection Officer may be required, the role and responsibilities of such representatives, the regulatory risks associated with non-compliance, and the extent to which these requirements are being enforced.

The discussion will also consider how multinational organisations can approach data protection compliance consistently across multiple African jurisdictions while taking account of applicable local requirements and differing regulatory and enforcement approaches.

Chukwuyere will be sharing perspectives and practical experience from Nigeria as part of this broader comparative discussion. Attendance is free, but registration is required.

The webinar will be held on 17 September 2026 at 01:00 p.m.

You may register for this webinar at this link:

https://www.michalsons.com/event/webinar-having-a-regulatory-representative-in-africa

Our Co-Managing Partner, Chinasa Unaegbunam, SAN, FCIArb., will be a speaker at the webinar organised by the Internation...
16/09/2026

Our Co-Managing Partner, Chinasa Unaegbunam, SAN, FCIArb., will be a speaker at the webinar organised by the International Bar Association (IBA) Negligence and Damages Committee on “Preventing Liability Before Litigation: Comparative Strategies to Reduce Negligence Exposure.”

The webinar will examine how early legal intervention can help organisations identify and mitigate negligence risks before they develop into disputes. The discussion will consider approaches across different jurisdictions, with a focus on risk management, evolving standards of care, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and cross-border considerations.

Alongside other speakers, she will contribute perspectives to the comparative discussion on practical strategies for minimising disputes and reducing litigation exposure in an increasingly global business environment.

The webinar will be held online on 17 September 2026, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. BST.

Register to attend here: https://lnkd.in/dM_ePk7v

Can a Judgment Creditor compel a garnishee to answer interrogatories in garnishee proceedings? This article examines the...
15/09/2026

Can a Judgment Creditor compel a garnishee to answer interrogatories in garnishee proceedings? This article examines the Supreme Court's decisions in Central Bank of Nigeria v. Ochife (2025) and Abubakar v. Yar'Adua (2008) and argues that the answer is No.

A garnishee proceeding is a legal process through which a person who is owed money under a court judgment can recover it from a third party that holds money belonging to the person ordered to pay, such as the debtor’s bank.

This article, written by our Partner, Adeyinka Aderemi, SAN, and Associates, Juliet Ajoku, Chinoyerem Onwumere and Emmanuel Patrick, contends that garnishee proceedings are a special statutory mechanism for judgment enforcement, not a platform for pleadings-based discovery.

https://sskohn.com/interrogatories-in-garnishee-proceedings-under-nigerian-law-a-critical-analysis-of-central-bank-of-nigeria-v-ochiefe-2025-12-nwlr-pt-2000-1-and-abubakar-v-yaradua-2008-19-nwlr-pt/

In his latest thought leadership paper, Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu, Head of the TMT Practice and Partner in the Competition...
14/09/2026

In his latest thought leadership paper, Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu, Head of the TMT Practice and Partner in the Competition Law Practice at Streamsowers & Köhn, examines whether Nigeria’s National Digital Cloud Policy issued on 17 August 2026 by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy can deliver a genuinely contestable and sustainable multi-provider cloud market. The Policy provides a strong foundation through its emphasis on customer choice, data portability, proportionate data sovereignty rather than broad localisation, and demand aggregation to support domestic capacity. Drawing on developments in the UK, the paper argues that formal market openness alone may not secure lasting contestability, as switching costs, egress charges, technical lock in, limited interoperability, committed spend arrangements and the growing vertical relationship between cloud infrastructure and AI services may, over time, reinforce established positions and raise barriers to effective competition. These features are not inherently anticompetitive but warrant proportionate competition scrutiny as Nigeria’s cloud market develops, particularly while there remains an opportunity to address potential sources of entrenchment before they become structurally embedded.

The paper also identifies a specific institutional issue in paragraph 14.3 of the Policy, which assigns responsibility for monitoring market concentration, competitive conditions and pricing in cloud services to NITDA Nigeria. It argues that competition monitoring should instead be aligned with the FCCPC Nigeria’s economy wide mandate under section 17(a) of the FCCPA, given the Commission’s statutory role and specialised competition expertise, while NITDA continues to perform its important technical, standards and digital economy functions and supports effective oversight through information sharing and regulatory coordination. The paper ultimately argues that Nigeria can pursue investment, innovation and indigenous digital capability while preserving competitive markets, but that contestability must be actively protected as the cloud sector evolves rather than assumed to follow simply from an open market framework.

You can access the article via the link below
https://sskohn.com/making-nigerias-cloud-market-contestable-competition-policy-lessons-from-the-uk-experience/

A look back at the 5th Annual Managing Partners Roundtable organised by the Association of Law Firm Administrators Niger...
11/09/2026

A look back at the 5th Annual Managing Partners Roundtable organised by the Association of Law Firm Administrators Nigeria (ALAN), which brought together leaders and professionals across the legal industry for conversations around “The Scalable Law Firm: The New Equation for Thriving.”

Streamsowers & Köhn was represented across different facets of the profession and the business of law.

Our Co-Managing Partner, Tamuno Atekebo, joined other law firm leaders at the Roundtable, alongside members of our Business Development and Human Resources teams, Segun Ojudun, Ayodele Ayodele Jnr., Chinyere Iroegbu, and Kate Ifarajimi.

Our Chief Operating Officer, Modupe Olusoga, who serves as President of ALAN, led the Association in convening this year’s Roundtable, while our Associate, Anita Tuesday, served as the Master of Ceremonies for the event.

The conversations at the Roundtable went beyond growth in size to the structures that make growth sustainable: governance, people, technology, financial discipline, succession and institutional systems.

We are pleased to have been part of an important industry conversation on building law firms that are equipped not only to grow, but to endure.

We are pleased to announce that our Partners, Adeyinka Aderemi, SAN, Chinasa Unaegbunam, SAN, Omono Blessing Omaghomi, S...
11/09/2026

We are pleased to announce that our Partners, Adeyinka Aderemi, SAN, Chinasa Unaegbunam, SAN, Omono Blessing Omaghomi, Senior Associates, Ibukun Enigbokan, Yussuf Akinola Oyebanjo, and Associates, Temilade Adepate, David Ekanem, and Charles Anorondu have contributed to the Nigeria chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guides: Enforcement of Judgments 2026.

Our team provided a comprehensive overview of the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards in Nigeria, including asset tracing, the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments, and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. It also examines the applicable legal procedures, costs, timelines, asset recovery mechanisms, and the grounds upon which enforcement may be challenged or refused under Nigerian law.

In the Trends and Developments section, we analyse the legal framework governing the enforcement of judgments through sequestration in Nigeria, with particular focus on its scope, procedural requirements, and practical limitations. Sequestration is examined as a specialised enforcement mechanism available where a judgment debtor cannot be apprehended or continues to disregard a court order notwithstanding arrest, committal, or detention. It further considers the challenges affecting the effectiveness of sequestration in practice and evaluates comparative developments in the United Kingdom to identify potential lessons for strengthening judgment enforcement in Nigeria.

As the enforcement of court judgments is essential to ensuring that successful litigants obtain the benefit of judicial decisions, a clear understanding of available enforcement mechanisms is indispensable. Read the full publication to explore the legal framework, practical challenges, and evolving developments surrounding the enforcement of judgments in Nigeria.

You can access the publication with the link below:
https://sskohn.com/enforcement-of-judgments-2026/

Did you know that Nigeria has just unlocked the door for up to $50 billion in new deep offshore oil and gas investments?...
10/09/2026

Did you know that Nigeria has just unlocked the door for up to $50 billion in new deep offshore oil and gas investments?

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