Practice Areas - JRO Advocates LLP

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Areas of Practice

Conveyancing, Real Estate & Construction Law

JRO Advocates LLP deals with all matters relating to property and land law transactions. We deal with:-

Rights and interests in real estate and real property
Title to real property
Landlord-tenant contracts and disputes
Property development
Sale and purchase of land
Finance and banking securities.

Family Law

Since family is at the core of our community, our team of advocates is well-versed in family law. We represent clients in divorce and judicial separation proceedings, child custody, support, and adoption, as well as other family law matters. Our able team of experts in the area of family law provide top-notch legal services on all matters related to the above specifications.

Oil and Gas, Energy and Natural Resources Law

JRO Advocates LLP offers companies, governments, and investors legal representation and consultancy services on matters relating to oil and gas, mining energy, and natural resources law.

We have close relationships with law firms in other key African hydrocarbon jurisdictions and provide Legal, tax regimes and regulatory advice. We provide legal advice on host government contracts, awards, licensing and regulation.

We provide practical solutions on legislation and policies in the industry.

Commercial law, Banking, Finance and Taxation

We deal with company formation, legal compliance, mergers and acquisitions, filing returns, and taxation of general contracts are all covered. We also provide guidance on transaction structuring, such as equity sales, company sales, and asset sales. We provide guidance on mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, and joint venture agreements. We exercise due diligence and conduct investigations to protect our client’s interests.

Probate and Succession law

At JRO Advocates LLP, we help our clients make educated decisions about their wills and succession plans that will support their loved ones. We advise and manage all aspects of succession matters to ensure that the deceased’s estate is preserved, including their properties and those of their relatives, while also representing the deceased’s wishes.

Under Probate and Succession we deal with:-

Wills
Trusts
Succession (probate administration)
Power of Attorney, amongst others.

Labour and Employment Law

JRO Advocates LLP has considerable experience advising businesses, committees, and management teams on employment contracts and employee policy handbooks, labor relations and trade unions, employee transition, and topics of recruiting, retention, disciplinary, and termination as guided under the employment contract and employment laws.

Insurance Law

JRO Advocates LLP supervises all issues and lawsuits arising from various insurance claims relating to life, property, fire, demolition, and automobile insurance, as well as liability insurance. We advice on insurance-related issues and legal representation.

Litigation

If formal litigation is ultimately unavoidable, our approach is to try to resolve disputes in the most cost-effective way possible. We have developed significant experience in commercial litigation through our experience.

Alternative Dispute Resolution.

The firm is committed to alternative dispute resolution, with a particular emphasis on mediation, in line with the global trend. We aim to make conflict resolution as fast as possible while preserving and repairing the relationships involved.

We advise and draft suitable conflict settlement and arbitration clauses to holding pre-arbitral discussions and arbitral hearings, and eventually administering arbitral awards. We offer cost-effective and realistic guidance at every point of the arbitration process.

Banking, Taxation and Finance Law

JRO Advocates LLP provides foreign and domestic financial institutions, as well as the financial services industry in general, with high-quality legal advice and assistance on legal and regulatory aspects of banking regulation, financial services, wealth management, investment funds, and insurance law, pensions, and medical aid. We also offer structured products and derivatives advisory services.

Intellectual Property Law

Our team assists clients in protecting their intellectual property rights through IP litigation focussing on trademarks, patents, designs, and copyright infringements; multi-jurisdictional anti-counterfeits actions/ raids; trademark oppositions and expungement matters; designs and patent revocations; brand migration advice; IP due diligence; franchising; and competition law.

We encourage young people in the creative industry to protect their intellectual property rights in order to protect their interests. JRO AdvocatesLLP offers to advise to creatives globally.

Medical Law

JRO Advocates LLP represents clients through prosecuting and defending actions derived from the health and medical sector.

Project Finance

We provide legal services relating to project finance of different types of investment projects. Our team of experts advises clients on the legal regulation and management structure required in order to meet successful project goals through mitigating contractual, financial, and commercial risks.

Our ability to assemble and integrate teams with expertise in structured debt financing, equity finance, construction, operations, real estate, through-put supply arrangements, tax, and controlled markets has been a key driver of our success. Our project finance advocates have extensive experience structuring limited recourse, whether bilateral or multilateral agreements, export credit guarantees, with limited recourse functionality.

Public Private Partnerships

At JRO Advocates LLP, we structure different types of public-private partnership contracts depending on the level of risk transfer, the desired outcome of the project, investment level and lastly the type of project involved.

Our expertise offers legal consultancy services on privately initiated proposals and offers local content advice on PPPs.

International Arbitration

At JRO Advocates LLP, we advise and draft suitable conflict settlement and arbitration clauses to holding pre-arbitral discussions and arbitral hearings, and eventually administering arbitral awards, we offer cost-effective and realistic guidance at every point of the arbitration process.

We have gained expertise in a variety of business sectors and have arbitrated under the laws of all major arbitral institutions.