Legal Practitioners since 1986
In providing legal services covering varied areas of business and personal matters, the watchwords of the law firm have been:
'..the culture of excellence in an atmosphere of professionalism and confidentiality'
Folasade Doherty
Founding Partner
About The Firm
THE METROPOLE PRACTICE (formerly Folasade Doherty & Co.), Legal Practitioners, was registered in May 1986 emerging as a fully-fledged Law Firm in 1987.
In providing legal services covering varied areas of business and personal matters, the watchwords of the law firm have been, ‘the culture of excellence in an atmosphere of professionalism and confidentiality.’ Notwithstanding the current global macro-economic depression, we continue to encourage our clients that there are always resolutions to problems, and that there will always be the opportunity for new beginnings.
Our office is situated in Victoria Island, which is in the hub of the commercial business district of the port ‘city’ of Lagos and this could be said to afford a glimpse as to the reasoning behind the name METROPOLE, the French equivalent of the word, Metropolis. This is a boutique law firm, comprised of the founder, lawyers, paralegals and other administrative cum support staff. We work with associate law firms in many parts of Nigeria, including Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, and have formed strategic alliances with some of them over the years
Our Legal Practice Areas
The firm has handled a variety of legal briefs with a bias for Property, Corporate, Commercial and Family Law matters.
Vetting, preparation and perfection of all documents relating to property transactions
Company Law/Commercial Law/Foreign Investment And International Trade Law
We are very competent in matters of Information Technology Law as it applies to its surrounding intellectual property...
Experts on labour matters. In addition to advising on master and servant matters, we have had direct dealings with trade unions
The firm has handled the insurance portfolio of one of its high-net-worth clients over the past few years
We have prepared various loan, security and collateral management documentation
The Founding Partner has over the years given legal advice on Family Law matters
The firm has advised and assisted numerous persons on succession matters such as drafting of Wills...
We handle commercial and non-commercial litigation.
The Founding Partner is a Certified Mediator of the Lagos Multi-door Courthouse.
The firm has acted as company secretary to several concerns, including a multi-national based in 141 countries worldwide
We have worked for private and corporate clients both nationally and internationally
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The firm has handled a variety of legal briefs with a bias for Property, Corporate, Commercial and Family Law matters.
Our office is situated in Victoria Island, which is in the hub of the commercial business district of the port ‘city’ of Lagos