About OAA Law

A full-service firm built on two decades of deals, disputes, and governance.

OAA Law

When the Matter Matters, Experience Matters.

Our Story

Law practised with commercial memory.

OAA LAW is a premium strategy-led full-service law firm providing legal, commercial and dispute-resolution solutions to individuals, businesses and organizations across Nigeria.

OAA Law was founded on a straightforward conviction: that legal advice is only useful when it is delivered with a clear view of the commercial consequence. Too many Nigerian businesses receive technically correct opinions that leave them no closer to a decision. The firm exists to close that gap.

The practice reflects the career of its Principal Partner. Oma Lynda Ekwem began in litigation-focused chambers in Port Harcourt and Abuja, handling matters from fundamental human rights applications to admiralty and election petitions. She then moved into corporate legal leadership in Nigeria's oil and gas sector — as Commercial Adviser and Contract Administrator at Suffolk Petroleum Services, and from 2014 as Corporate Services and Legal Manager at Amazon Energy Limited, where contracts involving Mobil Producing Nigeria, NAPIMS, Chevron, Total E&P, SPDC and AGIP were routine work.

That combination — advocate in court, commercial lead inside a company — shapes how the firm advises today. We know how a contract reads to a judge, and we know how it reads to a project manager under pressure to deliver.

The firm's philosophy is easy to state and demanding to practise: help clients acquire, protect, and maximise value. Negotiate first. Document properly. Litigate decisively where it is warranted, and not before.

What sets us apart

Four commitments, kept on every matter.

Partner-led attention

Every matter is handled directly by the Principal Partner. Clients speak to the lawyer making the decisions.

Commercial fluency beyond black-letter law

Advice framed around the deal, the cash position and the relationship — not only the statute.

Governance, disputes and real estate under one roof

One adviser who already knows your company's history, contracts and assets when something goes wrong.

Discretion and long-term relationships

Sensitive matters handled quietly. Most of our work comes from clients we have advised for years.

Credentials

Affiliations and career highlights.

NBA · FIDA · ICMC · ICSAN · NICArb

2005 – 2008Afe Babalola (SAN) & Co.
2008 – 2011Adedipe & Adedipe (SAN) & Co.
2012 – 2014Suffolk Petroleum Services
2014 – 2016Amazon Energy
2016 – 2018Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) & Company
2018 – PresentFounder & Principal Partner, OAA Law, Lekki

Professional Authority

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

01Member, Nigerian Bar Association
02Member, African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) – Nigeria Chapter
03Member, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
04Member, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC)
05Member, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators — (MCArb/NICArb)
06Member, Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN)
07Associate, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ACIS/ICSAN)
08Member, Inner Circle of Excellence, Proctor Gallagher Institute (Leadership & Management Institute), Arizona, USA

Professional Experience

Where the experience was built.

Firm	Period	Role	Experience
OAA LAW, Lekki, Lagos	2018 – Present	Founder & Principal Partner	Founded and leads a premium, strategy-led full-service law firm advising individuals, entrepreneurs and corporate clients across Nigeria. Provides direct strategic counsel across litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate and commercial matters, real estate transactions and general legal advisory. Leads matters from initial consultation and strategy through negotiation, documentation, dispute resolution and conclusion, with a dual pronged approach designed to combine legal precision with commercial judgment.
Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) & Co.	2016 – 2018	Legal Practitioners	Handled complex litigation with particular focus on constitutional law, election petitions and appellate matters. Worked on significant constitutional and electoral litigation, including Inakoju v. Adeleke, the landmark impeachment-related matter, and litigation culminating in a Supreme Court victory in the Akeredolu election petition matter.
Amazon Energy Limited, Lagos	2014 – 2016	Corporate Services & Legal Manager	Led the corporate services and legal function of an energy-sector company, providing legal, commercial and corporate support across business operations. Managed contractual, regulatory and corporate matters involving major industry stakeholders, including Mobil Producing Nigeria, NAPIMS, Chevron, Total E&P, SPDC and AGIP, with responsibility spanning contract review and negotiation, legal risk management, corporate governance, compliance and company secretarial functions.
Suffolk Petroleum Services Limited, Port Harcourt	2012 – 2014	Commercial Adviser & Contract Administrator	Advised on commercial and contractual matters within Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, combining legal analysis with commercial and project considerations. Managed contract administration, negotiations, change and variation orders, legal correspondence and commercial risk, while liaising with project teams, joint-venture partners, clients and external counsel.
Adedipe & Adedipe (SAN) & Co., Port Harcourt	2008 – 2011	Legal Practitioners	Advised and represented institutional and corporate clients across energy and natural resources, corporate and commercial law, admiralty and maritime law, constitutional matters, fundamental rights and election petitions. Worked on matters involving major institutional clients including NNPC, NDDC, NDIC and Sterling Bank. Was part of the legal and commercial team involved in negotiations concerning the statutory 1% Nigerian Content payment to the NCDMB, helping secure an arrangement under which International Oil Companies absorbed the cost rather than passing it on to Nigerian contractors.
Afe Babalola (SAN) & Co., Port Harcourt	2005 – 2008	Legal Practitioners	Practised across constitutional law, commercial litigation, criminal prosecution, fundamental rights, company law and related contentious matters. Participated in significant litigation and recovery matters, including UBA v. BTL Ltd, involving the recovery of over ₦7 billion, as well as prosecution work arising from the Akunyili assassination matter. This early experience provided a strong foundation in complex litigation, advocacy, legal research and strategic case preparation.

OAA LAW, Lekki, Lagos

2018 – Present

Role

Founder & Principal Partner

Experience

Founded and leads a premium, strategy-led full-service law firm advising individuals, entrepreneurs and corporate clients across Nigeria. Provides direct strategic counsel across litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate and commercial matters, real estate transactions and general legal advisory.

Leads matters from initial consultation and strategy through negotiation, documentation, dispute resolution and conclusion, with a dual pronged approach designed to combine legal precision with commercial judgment.

Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) & Co.

2016 – 2018

Role

Legal Practitioners

Experience

Handled complex litigation with particular focus on constitutional law, election petitions and appellate matters.

Worked on significant constitutional and electoral litigation, including Inakoju v. Adeleke, the landmark impeachment-related matter, and litigation culminating in a Supreme Court victory in the Akeredolu election petition matter.

Amazon Energy Limited, Lagos

2014 – 2016

Role

Corporate Services & Legal Manager

Experience

Led the corporate services and legal function of an energy-sector company, providing legal, commercial and corporate support across business operations.

Managed contractual, regulatory and corporate matters involving major industry stakeholders, including Mobil Producing Nigeria, NAPIMS, Chevron, Total E&P, SPDC and AGIP, with responsibility spanning contract review and negotiation, legal risk management, corporate governance, compliance and company secretarial functions.

Suffolk Petroleum Services Limited, Port Harcourt

2012 – 2014

Role

Commercial Adviser & Contract Administrator

Experience

Advised on commercial and contractual matters within Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, combining legal analysis with commercial and project considerations.

Managed contract administration, negotiations, change and variation orders, legal correspondence and commercial risk, while liaising with project teams, joint-venture partners, clients and external counsel.

Adedipe & Adedipe (SAN) & Co., Port Harcourt

2008 – 2011

Role

Legal Practitioners

Experience

Advised and represented institutional and corporate clients across energy and natural resources, corporate and commercial law, admiralty and maritime law, constitutional matters, fundamental rights and election petitions.

Worked on matters involving major institutional clients including NNPC, NDDC, NDIC and Sterling Bank.

Was part of the legal and commercial team involved in negotiations concerning the statutory 1% Nigerian Content payment to the NCDMB, helping secure an arrangement under which International Oil Companies absorbed the cost rather than passing it on to Nigerian contractors.

Afe Babalola (SAN) & Co., Port Harcourt

2005 – 2008

Role

Legal Practitioners

Experience

Practised across constitutional law, commercial litigation, criminal prosecution, fundamental rights, company law and related contentious matters.

Participated in significant litigation and recovery matters, including UBA v. BTL Ltd, involving the recovery of over ₦7 billion, as well as prosecution work arising from the Akunyili assassination matter.

This early experience provided a strong foundation in complex litigation, advocacy, legal research and strategic case preparation.

Track Record

Key Achievements

01Negotiated a significant Nigerian Content matter involving the statutory 1% payment to the NCDMB, helping secure an arrangement under which International Oil Companies absorbed the cost rather than passing it on to Nigerian contractors.
02Contributed to the recovery of over ₦7 billion in UBA v. BTL Ltd, as part of the legal team handling the matter.
03Served on the prosecution team in the Akunyili assassination matter, contributing to a high-profile criminal prosecution.
04Acted in Inakoju v. Adeleke, a landmark constitutional and impeachment-related matter before the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
05Contributed to litigation culminating in a Supreme Court victory in the Akeredolu election petition matter.
06Founded and leads OAA LAW, a premium, strategy-led full-service Nigerian law firm headquartered in Lekki, Lagos.
07Built a career spanning both private legal practice and senior in-house corporate leadership, with substantial experience across litigation, commercial law, oil and gas, corporate governance, contracts, arbitration and real estate.
08Holds professional credentials in arbitration and corporate governance, including MCArb and ACIS, reflecting specialist expertise in dispute resolution and governance.

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