Privacy Policy

Justus Solicitors is a Nigerian law firm providing legal counsel in complex disputes, regulated industries and cross-border matters, including international arbitration, commercial litigation, judgment and award enforcement, infrastructure, energy and finance.

Our offices are located at:

For general enquiries, email us at info@justus-law.com or call +234 704 700 3191.

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect personal information including:

• Your name.
• Email address.
• Telephone number.
• Residential, business or correspondence address.
• Company or organisation details.
• Professional information.
• Information contained in enquiries or communications sent to us.
• Documents or information you voluntarily provide.
• Information relating to a potential or existing legal matter.
• Other information reasonably necessary for the provision of our legal services or compliance with our legal and professional obligations.

We seek to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

We may collect personal information when you:

• Visit or interact with our website.
• Contact us through the website.
• Send us an email.
• Call us by telephone.
• Request to speak with counsel.
• Request information about our legal services.
• Engage us to provide legal services.
• Provide documents or information in connection with a legal matter.
• Communicate with members of our team.

We may also receive personal information from third parties where such collection is lawful and necessary for the provision of our services or management of a legal matter.

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries and requests.
• Communicate with prospective and existing clients.
• Arrange or manage communications concerning potential legal matters.
• Provide legal advice and legal services.
• Assess and manage potential client relationships.
• Conduct conflict checks and necessary due diligence.
• Manage legal matters and maintain appropriate records.
• Communicate with you concerning our services.
• Comply with legal, regulatory and professional obligations.
• Protect our legal rights and interests.
• Carry out other activities permitted or required by applicable law.

Where applicable, we process personal information on lawful grounds recognised under applicable data protection law, including:

• Your consent.
• Taking steps at your request before entering into an agreement.
• Performing a contract or providing requested services.
• Compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation.
• Our legitimate interests, where applicable.
• Other lawful grounds permitted under applicable law.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent where permitted by law.

As a law firm, we recognise the confidential nature of information provided by clients and prospective clients.

Information provided to us in connection with legal matters may be subject to professional confidentiality, legal privilege or other protections under applicable law.

Submitting information through this website does not, by itself, create a solicitor-client relationship between you and Justus Solicitors.

You should not submit highly confidential, privileged or time-sensitive information through a general website enquiry channel unless we have specifically requested that you do so.

We do not sell your personal information.

We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary and lawful, including to:

• Our lawyers, employees and authorised personnel.
• Professional advisers and service providers.
• Counsel, experts, arbitrators or other professionals involved in a legal matter where necessary and lawful.
• Courts, tribunals, arbitral institutions, regulators, government authorities or law enforcement agencies where required or permitted by law.
• Persons or organisations involved in a legal matter where disclosure is necessary and lawful.
• Other persons where you have provided appropriate consent or where disclosure is otherwise permitted by law.

Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are maintained.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

However, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should therefore exercise appropriate caution when transmitting personal information through the internet.

Our website is primarily intended to provide information about Justus Solicitors, our counsel, experience, publications and legal services.

The website may use limited technical functionality necessary for its operation, security and proper display.

Where cookies or similar technologies are used in a manner that involves the processing of personal information, we will provide appropriate information and, where required by law, obtain the necessary consent.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

Justus Solicitors is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing personal information.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including providing legal services, maintaining appropriate professional and business records, complying with legal and regulatory obligations and protecting our legal rights.

The period for which information is retained may vary depending on its nature and the circumstances in which it was collected.

Subject to applicable law and relevant limitations, you may have rights to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of personal information in appropriate circumstances.
• Request restriction of processing in appropriate circumstances.
• Object to certain processing activities.
• Request portability of your personal information where applicable.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority where you believe your data protection rights have been infringed.

To exercise an applicable right, please contact us using the details below. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to your request.

Our website is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children except where permitted or required by applicable law.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal obligations or privacy practices.

Any updated version will be published on this website together with the applicable effective or updated date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise an applicable data protection right, or have concerns about how your personal information is being processed, please contact: