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Templars
Global 2026
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Top figures
150
Lawyers
22
Partners
4
Offices
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Overview
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TEMPLARS is a leading African law firm, advising clients across sectors and geographies from offices in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Accra.
Our 22 partners and over 150 lawyers work across five practice areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Tax.
For over 30 years we have handled the region's most complex matters, from MTN's US$6.2 billion acquisition of IHS Towers to the first UKEF-backed infrastructure financing in Nigeria in a decade.
Industry sectors (15)
- Telecommunications
- Technology
- Real Estate
- Project Finance
- Mining & Metals
- Media and Entertainment
- Financial Institutions
- Fintech
- Funds and Investment
- Gas
- Maritime and Shipping
- Infrastructure
- Manufacturing & Industrial
- Power
- E-Commerce
Capabilities (15)
- Banking & Finance
- Competition
- Corporate & Commercial
- Dispute Resolution
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Investigations, White Collar and Compliance (IWC)
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Media, Entertainment, Technology and Intellectual Property (METI)
- Tax
- Power
- Funds and Investment
- Mining & Metals
- Gas
- Financial Institutions
- Chemicals
Key people
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Oghogho Akpata
Managing Partner
Chike Obianwu
Deputy Managing Partner
Augustine B. Kidisil
Managing Partner (Ghana)
Adewale Atake, SAN
Partner
Godwin Omoaka, SAN, FCIArb
Partner
Inam Wilson, SAN
Partner
Olufemi Oyewole, SAN, FCIArb
Partner
Dayo Okusami
Partner
Zelda Akindele
Partner
Desmond Ogba
Partner
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Ranked Departments at Templars (8)
Ranked Individuals at Templars (17)
Ghana
Augustine B Kidisil
Dispute Resolution
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Corporate/Commercial
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Nigeria
Oghogho Akpata
Projects & Energy
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Banking & Finance
View profile Zelda Akindele
Banking & Finance
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Capital Markets
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Capital Markets
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Dispute Resolution
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Tax
View profile Chike Obianwu
Corporate/Commercial
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Projects & Energy
View profile Dayo Okusami
Projects & Energy
View profile Desmond Ogba
Banking & Finance
View profile Zelda Akindele
Corporate/Commercial
View profile Godwin Omoaka SAN
Dispute Resolution
View profile Desmond Ogba
Projects & Energy
View profile Zelda Akindele
Competition/Antitrust
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Top figures
150
Lawyers
22
Partners
4
Offices
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