AELEX services clients on the full range of transport matters, advising on shipping and aircraft financing, compliance, and disputes concerning passenger, cargo and baggage claims. Lawrence Fubara Anga is the head of the team with a broad practice in commercial litigation and arbitration, in addition to non-contentious aviation, shipping, and finance work. Ngozi Efobi focuses on regulatory and compliance issues and is active in the shipping disputes space.

Bloomfield LP has a strong offering in acquisitions of shipping and aviation vehicles and the related financing, with the firm’s broader services extending to tax issues, licenses and deregistration of vehicles, in addition to a range of disputes. The team’s past work with a number of multinational clients makes them well-placed to handle cross-border matters, and it remains active in advising public bodies on the development of maritime law. The ‘excellent and commercially-conscious‘ Adedoyin Afun heads the practice, with a broad-ranging experience in a range of transactions, disputes, and regulatory issues in the shipping space, while senior associate Michael Abiiba specialises in litigation and arbitration.

Dentons ACAS-Law has a particularly strong offering in shipping disputes, representing shipowners and financiers in a number of high-profile litigation matters concerning damages and vessel arrests. Funke Agbor heads the team with an expertise in litigation, employing her experience in commercial disputes across a range of sectors to assist clients in matters covering marine insurance, offshore contracting and vessel transactions. Chisa Uba is also of note, and is active across the team's transactional, regulatory and dispute work.

G. Elias & Co specialises in financing work, focusing on major infrastructure projects, vessel sale and purchase, and aviation insolvency work, while also being capable in dispute resolution and M&A in the transport space. Gbolahan Elias has advised on a number of high-profile infrastructure deals and transport service agreements, working alongside Fidelis Adewole, whose experience is primarily in transactional work. Okechukwu Okoro is also noted for providing expertise in freight and infrastructure matters.

Abdulai, Taiwo & Co specialises in PPP in the transport space, working on a number of high-profile infrastructure projects across the aviation, shipping, and rail sectors and undertaking the related finance work. Ladi Taiwo heads the team, working alongside Kunle Ayansola who brings his broad experience in the energy sector, and more specifically power purchase agreements and due diligence, to transport and infrastructure project finance.

Aluko & Oyebode has a strong offering in aviation, with an emphasis on disputes and advisory work, which is supplemented by a broader experience in acquisitions of ships and aircraft and related financing. Mark Mordi heads the team with a wide-ranging disputes expertise, working with other notable lawyers Oghogho Makinde, who brings her experience in business advisory, Tonye Krukrubo and Ngo-Martins Okonmah.

Foundation Chambers is ‘well-respected’ and ‘well-recognised’ in the shipping sector, with a particular focus on the disputes space in which the firm acts on some of the most high-profile mandates, alongside additional transactional and project finance work. The team is led by Kashimana Tsumba, who brings her broad experience in maritime disputes, working alongside managing partner Luke Chidi Ilogu, who ‘has vast experience in maritime law, labour matters, dispute resolution and international law‘.