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Mrs Soibi Ovia
Position
Partner – Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
Career
Soibi is a Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution lawyer based in the Lagos office of the Firm and heads the Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
She specializes in Civil and Commercial Litigation, Corporate Recovery and Insolvency and other aspects of Dispute Resolution including but not limited to Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation.
Her years of experience in dispute resolution span well over a decade and she has represented clients in various industries such as Banking, Energy, Intellectual Property, Real Estate before all the superior Courts of records in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She has also represented clients before ad-hoc and institutional arbitral panels in respect of both domestic and international commercial Arbitration.
She is an astute negotiator who takes into cognizance the ultimate commercial interest of her clients and balances same with an optimal compromise for an effective settlement of dispute.
Memberships
- Nigerian Bar Association;
- Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association;
- International Bar Association;
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Securities & Exchange Commission
Lawyer Rankings
Nigeria > Dispute resolution
(Leading partners)Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
is active in conventional litigation and ADR methods such as arbitration across a scope of commercial sectors. Having acted for clients on some notable recent disputes relating to the oil and gas industry, the practice can provide experienced counsel in Nigeria’s traditional economic sectors, as well as offer services in innovative industries such as FinTech and data protection. Soibi Ovia is a ‘remarkable professional who stands out as an exceptional litigator’ and acts as the main point of contact for all of the firm’s clients.