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Zest Partners

Welcome to Zest Partners · Est. 2006

Counsel for Litigation

A full-service corporate practice and litigation firm, advising businesses, institutions and families across Nigeria from Abuja and Lagos.

20+Years in practice
20Practice areas
24+Papers presented
2Offices: Abuja & Lagos

About us

Corporate practice and litigation, since 2006.

Our vision

To be one of the foremost law firms in Nigeria.

Our mission

To provide top-class legal services to our clients without compromise to ethical values.

Zest Partners is a full-service corporate practice and litigation law firm established in Nigeria. We are professionals across contracts, debt and loan recovery, corporate compliance and financial services, criminal law, election petitions, wills and probate, human rights, intellectual property, interpretation of foreign documents, property law, and matrimonial causes, with a selection of lawyers of outstanding training and experience.

The firm is equipped with modern and up-to-date IT facilities and provides legal services in real time, which makes it easy to deliver world-class legal services to our clients.

Read more about the firm
Nigerian Supreme Court Cases and Nigerian Weekly Law Reports in the firm’s library

2006

Established

Expertise

Five practice groups. 20 practice areas.

We are here to fight against any violation, with experience.

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Who we act for

Individuals, companies and government agencies.

01

Financial institutions

  • Commercial & investment banks
  • Insurance & finance companies
  • Private investment funds
02

Business & government

  • Public & private companies
  • Government agencies
  • Public institutions
  • Development partners
03

Individuals

  • Families & individuals
  • Indigent citizens (pro bono)

Why Zest Partners

  1. 01

    Solicitors and advocates

    We prepare contracts, agreements, debentures, mortgages, powers of attorney and leases, and we litigate civil and criminal matters across Nigeria.

  2. 02

    Recognised expertise

    Led by a Principal/Managing Partner with a PhD in law, MCIArb (UK) and FICMC, who has presented more than twenty papers to bar associations and public institutions.

  3. 03

    Modern, real-time practice

    Modern, up-to-date IT facilities and real-time legal services, backed by an in-house law library.

  4. 04

    Committed to the rule of law

    Free services for poor and indigent citizens through our Human Rights and Public Interest Litigation department.

Infrastructure

Modern and up to date IT facilities.

Our in-house library holds Nigerian and English law reports and authorities, and our modern IT facilities let us deliver legal services in real time.

Facilities & library
The Zest Partners office, AbujaThe Zest Partners law libraryThe Zest Partners law library

Leadership

Our leadership.

Dr. Chinedu Obienu

Principal/Managing Partner

Dr. Chinedu Obienu

PhD (Law) · MCIArb (UK) · FICMC

Dr. Chinedu Obienu is the Principal/Managing Partner of Zest Partners. He holds a PhD in law, and his practice spans corporate and commercial law, energy, taxation and general government compliance in Nigeria. He has practised law for more than two decades.

  • 20+Years in practice
  • PhDLaw, University of Abuja
  • MCIArbChartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
  • LACONGoverning Council member, 2026

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Senior Associates

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Contact

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