Our history
20 years of practice, scholarship and service.
From our founding in 2006 to a seat on the Governing Council of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria: the milestones that shaped the firm and its leadership.
2006
01
Zest Partners is founded
Established in Nigeria by young, progressive and diligent legal practitioners as a full-service corporate practice and litigation firm.
2007
02
Shaping human rights procedure
Our Principal/Managing Partner joins the drafting team of the Fundamental Human Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules (2007–2008), now used in courts across Nigeria. He also presents at the NSITF National Conference on Social Security.
2008
03
Advanced study and public service
LL.M dissertation on taxation as a tool for sustainable economic development (University of Jos), and service as the NBA representative on the National Steering Committee on Community Policing.
2014
04
Leadership at the Bar
The start of years of service to the profession: Welfare Secretary (2014–2016) and Secretary (2016–2017) of the NBA Abuja Branch, and Member of the NBA National Executive Committee (2016–2018).
2015
05
Papers for FIRS and the courts
Courses for the Federal Inland Revenue Service Legal Department on drafting, ADR, brief writing, case management and tax adjudication, and workshops on security at the superior courts.
2017
06
A legal biography
Publication of Nigeria’s Legal Giant: The First Federal Director of Public Prosecutions, G.C. Nonyelu QC (Anna Stone Publishing, UK).
2018
07
Criminal justice reform
Consultancy on the drafting and stakeholder engagement for the Plateau State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2018.
2019
08
Water sector legislation
Consultant to WaterAid on the Enugu State Water Sector Bill, and a paper on public–private partnership models at the Water Sector Stakeholder Engagement Workshop in Enugu.
2023
09
Doctorate in petroleum taxation
PhD thesis, “Legal Analysis of the Tax Regime in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry” (University of Abuja), and a related article in the Journal of Law Policy, Rivers State University.
2025
10
A continental voice
A paper at the African Bar Association Annual Conference in Accra, dispute resolution training for FAAN staff, and the co-edited volume The Bar, Bench and Good Governance in Africa.
2026
11
Legal aid leadership
Our Principal/Managing Partner is inaugurated to the Governing Council of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and chairs the NBA Abuja Branch 2026 Law Week Planning Committee.
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