Legal support for Nigerian SMEs

Your legal function,
without the headcount.

Fixed-fee, subscription legal support built for growing Nigerian businesses — fast, transparent and proactive. No hourly meter. No surprises. Just a lawyer who knows your business, on call.

Subscription retainer from ₦100,000/month · Contracts · NDPA · Labour Act · IP

A quiet Lagos office at golden hour overlooking the business district
Contracts & SLAs
Labour Act
NDPA / NDPR
IP advisory
The situation

Most growing businesses are one document away from a problem

Not through negligence — through the way legal work is usually priced. When every question carries an unknown hourly bill, founders learn not to ask. The legal function becomes an emergency service instead of a standing one, and emergencies are the most expensive way to buy anything.

“We have contracts we've never actually read closely.”

Unreviewed agreements are fine right up until a dispute, at which point their gaps become expensive. Reviewing them is cheap; discovering them mid-conflict is not.

“Our staff are on a template letter we found somewhere.”

Informal employment terms are the single most common source of avoidable disputes we see — and the easiest to fix before one arises, not after.

“We collect customer data but aren't sure what the NDPA requires.”

If you collect a name, phone number or email, you are a data controller under Nigerian law. The threshold is not company size — it is whether you process personal data.

“Our brand isn't registered — is that a problem?”

In Nigeria, trademarks are first-to-file, not first-to-use. Years of trading under a name count for little if someone else registers it first.

One fee.
One quarter.
Zero cost to ask.

Lexi Legal removes the meter, so legal support becomes something you use rather than something you ration. Every deliverable is handled by a qualified Nigerian legal practitioner who knows your business.

What your retainer covers
Two professionals reviewing documents in a Lagos office

Predictable

A fixed fee, so the cost of asking is zero and you ask before things break.

Proactive

We review things before they become disputes, not after — with a quarterly check-in built in.

Personal

A named lawyer who knows your business, not a stranger meeting your file during a crisis.

What your retainer covers

End-to-end operational legal support

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Commercial contracts

Contracts & SLAs

Drafting, review and redlining of supply, service, distribution, consultancy and non-disclosure agreements, and service-level terms.

Employment

Labour Act compliance

Employment and contractor agreements, staff handbooks, and disciplinary, termination and compliance guidance under the Labour Act.

Data protection

NDPA / NDPR readiness

Privacy policies, data-processing agreements, consent review, breach-response guidance and readiness assessment as a data controller.

Intellectual property

IP advisory

Trademark clearance and filing advisory, IP assignment and licensing clauses, and protection of your brand in commercial agreements.

Membership

Choose the commitment that fits your stage

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Essentials

₦100k

per month · no lock-in · Month-to-month

  • 3 standard matters / month
  • Complex matters: quoted
  • Up to 20 pp review / month
  • Advisory: fair use
  • Turnaround: 24–48 hrs

Quarterly

₦250k

per quarter · ₦83k / month

  • 5 standard matters / month
  • 1 complex matter / quarter
  • Up to 24 pp review / month
  • Advisory: fair use
  • Turnaround: 24–48 hrs
Save ₦100k

Half-Yearly

₦400k

per six months · ₦67k / month

  • 7 standard matters / month
  • 2 complex matters / quarter
  • Up to 34 pp review / month
  • Advisory: fair use
  • Turnaround: 24–48 hrs

All fees exclusive of VAT and disbursements. Full allowance definitions on the membership page.

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Ten minutes to a clear picture of where your business stands.

Book a consultation and talk it through with a lawyer. You'll get a clear read on your legal position under Nigerian law — what's urgent, what can wait, what's already fine — and the fee is credited if you proceed with a related service.

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