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Firm Profile

For
DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO (Takbal Chambers)
No T14, Near Ecwa Church, Rigip, Abattoir.
P.O BOX, 1645,
Jos,
Nigeria.
Phone: 08132652596, 07044275872
Email: info@dssd.com

DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO (Takbal Chambers) is a Nigerian law firm based in Jos. We
undertake work for clients and intermediaries from any location due to our advanced access and
communication technology. We have a network of associates in all the states in the country. Our
goal is to always exceed client’s expectations and to provide a more attractive place to work.
DR. SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO was founded by Dr Sylvester Sokkur Dasak to provide a
variety of high quality legal services to individuals, private corporations and public sector
organizations. We take pride in our unique insight into the challenges of doing business in
Nigeria today and our knowledge of network of connections to pave the way for our Clients. We
understand that often matters need to be tackled immediately and owing to our splendid team of
highly qualified and commercially driven individuals, we are well equipped to deal with most
situations and emergencies that our clients may face.
As an innovative and pioneering firm, our approach is to glean an understanding of the business
and legal issues our clients encounter in order to develop tailor made solutions and services to
suit them. Our perceptive team understands that delivering an excellent legal service in today’s
environment demands not only high quality legal advice but also a thorough understanding of the
client’s business, its environment and its commercial objectives. We also aim to provide our
clients who range from foreign investors, local entrepreneurs and corporate entities with the legal
resources and the discreet services to work effectively in the highly competitive and sometimes
extremely hostile working business environments.
We have partnerships with excellent Solicitors and Barristers throughout Nigeria who are able to
offer a wide variety of services varying from everyday commercial and corporate dealings to
more complicated mergers, acquisitions and construction contracts. These areas are all supported
by a busy and thriving litigation practice. Our Lawyers take cognizance of the business realities
and give appropriate advice always correlating with the peculiarities of each Client. Our
Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice is thriving as we successfully represent our Clients in the
Multi door Court House rather than seeking redress through litigation. This has enabled the
resolution of disputes between our clients and their business partners whilst preserving their
business relationships untainted. As well as undertaking litigation before the Nigerian courts in
all the States of the Federation, we advise other local and international law firms, Government
and Public Agencies, Intergovernmental Organizations, Parastatals, Non-Governmental
Organizations and other commercial entities.
We help our clients nationwide succeed in their business relationships by meeting their legal
needs through intimate dealings and understanding of the Client’s business and deeper legal
needs in order to ensure that our advice is effective.
We are at the cutting edge of development in Nigerian legal practice, incorporating state of the
art internet and computer services and technology with an extensive and well equipped library.
Client-relationship management is an integral part of the firm’s approach and we are keen to
encourage long-term mutually beneficial client relationships. Clients are attracted to our focus on
client service and over the years. All Clients get regular updates by whichever means is most
convenient for them or their circumstances and we have flexible payment plans which are also
arranged with the clients’ convenience primarily in mind.
Our Clients are diverse and they include local, national and global corporations cutting across a
wide range of sectors, from emerging businesses to multinational corporations.
We have in depth understanding of the industries in which our Client’s operate so that we
acquire proficient ability to provide unsurpassed advice within a commercial context.
STATEMENT OF PRACTICE SUMMARY

Alternative Dispute Resolution; Aviation Law; Banking and Finance Law; Commercial
Contracts; Company Law; Company Secretarial Services; Constitutional Drafting; Corporate
Law; Debt Recovery; Employment Law; Energy and Natural Resources Law; Family Law;
Government; Human Rights Law; Information Technology Law; Insurance Law; Intellectual
Property; International Law; Labor Law; Litigation Practice; Entertainment Law; Medical Law;
Pensions; Real Estate; Telecommunication Law.
OUR TEAM

At DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAk & CO the greatest asset is our devoted team who drive for
perfection. Our team is made up of commercially driven minded individuals and highly talented
practitioners who offer an immeasurable array of experience thereby giving outstanding best
practices advice to our Clients in different areas of business and offering solutions uniquely
geared to peculiar commercial, economical, social and/or legal dealings.
LEGAL TEAM

DR Sylvester Sokkur Dasak – Principal Partner


Isaac Kargwak Dasak – Managing Partner
Kastomai Danladi Wuyep – Partner
Bernard Duamlong – Associate Counsel
Juliet Dasur – Counsel

DR Sylvester Sokkur Dasak


Qualifications
LLB (HONS), BL, Nigerian Law School. LLM, (University of Jos). PHD, (University of Jos).
Professional Associations

 Nigerian Bar Association


DR Sylvester Sokkur Dasak is the Principal/Founding Partner of DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK
& CO (Takbal Chambers). His infallible experience informed his decision to form his chambers
with his son who is also a legal practitioners. Prior to legal practice, DR Sylvester Sokkur Dasak
was at Plateau Investment and Property Development Company (PIPC) as Deputy General
Manager (Legal), when Chief Michael Botmang late (then acting Governor of Plateau State)
fetched him out and appointed him as State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry between
2006 and 2007. After his tenure as commissioner, he returned to PIPC as Company
Secretary/Legal Adviser and was Acting General Manager between 2007 and 2012;and
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2012 when he retired from active
service. His interest in the affairs of the ordinary Nigerian citizen prompted him to attend several
conferences and workshops, both within and outside the country and present seminar and
academic papers on a wide range of themes and topical issues affecting the nation. And upon
retirement , Dasak went in to legal practice and was an active/financial member of the Nigerian
Bar Association (NBA), and a member of the Tarok Elders Forum. He is a member of the
following organizations, among numerous others: Plateau Project: Ngwang Ishi O Tarok (NIO)
and Gazum Cultural Economic and Social Development Organization (GACESDO).

Isaac Kargwak Dasak


Qualifications

LLB (HONS),University of Jos. BL, Nigerian Law School.


Professional Associations

 Nigerian Bar Association.


Isaac Kargwak Dasak esq is the Principal Partner in DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO
(Takbal Chambers), Executive Director GIG105, and Founder College Gig Initiative. Isaac is
passionate about helping others in his community through a mix of education and entertainment
(Edutainment). he also has experience in the areas of Banking Law; Commercial Law; Company
Law; Company Secretarial Services, Intellectual Property; Media Law; Tech Law and Real
Estate.
Outside the ambits of the legal profession, he has amassed experience in different areas In
Human and Social development and recently completed trainings in Scriptwriting, Agribusiness,
Monitoring & Evaluation, KoboToolbox, Elements of Psychosocial treatment, DPTC (Drug
Prevention Treatment and Care), Introduction to E-learning Theory and Practice, the Alison
Publisher Tool Training Course, Data For Better Lives:A New Social Contract. His interest in
Humanitarian activities has seen him Interned, Volunteered and worked closely with both Local
and International Organizations including: Saphira Global Center, Cinema Kpatakpata, Charis
Healthcare, Tearfund. Alison, World Bank Group, Uhive, ByTrade.

Kastomai Danladi Wuyep


Qualifications

LLB (HONS),University of Jos. BL, Nigerian Law School. LLM, (University of Jos).

Professional Associations

 Nigerian Bar Association.


Kastomai Wuyep is the Head of Chambers in DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO. He holds a
law honors degree and masters degree from University of Jos and was called to the Nigerian Bar
in 2016. His areas of expertise are Entertainment Law; Criminal Law; Information Technology
Law ; Company Law; Litigation and Real Estate. He has been involved on a number of
occasions in enlightening the public on the benefits of litigation and the effect on proper and
diligent prosecution of cases in court. He is actively working on avenues to change
governmental policies on the treatment of citizens in Police custody.

Bernard Duamlong
Qualifications

LLB (HONS), University of Jos. BL, Nigerian Law School.


Professional Associations

 Nigerian Bar Association.


Bernard Duamlong is an Associate Counsel in DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO. Bernard
specializes in all aspects of the Intellectual Property Law and Practice, especially as it relates to
searches, filings (in Africa & non African countries), registration, renewal, protection,
prosecution and enforcement.
Bernard offers advice to clients on the operation and application of Intellectual Property Laws in
Nigeria and is engaged in representing and ensuring the protection of the Intellectual Property
interest of a variety of clients. Aside from representing clients in obtaining and protecting their
copyrights, trademarks, patents and industrial designs, Bernard has carved a niche for himself in
the area of prosecuting trademarks, copyright, patent & design infringement cases.
Bernard manages trademark portfolios for local and international clients and offers advice to
trademark owners on the protection of their rights; he also represents trademark owners before
the Registrar of Trademarks.
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

Trademarks, Patents & Designs Registration, Renewal and Maintenance Intellectual Property
Law & Practice, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, Leases, Mortgages &
Conveyancing; Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Contracts; Company Law;
Constitutional Drafting; Corporate Law; Government; Human Rights Law; Information
Technology Law; Insurance Law;Litigation Practice; Entertainment Law.

DR.SYLVESTER S. DASAK & CO


No T14, Near Ecwa Church, Rigip, Abattoir.
P.O BOX, 1645,
Jos, Nigeria.
Phone: 08132652596, 07044275872
Email: info@dssd.com

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