Why we're building Docket

Ask anyone in Lagos how they found their lawyer and you will almost always hear the same answer: somebody knew somebody. Referrals are how trust travels in Nigeria — and for good reason. But a market that runs entirely on personal networks locks out everyone outside those networks: the first-time property buyer, the founder registering her first company, the family navigating probate for the first time.

Docket is our answer. It is a transactional marketplace that connects clients with verified Nigerian lawyers and carries the engagement end-to-end — structured intake, counsel matching, transparent fees agreed upfront, payment held in escrow, and matter tracking through to closure and review.

Trust is the product

Everything in Docket is built around one question: what would make both sides trust a transaction with someone they have never met? For clients, that means verified counsel, fees agreed before work begins, and money that only moves when the work is confirmed done. For lawyers, it means serious clients with structured briefs, and certainty that the agreed fee is already secured before they invest their time.

We are launching with real estate and property law, corporate and commercial law, and family law — the matters Nigerians most often need help with — and expanding from there.