Yunus Abdulsalam, SAN
Principal Partner
Senior Advocate of Nigeria
Yunus Abdulsalam SAN is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the founder and Principal Partner of Yunus Abdulsalam SAN & Co.
With more than a decade of robust practice, he is known for dissecting knotty legal issues with precision — across debt recovery, property, litigation, energy law, and constitutional matters.
Track record
He has recovered outstanding debts running into hundreds of millions of naira for AMCON — including from a former Niger-Delta governor — and remains a trusted recovery agent for one of the foremost commercial banks in Abuja.
NNPC instruction, 2020. Engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission to defend a multimillion-dollar suit filed by Zhejiang Pufa Group Building Material Limited.
Areas of focus
- Debt recovery, asset recovery and secured credit transactions
- Mortgage perfection, conveyancing and perfection of title
- Litigation and civil procedure, from trial courts to the appellate level
- Energy law, oil and gas, and telecommunications
- Constitutional and fundamental rights matters
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
Education
- Bayero University, Kano (BUK)
- University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
- Nigerian Law School
Publications
He writes on law and public affairs — see his articles and press coverage.
Professional memberships
- Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)
- Nigerian Bar Association
- African Bar Association