Where Nigerians start when they need a lawyer.

The problem we are solving

Most Nigerians with a legal problem have no obvious place to start. They don’t know which lawyer to look for, where to find one, or how to explain what has happened. They ask friends, scroll Instagram and hope for the best.

Lawyers see the other side of it. Enquiries arrive half explained, or for the wrong area of law, and sorting them takes time.

Call Christy is built to be the starting point for both sides.

How it works

1. A person describes their problemThey pick from 11 areas of law, add their location and explain what happened in their own words.
2. Our team reviews the requestEvery request is read by a person before anything happens next.
3. An approved lawyer is assignedOnly lawyers we have approved take part, and each sees only the requests assigned to them.
4. Progress is sharedThe lawyer posts updates and the client follows them on a personal dashboard.

This is live today at getcallchristy.com: client accounts with email verification, a lawyer application and approval process, an admin centre for our team, and role-based security so everyone sees only what belongs to them. Call Christy Limited is incorporated.

Where this is going

This is version one. Next come mobile apps for iPhone and Android, smarter matching of requests to lawyers, and dedicated dashboards for law firms. The ambition is a national platform that people across Nigeria know and trust. The partners who help build it from the start will share in what it becomes.

What SBP would receive

An ownership stake

A stake in Call Christy Limited that grows as the company grows.

Founding Partner status and an advisory role

A voice in the company’s major decisions.

The first chance to invest again

Priority to take part in future funding rounds.

A say in professional standards

Input on lawyer verification, privacy and the rules that govern the platform.

Early access to new tools

Including the law-firm dashboard, with a hand in designing it.

Anonymised insight

What legal problems people face, and where.

Regular investor reports

Sign-ups, requests, assignments and how funds are used.

Recognition only if SBP wants it

Any public use of the firm’s name is SBP’s choice and needs its written approval.

What investment would unlock

A good product still needs to be seen and trusted. Investment would fund a full launch and growth plan.

• Paid advertising. Google and YouTube ads for people searching for a lawyer, Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp ads, TikTok videos about everyday legal problems, and billboards at a later stage.
• Creators and ambassadors. Our proposed influencers are Timi Agbaje, Layi Wasabi and Oga the Lawyer, law and finance voices with large Nigerian audiences. They may serve as Call Christy brand ambassadors. Alongside them we will explore micro-influencers who reach their own communities, to learn which content and trends work best.
• Real voices. Interviewers at public events asking people, “Have you ever needed a lawyer? What happened?” The stories live on our website and social pages.
• Search, press and communities. Helpful articles, press coverage, and awareness sessions with universities and business groups.
• The platform itself. Security, maintenance, improvements and the mobile apps.

We track every step from ad to sign-up to submitted request, so investors can see what is really working and not only how many people watched a video. All legal content is reviewed before it goes out and gives general awareness only, never advice on someone’s case.

How it would work

The amount, the size of SBP’s stake and its rights would be agreed together and written down.

Founding Partners come first. SBP would be the first to invest, the first to see every new tool, and the first to be consulted on the company’s direction, including how and when other firms are admitted. Founding Partners help shape Call Christy while it is still being shaped.

Other firms will join over time, and that is good for SBP too. A platform that covers more areas of law and more cities helps far more people, which grows the company SBP owns a share of. It also keeps Call Christy trusted by the public, because people can see that requests go to the lawyer best suited to their matter and not to a single firm.

Investment funds the growth of the platform: advertising, creators, the mobile apps and the team behind it. Requests are assigned by suitability for the matter, which is what keeps clients and the profession trusting the platform. As the first firm on it, SBP’s lawyers are the first we can assign suitable requests to.

Protecting SBP and its clients

A law firm must be careful about its name, and we take that seriously.

• Call Christy is not a law firm and never gives legal advice.
• Every lawyer is checked for enrolment and practising status before approval.
• Each lawyer makes their own decisions on every matter, including conflict checks.
• Client information stays confidential, goes only to the assigned lawyer, and is handled in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act.
• SBP’s name and logo appear publicly only if SBP asks and approves it in writing.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.