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Commercial & Public Sector Practice

  • Company Start-Up & Pre-Investment Advice
The Nigerian legal framework is complex. This is because the Nigerian legal system is an amalgamation of English common law, Islamic law and traditional indigenous precepts. We help our clients to navigate through the murky waters of regulations, regulatory agencies, government circulars, white and green papers etc to determine how best the client’s investment could be operated under the existing and projected legal framework of the country.
  • Oil & Gas (Legal & Compliance)

Our robust oil & gas practice gives value support to clients in this sector. Clients in the downstream sector find us extremely useful in navigating the bottlenecks of regulatory issues and compliance. Having nurtured companies in the midstream sector, our lawyers have the expertise in preparing clients for the rigours of entering and thriving in the upstream sector. Be it regulatory compliance, marginal fields bid, PPMC, DPR permits or Depot license or operation of a petroleum products storage facility, we are more than equipped provide the needed support which spans beyond legal and business advisory services taking into consideration the peculiarity of the Nigeria Oil & Gas landscape.

 

  • Legal Advisory Services

Legal advisory services is synonimous to insuring your assets from all sorts of envisaged risks. Our experience has shown that CEOs only prepare for known risks such as market risks, foreign exchange risks etc., forgetting the extreme importance of legal risks arising form contracts, MOUs, or extant regulations that they inadvertently flout. We set up a team of legal forensic experts grounded in the investigation and review of companies\’ business with view to helping clients navigate the unknown terrain of legal risk. In other words, we see the problem before they even realise there may be a problem.

 

  • Project Finance and Private Equity

 

  • Legal Risk Analysis And Investigation

Legal risk is synonymous to insuring your assets from all sort of envisage risks. After having discovered that CEOs only prepare for known risks such as market risks, foreign exchange risks etc, forgetting the extreme importance of legal risk arising from contracts, MOUs or extant regulations that they inadvertently flout. We set up a team of legal forensic experts grounded in the investigation and review of companies business with view to helping clients navigate the unknown terrain of legal risk. In other words, we see the problem before they even realise there may be a problem.

 

  • Contract Structuring /Review &Analysis

 

  • Private-Public Partnership
With over $800 billion required for infrastructure development in Nigeria through 2030, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is clearly going to be one of the key factors that catalyse  infrastructure development in Nigeria. As a law Firm we have horned our expertise in advising on the appropriate structure to carry out the PPP project. Whether it is financing issues, setting up of SPV or the issues surrounding the operation of the relationship of all parties. We are well equipped to advise on whether to enter into a JVA or set up an SPV to run the project or decide on what type of Concession would best suit the parties. We do not stop at advising and setting up the process, we assist in setting up the appropriate stricture and policies that continue to help parties through the relationship.
  • Corporate Restructuring

 

  • Government Agencies Liaison Services

 

  • Public Sector Regulatory Support

 

  • Capital Market Services

 

  • Mergers, Acquisition and Divestment.

PARTNER: Ajibola Edwards

The Firm is also conversant with the provisions and requirements of Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and other Offences Commission Act, United States Foreign Commission Pra

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