Banking, Corporate Finance, and Securities
Finance plays a critical role in the life of any business. Every day, businesses seek the best form of finance to enable them to achieve their goals/strategies.
By combining our commercial awareness with our sound legal expertise, we align our client’s business goals/strategies to deliver result-oriented decisions that help our clients achieve these goals/strategies
Our firm regularly advises clients on:
Commodity Finance
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- Corporate Finance
- Debt Factoring
- Equipment Leasing
- Mergers and Acquisition
- Private Equity
- Project Finance
- Structured Finance
Commercial Law and Company Secretariat Services
In a highly commercialized world like the one we live in, business owners seek to maximize profit and are faced with loads of challenges that make it almost impossible for them to grow their revenues and/or align their growth with their goals.
We work with all kinds of business entities within the meaning of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 including their boards, shareholders, lenders, and investors to achieve the best possible outcome for their business by providing best in class company secretarial services that are driven by our high regards for corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
In addition to company secretarial services, we provide:
- Regulatory and compliance services
- Intellectual Property
- Taxation
- Debt Recovery
- Immigration
- Obtaining permits and licenses
- Acquisition of property
- Employment and labour relation
Commodities, Energy, and Natural Resources
Commodities (both hard and soft) and other extractive minerals like oil and gas play a critical role in the economy of any nation.
In Nigeria, where we are based, the history of Nigeria would never be complete without mentioning its abundance of arable land, rich minerals, and oil and gas deposits. While oil and gas remain the mainstay of the economy there has been a steady and persistent drive to diversify the Nigerian economy to make other commodities contribute more to the national economy
Our firm possesses vast experience in handling commodities & extractive industry transactions. This includes:
Acquisition of licenses
Lease, sale, and/or securitization of commodities/industry licenses
Advice on mineral and natural resources project
Draft and/or review agreements relating to the industry
Provide legal opinions on policies that affect the industry
Act as transaction counsel in financing arrangement
Provide business and advisory services in joint ventures etc
Estate Planning, Family, and Probate
We operate a viral Estate Planning, family, and Probate Practice. Our lawyers possess the requisite skills to handle succession matters at all levels from family negotiations to court litigations.
Our team has the requisite experience and skill set in handling all kind of succession matters including:
Letters of Administration: we work closely with relatives and family members of the deceased, banks, stockbroking houses, pension fund administrators, Registrars, Insurance companies, and other financial institutions to process the grant or amendment of Letters of Administration where the deceased dies without a will.
We also verify the authenticity or otherwise of Letters of Administration granted by Courts in Nigeria.
Drafting and Processing of grant of probate (Will): We work with the Testator to draft and file wills and codicils. We also process the removal or addition of Executors of estates appointed by a will.
We provide other ancillary services like Lodgment of caveat, filing of renunciation of will, and acting as Executors of wills.
Dispute Resolution
In the course of our everyday life and business, disputes are inevitable our lawyers work closely with our clients to assess potential litigations and provide strategic and effective means to nip the situation at the bud.
In the event of failure of mediation, our lawyers possess the requisite capacity to handle and dispatch all forms of litigation from start to finish in a manner that is efficient and cost-effective to the client.
Our services range from litigation (both trial and appellate) to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to appearing before tribunals.
Our work experience includes:
- Labor and industrial matters
- Commercial contract disputes
- Tenancy matters
- Electoral Petitions
- Debt recovery
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency matters
- Probate and estate planning