Our lawyers and consultants have a combined work experience spanning a broad spectrum of areas in law, business advisory and finance some of which include:

 

Petroleum and Energy

  • Advised on several issues that arise from downstream operations in the Nigerian petroleum industry;
  • Advised on: (1) the acquisition of a participating interest in Oil Mining Leases, Production Sharing Contracts, marginal fields and other assets in the oil and gas sector. 
  • Advised on lease of a Barge and sea-faring vessels as well as trading of Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
  • Advised on the applicability of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010 to its operations. This involved making a presentation to the Nigerian Content Board on behalf of the client;
  • Advised on the renewal of its Oil Mining Leases and the effect of the Petroleum Industry Bill on the renewal.
  • Advised on the acquisition of a power distribution company in the BPE-led privatization of the PHCN Successor companies;
  • Advised on the acquisition of a power generation company Limited in the ongoing BPE-led privatization of the PHCN Successor companies;
 

Finance and Securities

  • Advised on the merger of a number companies in various industries including, mobile communication, fashion, food and beverages, insurance, to mention but a few.
  • Advised on a securitization transaction involving about N5.6billion mortgage re-financing on full recourse basis.
  • Advised on issuance a Senior Secured Notes issuance transaction due in 2017 and warrants exercisable for the common shares of the Company;
  • Advised on a N5 Billion Unit Trust Scheme targeted at Nigerians in diaspora;
  • Advised on US$130 Million transaction for the acquisition of aircrafts;
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders on the financing and refinancing of the major real estate asset east of Nigeria;
  • Advised private placement of its shares to finance acquisition of four 4 oil blocks in Nigeria;
  • Advised on an Irrevocable & Unconditional US$600 million FG Guarantee Bond Issuance for the manufacturing and textile space;
  • Advised on the issuance of Enrolment Debenture instruments for a client in the educational sector;
  • Advised on a Senior Secured Notes issuance transaction due in 2019;
  • Advised on a multi-million dollar Reserved Based Lending Debt Facility;
  • Advised on a multi-jurisdictional private placement transaction to raise over US$50,000,000 for the development of its oil and gas assets;
 

Corporate Commercial

  • Advised on the corporate restructuring and implementation of Group Structure for multi-diversified business concerns.
  • Advised businesses, including start-ups, and amalgamated concerns, on tax-efficient structures.
  • Conducted legal searches and due diligence exercises on a number of target companies on behalf of international investor groups;
  • Conducted the winding up proceedings for a number of companies such as Technical Drilling and Production Services Ltd, Chipita Nigeria Ltd, Yellow Stone Electric Power Ltd;
  • Advised on tax, legal and regulatory framework for real estate investment in Nigeria.
  • Advised a number of oil and gas related businesses, and assisted in corporate structuring in compliance with the Nigerian Local Content Act;
 

Corporate Governance and Company Secretarial

  • Conducted a Corporate Governance performance review of the Board of a leading commercial bank in Nigeria.
  • Provided general secretarial duties to a number of corporate institutions and advised on compliance issues, for a number of blue chip companies like Bayer, Pfizer, NetcoDietsmann, Atlantic Fluids & Integrated Services, Sattrak Telematics, CFS West Africa Ltd, Chams Consortium Limited, One Network Agent Services Ltd, Southern Foods & Beverages Ltd, Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company PLC etc.
 

Information and Communications Technology

  • Advised a Front-end Partner to the National Identity Management Scheme (NIMS) on the personalization of Citizens’ security cards and other areas collaboration with NIMC on the National Identity Card project;
  • Advised technology firms on deployment of shared platforms for the finance and telecommunications spaces;
  • Advised the pioneer and industry leader in the agency-banking space on its capital restructuring and legal issues arising from its market repositioning;
  • Advised on the corporate restructuring and re-positioning of a major group of communication companies with satellite, free-to-air media companies with footprint extending to west, central and south Africa.