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.