Solutions across the spectrum of legal services.
Our practice groups combine deep technical knowledge of the law with the practical judgement clients need to make confident decisions.
Each engagement is delivered with disciplined execution, clear assumptions, and predictable timelines.
Banking and Finance
We act for lenders, borrowers, financial institutions, regulators, and corporate clients across the full spectrum of finance work in Nigeria.
Our team handles syndicated lending, acquisition finance, structured finance, securitisations, project finance, and debt restructurings, supporting transactions from term sheet through enforcement.
Corporate and Commercial
We advise on company formation, group restructuring, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures, and ongoing corporate governance.
Our commercial contracting practice supports vendor, distribution, services, and partnership arrangements aligned to operational realities and risk tolerance.
Mergers and Acquisitions
We advise on public and private M&A, take-privates, carve-outs, and strategic investments across Nigerian and cross-border deals.
Our work spans due diligence, deal structuring, regulatory approvals, and post-completion integration, supported by strong sector knowledge in financial services, energy, FMCG, and technology.
Dispute Resolution
Our litigators and arbitrators handle the most significant commercial disputes in the Nigerian market, including shareholder claims, contractual breaches, regulatory enforcement, and cross-border arbitration.
We provide pre-action strategy, settlement negotiation, advocacy, and award enforcement, with a focus on preserving commercial relationships wherever possible.
Energy and Natural Resources
We support clients across the upstream, midstream, and downstream energy industry, including oil and gas, power, and the emerging energy transition.
Our work covers licensing, project documentation, gas sale and tolling arrangements, EPC contracting, project finance, and disputes, built on direct experience with Nigerian regulators.
Investigations, White Collar and Compliance
We conduct internal investigations into fraud, bribery, financial crime, and governance failures, and we advise on responses to regulatory and law-enforcement engagement in Nigeria.
Our compliance practice designs anti-bribery, sanctions, and AML programmes calibrated to Nigerian regulators and to multinational parent standards.
Tax
Our tax team advises on transaction structuring, withholding tax, transfer pricing, and engagement with the FIRS and state tax authorities.
We support audit defence, voluntary disclosures, and Tax Appeal Tribunal proceedings with a focus on outcomes that hold up commercially and on review.
Media, Entertainment, Technology and Intellectual Property
We advise on technology commercialisation, data protection, licensing, trademark protection, and content arrangements for media and entertainment clients.
Our IP practice supports brand owners, technology platforms, and creators with portfolio management, enforcement, and dispute strategy in Nigeria.
Competition and Antitrust
We provide pre-notification analysis, merger filings, and compliance counselling under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act.
Our team supports clients through investigations and enforcement engagement with the FCCPC, with a focus on practical compliance design.
Private Wealth and Family Office
We advise founders, families, and family offices on succession planning, trusts, holding structures, and intergenerational wealth transfer.
Our private wealth team works alongside corporate and tax colleagues to deliver coordinated advice on personal and business interests.