Our experience:

Banking and financial services

• Legal, Advisory and transaction support services to an investment firm on the acquisition of three non-core subsidiaries of a Nigerian bank.
• Advisory and transaction support services to a core investor in one of Nigeria’s oldest deposit money banks in the acquisition of a controlling interest in the bank
• Advisory work to the CBN on the consolidation programme in the banking sector.
• Start up advisory and transaction support work for 2 leading private equity companies in Nigeria with substantial offshore participation.
• Start up advisory services relating to the proposed establishment of the Representative Office of an international funds transfer company.
• Advisory and transaction support to the CBN on establishment and start-up of the African Finance Corporation.
• Advisory opinion and transaction support services in structuring several foreign loan agreements with substantial tax benefits to clients.
• Deal advisory and transaction support work, including preparation of relevant documentation, for investment by various private equity companies.
• Advice to a leading private equity company in Nigeria on the establishment of a small and medium scale enterprises fund and fund manager.
• Independent counsel opinions to offshore banks in relation to foreign currency denominated loans made to Nigerian entities.
• Advisory and transaction support services relating to capital raising including preparation of the requisite documentation for primary and secondary capital market transactions.
• Advisory, negotiation and documentation work relating to public debt offers.
• Advisory work on the listing of a Fund on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
• Advisory work on the pension regulation.
• Advisory work on foreign exchange regulation and foreign exchange related transactions.
• Sundry services to banks, including perfection of mortgage transactions/documentation.