We See Through the Clutter and Get to the Heart of Issues

Our Firm has a robust and diverse experience in banking and business finance matters. Our Attorneys’ have advised borrowers, lenders and security providers, and possess a deep understanding of the legal and commercial issues that may possibly arise in the life of a financing or lending transaction. An in-depth local knowledge of the application of various statutes, with a wide understanding of international best practices, allows us to understand and anticipate potential legal and commercial risks that may arise in such transactions. Our attorneys have successfully handled large, complex and pioneering transactions across the public and private sectors, funds and investment houses, asset reconstruction companies as well as domestic and foreign commercial enterprises.

All our attorneys are fully conversant with all aspects of banking and business finance law in Nigeria, bringing to bear decades of experience and broad knowledge in a wide variety of areas, to assist in all clients’ financial service needs. We are proactive and manifest first rate business acumen as we guide our clients in meeting challenges and resourcefully taking up opportunities.

Core Strategic Areas

Incorporation and Licensing of Financial Institutions

Securitization and Asset Based Finance

Islamic Finance

Commercial Lending: Banking Transactions & Debt Restructurings

Corporate Finance (Debt & Equity)

Acquisition Finance

Project Finance

Real Estate Finance

Syndicated Financing (Local and International)

Restructuring and Insolvency

Receivership and AMCON related advisory

Government Contract Matters

Industrial Project Development & Finance

Foreign Exchange Transactions

Creditors’ Remedies, Bankruptcy & Work-Out

Derivatives & Structured Products

Debts & Claims Trading

Real Estate Restructuring

Trade Export and Commodity Finance

Providing Effective Solutions to All Stakeholders

We offer comprehensive, innovative and optimum services regarding the financing of enterprises in any sector of commerce and the economy. Our attorneys are experts in corporate and projects finance, with extensive national and international contacts and liaisons. We constantly innovate strategies, and believe strongly in raising the bar for excellence in all that we do. We effectively enable our clients take advantage of our varied expertise in scaling their businesses and organizations.

We Restructure, Ideate and Innovate

When good loans go bad, our attorneys are well versed in the procedures and strategies available to help maximize the lender’s recovery. In this regard, our Attorneys’ regularly advise on formal restructurings and informal workouts, having acted for corporate debtors and financial institutions in varied capacities. In addition, working with our Dispute Strategy team, we are able to offer a complete service on both contentious and non-contentious finance transactions. Accordingly, individuals, banks and other corporate clients can rely on us for assistance with work-outs and debt restructurings.