Our vision is to be a leading provider of integrated professional services to a select group of discerning clients.
Our mission is to use all our resources to meet the needs of our clients with absolute commitment to speedy service delivery and excellence.
MAJOR AREAS OF PRACTICE AND CLIENTS' SEGMENTS:
1. CORPORATE PRACTICE UNIT
The firm has developed a wide and great level of expertise and proficiency in corporate practice spanning from incorporation of companies, advertising clients on matters falling within other general areas of General Corporate and Commercial Law concerning the operations of business in Nigeria acquisitions and disposals of shares or assets (legal due diligence, negotiation of purchase and sales agreements, obtaining all government or administrative consents), private equity, capital transactions (capital increases, issuance of securities, etc), and purchase of distressed companies.
2. FINANCE INDUSTRY UNIT
The firm provides legal support and services to a number of leading banking and financial institutions.
Our areas of practice specialty include:
i. Registration and Licensing
ii. Bank securities
iii. Debt recovery/factoring
iv. Banker/customer relationship
v. Legal advice and opinion
vi. Receivership/insolvency/bankruptcy practice
3. PROPERTY CONSULTANCY UNIT
The firm represents property developers, institutional and private investors, lenders and other parties in various aspects of Real Estate transactions including conveyance acquisitions, depositions, leasing, recovery of premises, joint ventures and conventional and securitized financing.
We have access to a vast and highly specialized data bank of precedents in the field of conveyance, real estate, commercial property, and mortgage financing which ensures that clients benefit from our ability to rapidly create form and structures to meet their diverse needs.
4. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: REGULATORY AFFAIRS UNIT
The firm advises and guides investors and their professional advisers (foreign and local) on the regulatory regime for doing business in Nigeria. We advise on compliance procedures and practice, we file, process and obtain requisite licence permits and authorizations and offer immigration advice and processing services.
We act for government and its agencies and have over the years acted for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigerian Prisons, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) etc.
5. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
The firm handles a wide range of general civil, land (property) and criminal cases. It is involved in corporate and commercial cases and is active but not limited to areas of company disputes, debt recovery, infringement of trademarks, insolvency, property and commercial disputes in general.
With a highly skilled and experienced litigation and disputes resolution team, our initial approach is to define the goals and objectives of the client and then select the approach best suited to achieve the desired results for the client.
The firm from time to time advises as to contentious employment laws, industrial relation issues, and conduct that may lead to or result in litigation.
6. OTHERS
Tax consultancy services, Admiralty, Oil & Gas, Shipping/Arbitration, etc. are built into our service delivery processes. Our firm is also committed to doing pro bono work in aid of charitable and humanitarian causes.
REFEREES
1. HON. JUSTICE F.O. ATILADE
Chief Judge of Lagos State,
Lagos State, Nigeria
2. PROFESSOR EFOSA OSAGHELE
Head of Department of History
Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma
Edo State, Nigeria
BANKERS
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK
ECOBANK NIGERIA PLC
SKYE BANK PLC
INSURERS
AIICO
MUTUAL BENEFITS ASSURANCE PLC
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