Our firm avails our clients a wide range of legal services, advising on business ideas, formation, operation, consolidation, diversification of investments, assets and property acquisition, prompt compliance with governmental regulatory orders etc. We can also act as the solicitors to the issue of fresh capital, advise on private placements and others means of fund raising. Essentially our head of chambers, being a man with vast experience in and out of government of Nigeria and most importantly in the financial institutions, is equipped with meaningful contacts and thus enjoys good working relationship with governmental bodies, banks, and industry regulators. This is of considerable added value to our clients both in Nigeria and overseas.
Some of our clients include Central Bank of Nigeria, First Bank, Union Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank to name just a few. We have handled receiverships for some of them, perfection of securities, tripartite mortgage agreements, loan syndication amongst many other services. We were one of the firms briefed by the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to wind up some of the failed banks (namely Lead Bank, Metropolitan Bank and Gulf bank) who could not recapitalize up to the twenty five billion naira (N25B) threshold as required by CBN. We were also the sole legal adviser/ consultant to one of the biggest manufacturing industries in Nigeria i.e. the West African Portland Cement Co between 1995 – 1997. At present, we are handling a three billion naira (N3B) arbitration dispute for one of the above mentioned clients.