We are a leading Capital Market law firm in Nigeria and our capital markets practice covers the full range of capital markets products and incorporates specialists in debt and equity capital markets, derivatives and structured finance, securitization, corporate trust and agency and high yield.

Not many practices can match our top tier position across the full range of capital market service offerings. Integrated into our capital markets practice is a group of dual qualified lawyers who specialize in all kinds of securities law. In addition, several of our lawyers play leading roles in our Corporate Finance group.

As a top capital market law firm, we are innovative, creative and renowned for our first-class service delivery. Our capital markets lawyers draw on deep product expertise and regularly work alongside our regulatory, banking and finance, litigation, restructuring and other specialist teams to develop innovative solutions for our clients. We often incorporate precedent-setting financing techniques that lead the industry.

We bring practical judgment and insightful perspective to counselling senior management, boards and internal legal and compliance departments. It has been our experience that working together with our corporate clients on their periodic SEC filings and compliance matters has contributed greatly to our understanding of their business, which has in turn considerably enhanced our level of service.

Our Areas of Expertise include:

• Business advisory and regulatory compliance
• Initial public offerings
• Venture capital and other private placements
• Trust preferred offerings
• Convertible and equity-linked securities
• Cross-border securities transactions
• Joint venture schemes
• General contracts