Our Practice Areas:
Corporate / Commercial
Energy / Natural Resources
Labour / Industrial Relations
Litigation / Arbitration
Data Protection Compliance
Taxation / Corporate Governance

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International Investment and Divestment

International Investment and Divestment

We’re more than a mere administrative extension. As a Firm that delivers service that’s a cut above the rest, we guide and represent major foreign clients in the manufacturing, investment, energy, and technology sectors as they establish business in Nigeria, either in partnership with Nigerians or through companies wholly owned by non-Nigerians.

We help our clients navigate all the regulatory requirements for running a business in Nigeria, as well as the practical business necessities.

As legal partner, we also act as correspondent firm to international firms and regularly carry out referral work on their behalf.

We regularly advise foreign direct investors on their various investment portfolios in the country, cutting across the Oil & Gas Industry, Fintech, Information-Technology/Telecommunications, Construction & Infrastructure Development, and more.

Our leading services:

  • Business permits
  • Expatriate quota allocations
  • Certificates of capital importation
  • Confirmation of capital inflow
  • Pioneer status
  • Approval of exemption from incorporation
  • Negotiation and execution of joint venture agreements with Nigerian parties
  • Preparation of pre-incorporation contracts
  • Formation and structuring of corporate entities
  • Shareholders agreements
  • Asset sales
  • Transfer of shares held by foreign or local entities
  • Technical and service contracts
  • Privatisation

Examples of the value we’ve delivered for clients

  • Represented a German power company in its acquisition of a majority stake in a Nigerian entity for the purpose of participating in a power project
  • Acted as local counsel to two different groups involved in the establishment of a four-star hotel in Port Harcourt and a first-rate secondary school
  • Represented a leading commercial bank in the recovery of a non-performing trade finance debt of approximately US$25 million, granted by a foreign bank to a local oil service company for the purchase of a vessel to service a contract with a major oil company