Mergers and Acquisitions

Our Practice Areas:

Corporate / Commercial

Energy / Natural Resources

Labour / Industrial Relations

Litigation / Arbitration

Data Protection Compliance

Taxation / Corporate Governance

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We draw from our comprehensive store of legal expertise and experience, and combine it with our thorough understanding of the realities of strategic business decisions in Nigeria to walk our clients through the entire merger or acquisition process to a successful conclusion.

Our leading services:

Selection of the most appropriate structure
Legal risk analysis
Due diligence
Complete documentation production or review, including financing documents
Transfer of intellectual property assets
Labour relations issues
Service contracts administration
Representation in related litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings

Examples of the value we’ve delivered for clients

Advised the purchaser in a N56 billion bank merger, which required litigation and participation in court-ordered meetings
Conducted due diligence, and prepared and reviewed all essential documentation to support our client in the acquisition of a 20% stake in a major bank
Advised the purchaser in a shareholders’ buyout of a petroleum development company
Acted as solicitors to a purchaser in the acquisition of a corporate entity in order to acquire a third target asset
Served as transaction counsel to an indigenous exploration and production company in its acquisition of three oil mining leases from divesting multinationals, and provided the following services: due diligence on the assets, advice on ministerial consent in relation to assignments under the Petroleum Act, advice on raising debt and equity financing, preparation of bid documents, oversight of the tendering process, and review of all existing contracts and operating agreements related to the acquisition