Abuja · Federal Capital Territory · Nigeria
The firm represents lenders, borrowers, issuers, and arrangers across the spectrum of Nigerian banking and capital markets transactions.
Capital is the bloodstream of every meaningful business and infrastructure programme. The firm advises on the legal architecture that lets capital move — from bilateral loan facilities to syndicated lending, from private placements to public offerings, from straightforward debt to structured finance arrangements with complex collateral and waterfall provisions.
Bilateral and syndicated lending, term loans, working capital facilities, and revolving credit. Security packages, intercreditor arrangements, and covenant negotiation.
Debt and equity offerings under SEC Nigeria rules, including IPOs, bond issuances, rights issues, commercial paper, and private placements.
Securitisations, project finance, asset-backed lending, and structured products requiring complex collateral and waterfall provisions.
Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruments, capital raises for regulated institutions, and the CBN approvals that govern bank capital actions.
Licensing for payment service providers, MMOs, and digital lenders. Sponsor bank arrangements and the regulatory perimeter of fintech business models.
The principal Nigerian authorities and tribunals we engage in this practice.
