The firm advises clients on engagement with the Nigerian policymaking process and on the legal dimensions of public-sector activity.
Where law is being made, businesses with regulatory exposure need representation. The firm advises clients on engagement with the National Assembly, with federal ministries, with sectoral regulators, and with the policymaking apparatus that produces the rules under which they operate. This is a practice of representation, advocacy, and analysis — not lobbying in the casual sense, but structured legal engagement with the policymaking process.
Representation in legislative consultations, public hearings, and the formal processes by which proposed legislation is debated.
Engagement with sectoral regulators on rulemaking, regulatory consultations, and the development of supervisory frameworks.
Legal counsel on PPP transactions, concession agreements, and other structures involving cooperation between public-sector and private-sector parties.
Negotiation and execution of contracts with federal and state authorities, including the procurement processes that govern public-sector contracting.
Analysis of proposed and enacted policy, with translation into client-specific impact assessments and strategic implications.
The principal Nigerian authorities and tribunals we engage in this practice.