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Regulated industries in Nigeria operate within a dense and evolving framework of federal authorities, sectoral regulators, and statutory obligations. The firm's regulatory practice helps clients navigate that framework with confidence — translating regulatory requirements into operational reality, anticipating areas of supervisory focus, and representing clients when regulatory questions become formal investigations.

Services

What we do in this practice

Licensing & Authorisation

Initial applications and renewals before CBN, SEC, NDIC, NCC, NDPC, and FRC. We prepare licensing dossiers, manage regulator queries, and shepherd applications to grant.

Ongoing Compliance

Compliance programme design, policy drafting, internal training, and the periodic reviews that distinguish a real compliance function from a paper one.

Regulatory Investigations

Representation in formal investigations and supervisory examinations, including document production, witness preparation, and settlement negotiation.

Regulatory Change

Monitoring and translation of new regulations into client-specific impact assessments and implementation plans.

Cross-Border Coordination

Coordination with international regulators where Nigerian operations touch foreign supervisory perimeters.

Authorities

Regulators & tribunals

The principal Nigerian authorities and tribunals we engage in this practice.

  • CBN — Central Bank of Nigeria
  • SEC — Securities and Exchange Commission
  • NDIC — Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • NCC — Nigerian Communications Commission
  • NDPC — Nigeria Data Protection Commission
  • FRC — Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
  • FIRS — Federal Inland Revenue Service
  • CAC — Corporate Affairs Commission
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