BusinessDay
15 May 2026
"Nigerian fintech firms face new compliance perimeter as CBN tightens framework"
Richard Jones Onyeneho, founder of O.J | Richards + Co., described the revised framework as "the most substantive shift in Nigerian capital movement regulation in nearly a decade." He noted that the practical effect for inbound investors would be felt in CCI documentation timelines rather than in the substantive availability of capital movement.
Quoted in feature piece on Nigerian fintech regulation
Premium Times
3 May 2026
"Boards still underestimating NDPA compliance risk, lawyers warn"
Speaking to Premium Times, a partner at O.J | Richards + Co. observed that "the gap between data protection programmes that exist on paper and data protection programmes that would survive a regulatory examination is wider than most boards realise — and that gap is what the NDPC has begun to focus on."
Featured in NDPA enforcement analysis
Financial Times Africa
22 April 2026
"Abuja law firms position for cross-border investment surge"
The firm was profiled as one of a new generation of Abuja-based law firms positioning around the federal regulatory perimeter. The piece highlighted the firm's combination of Nigerian fluency and international standards of execution as a model that international investors increasingly seek.
Profiled in feature on Nigerian legal market
The Guardian Nigeria
12 April 2026
"Real estate joint ventures: legal architecture matters more than capital structure"
In an opinion contribution, the firm argued that the Land Use Act framework continues to define the boundary of what is structurally feasible in Nigerian real estate joint ventures — and that sophisticated structures address this rather than work around it.
Op-ed contribution by Richard Jones Onyeneho
Lawyard
5 April 2026
"Mid-market Nigerian law firms challenge incumbents on cross-border mandates"
The publication examined the rising profile of mid-sized Nigerian law firms in cross-border M&A and capital markets work, citing O.J | Richards + Co. among the firms displacing larger incumbents on certain mandate categories.
Featured in legal industry analysis
Vanguard
28 March 2026
"Tax controversy with FIRS: when negotiation works and when it doesn't"
A partner from the firm contributed analysis on the practical contours of tax controversy with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, distinguishing matters where negotiated settlement is realistic from those where Tax Appeal Tribunal proceedings are unavoidable.
Expert contribution to feature
