Corporate & Commercial Law
We provide curated solutions in businesses in Complex Commercial Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Company Law & Secretarial Services and Tax.
i. Mergers & Acquisitions
We take great interest in understanding our clients’ interests and business objectives and offer a collaborative approach in closing complex transactions. We understand local and cross-border transactions and the challenges that businesses face in aligning the differing business structures to the local regulatory regime. Our Managing Partner is well versed with international, regional and local competition law and regulatory environment and has advised clients in cross border Private M&As throughout the entire M&A Cycle. Where necessary, we bring on board our network of experts in the African Region to provide sector specific insights to ensure our clients’ needs are protected. Our expertise in this area includes Acquisition Financing, Takeovers, Defence in Hostile Transactions, Leveraged & Management Buyouts, M&A Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Reorganizations.
ii. Private Equity and Venture Capital.
We fully appreciate the potential that the digital and innovation economy presents. We understand the transformative power of ideas and their ability to transform our lives. We advise start-ups on financing to enable them see their ideas come to life.
Our partnerships with Private Equity and VC firms gives us an edge and experience to guide tech-preneurs through their early stages. We are proud to see our clients’ transformative ideas come to life. The critical matters that we focus on are; raising seed capital, attracting and retaining talent as well as monetization of innovators.We have partnered with non-legal P.E Advisory firms who bring in technical expertise on business valuations, financials & projections and tax advisory.
iii. Commercial Transactions.
We provide expert advisory in commercial transactions to both private and public entities. Our team works tirelessly to ensure even the most complex commercial deals are curated in the simplest manner to ensure our clients understand each and every step.
We have drafted complex power purchase agreements, water purchase agreements, international construction agreements and financing deals. We also provide legal advisory in contentious complex commercial transactions, both at the administrative and judicial level.