Commercial Law, Banking Loan Syndication and Insurance Law, Corporate Project and Trade Finance, Equipment Leasing and Asset Financing

Commercial Law, Banking and Insurance Law, International Project, Development and Trade Finance, Loan Syndication Equipment Leasing and Asset Financing

The firm specializes in the structuring and preparation of a variety of agreements, financial and ther documentation for single or multi-currency denominated facilities for Nigerian and International Banks and on International Project and Development Finance for Private and International Finance Organisations and Export Credit Agencies.

Particular attention is given to the creation and perfection of security for these financing arrangements. Considerable in-house expertise and experience has been amassed in this area of the law, equipping us to effectively represent the interests of either borrowers or lenders in these transactions. On the side of the lenders, our Principal Partner and one of our Consultants have at various times since the early eighties acted as a Special Counsel for a variety of investment projects for the International Finance Corporation (IFC an independent member of the World Bank Group) and the World’s largest source of direct project financing for private investments in developing countries. They have acted in similar capacities for African Development Bank assisted projects, D.E.G, F.M.O., these being the Danish, German, and Dutch government Development Finance Organisations, British Export Credits Guarantee Department and Merrill Lynch and for the World Bank. We have the in-house competence to structure and advise on a whole range of insurance and re-insurance related matters with particular regard to the Oil and Gas sectors as well as the Aviation Industry.