Government Relations: Regulatory Affairs

Government Relations: Regulatory Affairs

The Firm advises and guides investors and their professional advisers (foreign and local) on the regulatory regime for doing business in Nigeria. We advise on compliance procedures and practice, ile process and obtain requisite licence permits and authorisations and offer immigration advice and processing services.

Members represent clients before regulatory and administrative bodies and acts as liaison between clients and various agencies of government at State and Federal levels.

Key members or Resources Persons of the firm commenced their legal careers in the public sector and some have held political and/or public office at State and Federal levels. Their rsonal kowledge of the workings of government and the various regulatory agencies, the combined pool of in-house experience garnered over the years from a history of similar transactions, coupled with the considerable goodwill and reputation nurtured and sustained over the year by these members enable the firm to provide clients with an expeditions and cost effective service in this area of practice here the existence of goodwill at various levels of the system is an essential attribute.

We equally assist Foreign Diplomatic Missions, Trade Groups, International organisations and NGOs and its agencies and other aspects of their operations.

Regulatory agencies we relate to include the Corporate Affairs Commission, Security & Exchange Commission, the Stock Exchanges, Utilities Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal and State Environmental Protection Agencies, Department of Petroleum Resources, National Investment Promotion Commission, Land Registries at the Federal, State and Local Government levels, Commissioners for Stamp Duties and Tax authorities.