Our Corporate, Commercial and M&A practice is at the core of our service offering, providing clients with comprehensive legal and business support to achieve their strategic objectives in Nigeria’s competitive market. We advise on the full spectrum of corporate and commercial matters, ranging from business formation, governance, and regulatory compliance to complex transactional work.

We guide clients through mergers, acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring with a balance of technical expertise and commercial insight. Our team handles both inbound investments and local consolidations, ensuring efficient deal execution and strict compliance with regulatory requirements. We also provide corporate governance advisory, due diligence, and transaction structuring to ensure clients make informed decisions that mitigate risk while capturing business opportunities.

Beyond transactional mandates, we support businesses in their day-to-day operations by drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts. These include shareholder and joint venture agreements, distribution and supply contracts, franchising arrangements, technology licensing, outsourcing agreements, and service-level contracts. We also advise on compliance with sector-specific regulations to ensure that commercial arrangements are legally sound and commercially effective.

Our Corporate Governance advisory sits at the heart of this practice. We help companies establish strong frameworks that support accountability, transparency, and sustainable growth. We advise boards of directors, senior management, and shareholders on structuring governance systems that comply with Nigerian corporate law and regulatory codes while aligning with international best practices. This includes guidance on board composition and responsibilities, directors’ duties, shareholder rights, disclosure obligations, annual general meetings, shareholder activism, and conflict-of-interest management. Beyond compliance, we support clients in embedding governance as a driver of performance, with counsel on board charters, succession planning, risk management, ESG reporting, and ethics frameworks.

We also provide regulatory and compliance advisory, helping clients identify, manage, and prevent risks associated with regulatory issues, corporate misconduct, and governance failures. Our services include internal investigations, compliance reviews, enforcement defense, and representation before regulatory authorities. We assist during multi-agency inquiries or overlapping oversight regimes and design tailored compliance frameworks to meet Nigeria’s evolving regulatory expectations. We regularly advise on anti-bribery and corruption laws, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, data protection, competition law, and sector-specific regulations, ensuring clients maintain integrity, efficiency, and stakeholder confidence.

Our clients include startups, mid-sized companies, and multinationals operating in industries such as consumer goods, fintech, manufacturing, energy, and technology. We regularly engage with regulators including the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to secure approvals and maintain compliance.

With deep local knowledge and an understanding of global business practices, our Corporate, Commercial and M&A team is trusted for its ability to combine rigorous legal analysis with practical deal-making, governance, and compliance expertise. We are committed to helping clients grow, diversify, and sustain long-term value through clear, strategic, and business-oriented solutions.