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A. CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL:
Companies, partnerships, sole proprietorship; asset purchase, sale leases, agency, distributorship and other contracts related to the operation of business in Nigeria; public company floats and other capital raisings; take-overs, mergers, reorganisations; joint ventures; advising on compliance with corporate legislation; business law and stock exchange requirements, establishing and maintaining subsidiaries and affiliates of foreign companies in Nigeria, contentious and non-contentious liquidation, receiverships, schemes of arrangement and reconstruction.
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B. BANKING AND CORPORATE FINANCE:
Banking law advice, loan and security documentation, asset-based finance, construction finance, off-balance sheet and lease transactions, project financing and leasing, debt instruments.
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C. OIL AND GAS:
Advice on the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector, advising on joint venture arrangements and legal documentation such as operating agreements, farm-in and farm-out agreements and technical assistance agreements, advising on compliance with the regulatory regime and environmental regulations, procuring requisite and licences, applications for conversions of OPLs to OMLs, advice on labour issues and community claims.
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D. LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION:
Disputes relating to commercial transactions, corporate affairs, banking, intellectual property, building and construction, contracts, employment, trade, criminal law, land law, and all other aspects of the Nigerian practice.
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E. SHIPPING:
Hull and cargo claims, contracts of affreightment, including bills of lading and charterparties, ship arrests, marine insurance, P & I insurance, sale and purchase contracts, ship building and ship repair contracts, ship mortgages, salvage and collision.
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F. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Registration, protection, use and enforcement of trademarks, copyright, patents, designs and trade secrets; licensing, technology transfer, media law, packaging, labelling, manufacturing and distribution agreements.
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G. PROPERTY LAW:
Drafting, preparing and reviewing legal documentation including loan security documentation, procuring Governor's consent, perfection of title, advising on structuring of property development transactions such as Lease and Development Schemes, Building Leases, Condominium and Co-operative type structures.
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H. SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Legal services in relation to the debt conversion, privatisation and commercialisation policies of the Nigerian Government, ship and aircraft financing.
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