Technology is shaping the way financial institutions do business.

The banking and finance sectors, as well as the laws that regulate them, are dynamic and evolving globally. Moreover, rapidly expanding technology is shaping the way financial institutions do business, and big banks are adopting nimble and forward-thinking approaches and developing products that sync with the developing digital economy. Our financial lawyers remain at the forefront of banking law, regulatory, policy developments and technology advancements to navigate our financial law clients through rapidly changing terrain to seize new opportunities and achieve strategic goals.

We advise financial institutions, top multi-national companies and investors on the legal ramifications of cutting-edge finance transactions across various industries and provide guidance to Nigerian financial institutions on their day-to-day business operations. With our extensive experience and bespoke legal services, we can devise creative solutions and innovative strategies on challenging and complex transactions.

Our banking lawyers represent major Nigerian and international lending institutions, multi-lateral agencies, developmental financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, leasing companies, investment firms, private equity firms, conglomerates and other types of financial institutions. We represent them in some of the most dynamic and complex deals and at times plain vanilla transactions.

Our comprehensive banking and finance legal services include:

▪ Acquisition finance
▪ Aircraft leasing and financing
▪ Bilateral and syndicated lending
▪ Consumer finance
▪ Derivatives
▪ Fintech
▪ Infrastructure and project finance
▪ Islamic finance
▪ Leveraged finance
▪ Real estate finance
▪ Securitisations
▪ Shipping/vessel financing
▪ Structured trade finance