Our lawyers have advised on several capital market transactions including offers for sale, rights issues, reverse acquisitions, state bond issuances Sukuk issuances, amongst others. Some of such Sukuk transactions include advising on the first sub-sovereign sukuk in Nigeria (which entailed the drafting of enabling laws for the issuance), registration of a mutual benefit fund to be invested in Sharia-compliant securities and exchange-traded fund tracking an Islamic Index on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Our capital market services include the reviewing/drafting of transactional documents such as vending agreements, issuing house agreements, underwriting agreement, trust deeds; prospectus etc; conducting due diligence investigations and preparing legal opinions on transactions.
Our firm is licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as capital market consultants in Nigeria