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Corporate, Securities & Finance

Corporate, Securities & Finance

We support businesses throughout their growth journey, from corporate structuring and commercial transactions to fundraising, investments and strategic partnerships — helping them access capital and build on sound legal and commercial foundations.

Access to capital depends on more than the quality of the business. Investors also need confidence that the company behind it is structurally, legally and operationally ready for scrutiny.

That readiness is where transactions are most often lost. A cap table nobody can reconstruct. Founder equity that was never properly issued. Intellectual property still sitting with a contractor who left two years ago. Statutory filings years behind. Related-party arrangements that were never documented. A holding structure that made sense for three people and does not work for the transaction now on the table.

Almost all of it is cheap to fix early and expensive to fix in the middle of a raise, under deadline, with an investor watching.

We work with companies before, during and after the transaction. Before, we put the corporate structure in order and prepare the business for the scrutiny it is about to face. During, we negotiate and document the deal. After, we integrate what was agreed into how the company actually runs — because investment documents that nobody implements create their own category of problem, usually discovered at the next round.

What distinguishes this practice is that we do not stop at the signature. A shareholders’ agreement with reserved matters nobody tracks, information rights nobody services and board obligations nobody has diarised is a liability rather than a protection. We build the governance that makes the documents work.

What we do

Corporate structuring

Company formation, incorporation and registration

Holding company design and group structuring

Group reorganisation and restructuring

Share issuance, cap table construction and clean-up

Founder, shareholder and equity arrangements

Management equity and incentive schemes

Fundraising and investment

Fundraise readiness and diligence preparation

Data room construction and documentation

Investor negotiation and term sheet advisory

Investment documentation — SAFEs, convertibles, subscription and shareholders’ agreements

Post-investment implementation and compliance

Transactions

Mergers, acquisitions and asset acquisitions

Divestments and exits

Joint ventures and strategic partnerships

Transaction diligence and coordination

Transaction documentation through to completion

Finance and commercial arrangements

Debt and financing documentation

Working capital and trade finance arrangements

Structured commercial finance transactions

Project and investment finance coordination

Commercial contracting and counterparty risk

Cross-border investment structuring and approvals

Securities and capital markets

Corporate, transactional and governance aspects of securities and capital market transactions

Documentation and regulatory preparation

Investor and stakeholder arrangements

We advise on the corporate, transactional, governance and documentation aspects of securities and capital market transactions, and work alongside appropriately licensed market professionals where a mandate requires regulated capital market services.

Common engagements

Corporate structure review and clean-up — bringing records, filings, equity and group structure into order

Fundraise readiness — cap table reconstruction, IP chain of title, compliance remediation, data room, diligence dry run

Transaction support — a raise, an acquisition, a divestment or a joint venture, from term sheet to close

Post-investment implementation — turning investment documents into functioning governance and reporting

Group restructuring — redesigning a holding structure for growth, investment or expansion

Financing documentation support — debt, trade and structured finance arrangements

Market entry structuring for foreign investors — entity selection, registration, investment approvals and capital importation

Who we work with

Growth-stage companies preparing for or completing investment. Founders and management teams navigating a transaction. Investors, funds and development finance institutions on the portfolio side. Established businesses restructuring, acquiring or expanding. Foreign entrants structuring an investment into Nigeria.

Relevant sectors

Financial Services & Fintech · Technology & Digital Platforms · Energy, Power & Natural Resources · Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness · Consumer, Retail & Digital Commerce