Finance
Clarity, strategy, and precision in every transaction
Our Finance Practice Group works with lenders, borrowers, sponsors, and investors to structure and execute complex banking and financing transactions.
Our team members combine strong industry knowledge with an understanding of the regulatory environment to provide solutions that are commercially viable, legally sound, and meet clients’ strategic goals.
We advise on corporate lending, project and infrastructure financing, acquisition finance, debt and equity capital raising, securitisation, and trade finance. Our lawyers also regularly engage with financial regulators on licensing, compliance, and prudential matters.
We advise financial institutions, multinational corporations, and investors on complex and high-value finance transactions across different industries and jurisdictions.
Our Expertise
- Corporate finance and lending
- Project finance & infrastructure financing
- Financial regulatory advisory & compliance
- Restructuring & insolvency
Notable Engagements in Finance and Capital Markets
- Advised on the merger of several companies across diverse sectors, including mobile communications, fashion, food and beverages, and insurance.
- Advised on a securitization transaction involving approximately ₦5.6 billion in mortgage refinancing on a full-recourse basis.
- Advised a syndicate of lenders on the financing and refinancing of a major real estate asset in Eastern Nigeria.
- Advised on an irrevocable and unconditional US$600 million Federal Government Guarantee Bond issuance for the manufacturing and textile industries.
- Advised on the issuance of enrolment debenture instruments to support funding in Nigeria’s education sector.
- Advised on a multi-jurisdictional private placement raising over US$50 million for the development of oil and gas assets.
- Provided specialized training to the legal department of a top-tier bank on contingent liability governance, risk mitigation, and deployment.
- Collaborated with the Central Bank of Nigeria to design a pioneering securitization model aimed at unlocking dead capital in Nigeria through mortgage-backed securities.
- Supported the National Assembly of Nigeria in drafting the country’s Securitization Bill, currently at the final stage of passage into law.
- Advised on an US$8.33 million blended finance transaction involving a Nigerian State counterparty.
- Advised on a US$880 million residential pass-through bond program.
- Advised a leading Nigerian financial institution on a US$94 million mortgage refinancing transaction.
- Advised on a US$228 million structured debt financing transaction with a U.S. Development Finance Institution, supported by a sovereign guarantee.
