Practice Areas

Based in Lagos, Nigeria's business capital, DETAIL is totally committed to your business objectives and reputed for dealing with the minutiae. We immerse ourselves in your business plans and roadmaps, adding value to your transactions in a comprehensible and tangible manner.

CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW

The Firm's corporate and commercial advisory services underpin its entire practice and includes:

  • Setting Up Businesses
  • Negotiating transactions
  • Structuring Partnerships & Joint Ventures
  • Dealing with Regulators on clients' behalf
  • Contracting and Legal Advisory Requirements
  • Investigations & Due Diligence
  • Regulatory and Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate Secretarial and Fiduciary Services.
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Real Estate and Construction

DETAIL has expertise in all aspects of Real Estate in Nigeria including Sales; Leases & Acquisition; Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS); Development & Construction Projects and Lending & Securitization. Some recent transactions in this area are:

  • Real Estate Foreign Direct Investment: Advising a U.S. company on transaction structure and in negotiations for direct investment and redevelopment of its real estate portfolio in Nigeria. This project was valued at 150million USD.
  • Beulah Acres: A multi-party Joint Venture Residential Real Estate Investment Scheme utilizing a Special Purpose Vehicle.
  • Warri Industrial Park: A 320million USD urban regeneration project involving the Delta State Government and a group of private investors aimed at establishing a first class Business and Residential facility on the outskirts of Warri, Delta State.
  • Real Estate Portfolio Acquisition: Superintending a confidential direct foreign investment to acquire a Nigerian real estate portfolio in excess of 100million USD over a 36 month period.
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Oil & Gas

DETAIL has serviced operators and marketers in the Industry with clients such as Addax, Chevron and Total. We have also advised confidential clients on the following:

  • Nigerian Marginal field acquisitions;
  • A European oil major on contracts relating to Gas to Power conversion opportunities in Nigeria; and
  • Due diligence for a confidential client and propective Farmee on an Oil block.
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POWER

DETAIL has been involved in different aspects of the power industry including gas to power conversion; carbon credits; regulatory review and more. Some of our work in this area includes:

  • Legal Consultants to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) - the Federal Electricity Regulator - in developing the network transmission Agreements to create a seamless framework for the administration and regulation of power transmission in Nigeria.
  • Advising Agbara Estates Limited on Gas Supply & Purchase agreements with Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG).
  • Advising the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Gas Supply & Purchase Agreements with Shell Nigeria Gas and Rivers State Ministry of Power.
  • Start Up Advisory: Procuring an Independent Power Producer's (IPP) licence for Coronation Power Limited.
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PROJECT FINANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

DETAIL is renowned for its excellent antecedents in Project Finance, Infrastructure & Public Private Partnerships - showing leadership with novel transactions and its role in growing the legal/regulatory environment:

  • Badagry Resort Project: Advising a U.S. company in its negotiations with the Lagos State Government for a public private partnership scheme aimed at developing a Resort Centre for a historic coastal town.
  • Lagos Urban Light Rail: Advising the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority on the first State Government Urban Light Rail concession in Nigeria
  • FERMA Road Maintenance Concessions: Advising the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency on Nigeria's first Federal road maintenance concession.
  • Greater Port Harcourt Authority Law: Reviewing the Draft Law establishing the Greater Port Harcourt Authority.
  • State & Federal PPP Regulations: Advising on the institutional and regulatory framework and drafting PPP regulations at Federal and State Government levels.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT

DETAIL has a thriving Intellectual Property practice, which underpins its pioneering role in Nigeria's Media & Entertainment and Technology Law. In particular, our Media & Entertainment practice is at pace with the growth of Nigeriaís Entertainment Industry:

  • Project Famecorp: Advising on the establishment of a mega entertainment company (FameCorp Limited) inspired by artists to pioneer industry innovation, increase global branding of Nigeria's cultural products, and act as a profit centre for Nigerian artistes.
  • The Firm is also currently advising an offshore Company with proprietary interests on a popular T.V Game show on Nigerian T.V (Zain Africa Challenge) on their Intellectual Property and Corporate Commercial issues.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES, CAPITAL MARKET AND PRIVATE EQUITY

The Firm has a strong practice in Corporate Finance; Lending & Securitization; Capital Market transactions such as Bonds, Public Offers and Private Placements; Corporate Restructuring and Mergers & Acquisitions. Some of our recent transactions in these areas are:

  • N1.5 Billion Private Placement by Assetwise Capital Limited - a private equity firm.
  • Imo State N40 Billion Naira Infrastructure Bond - Solicitor to the Trustee.
  • Kaduna State N15 Billion Naira Infrastructure Bond - Solicitor to the Trustee.
  • Advising Nalby Cie SA - the core investor - on the acquisition of West African Glass Industry.
  • West Africa Glass Industry PLC - a simultaneous offer of shares by private placement/rights issue worth N679.8 million - Solicitor to the Company.
  • Champion Breweries Rights Issue worth N1.5 Billion - Solicitor to the Company.
  • Restructuring by Asset Transfer for a Food & Beverage Manufacturing Conglomerate: By treating the real assets separately in the Scheme and convincing the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to accept a transaction application from a law firm (not a Financial Adviser or Issuing House as was the norm), DETAIL saved the client upwards of 5 Million USD. This transaction set the precedent for Nigerian law firms to file transaction applications before SEC.
  • West African Glass Industry Creditors Scheme: DETAIL‘s successful structuring and negotiation of this creditors scheme that went through SEC rescued a near moribund company.
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