If you are thinking about preventing dilution and increasing the value of your trademark, you should consider filing a Defensive Trademark.

Many of the venture capital funds set-up by Nigerian sponsors are tech-focused and are domiciled offshore.

Nigeria is rapidly emerging as a key destination for investors in the global minerals market. With rich deposits of lithium, gold, tin, and other critical minerals, the country offers significant opportunities...

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to establish the Lagos Carbon Exchange. From all indications, the Lagos Carbon Exchange would make Lagos the first subnational...

Megawatts Nigeria Ltd v. Registered Trustees of Gbagada Phase II Residents' Association is a cautionary tale for residential estates and gated communities across Nigeria.

In a recent mergers clearance filing, which we undertook and successfully concluded on behalf of a South African Power and Infrastructure Conglomerate, the FCCPC agreed with our pre-notification submissions ...

One of the local realities of renting an office in Lagos is that you may need to make medium to significant infrastructure upgrades or aesthetic facelifts before moving in.

The concerns expressed by the general public regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and France are well-founded, particularly in light of the legal obligations imposed on the Nigeria...

The rules for starting and operating a Fintech in Nigeria have recently changed. Between 2020 & 2021, the CBN made significant changes to the legal and regulatory framework around the establishment and operation of Fintech companies in Nigeria.

The Securities & Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has an inherent economic role of facilitating capital formation, meaning, from an economic standpoint, the SEC is also partly responsible...

Many founders think of fundraising as a single event. We like to think of a Series A financing as a series of tightly linked actions that unfold quickly...

What is a down round financing and how will it affect you? Tech start-ups and investors often work with the assumption that the price of the shares sold in a later financing round will be higher...

This legal update highlights some of the standard contractual terms which characterize Eurobonds issued by Nigeria.

Nigeria has recently published a draft of its proposed social media laws. There are important thematic similarities between Nigeria's social media laws and the proposed H.B. No. 20 in Texas...

In response to increasing national security challenges and the need to strengthen Nigeria's defence capabilities, the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025 (No. 7) establishes a dedicated financing mechanism...

This legal update is intended to help fintechs, mobile money operators, digital lenders and vendors in the lending value chain to assess the applicability and impact of the new FCCPC Digital...

Under Nigeria's current regulatory framework, a customer must still visit a bank physically to open a Tier 3 bank account, which currently is the only bank account category with no transaction limits and access to full banking services.

Firstly, merger clearance comes with significant expense in the form of notification fees payable to the Commission.

Lagos State is widely regarded as the commercial capital of Nigeria and one of the most dynamic business environments in Africa.