MOBILE LENDING IN NIGERIA Between 2019 and 2024, Nigeria witnessed a rapid and largely unregulated expansion of digital lending platforms, popularly known as “loan apps”, which significantly trans...
When a Contract Sends Two Nigerian Companies to a South African Court: Lessons from Sqimnga Nigeria Ltd. v. Systems Applications Products Nigeria Ltd. (CA/LAG/CV/854/2022)
Foreign jurisdiction clause in Nigerian contracts plays a key role in cross-border disputes In the recent case of Sqimnga Nigeria Ltd. v. Systems Applications Products Nigeria Ltd., the Nigerian Court...
HOW TO NEGOTIATE AIRCRAFT LEASE
In times like this that there has been a tremendous increase in wet leasing in the aviation industry, the discussion of the legal aspect of aircraft leasing has assumed a significant dimension. For ma...
The Nigeria Startup Act 2022 – A New Era for Startups in Nigeria
The Nigeria Startup Act 2022 On the 19th of October 2022, his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, accented to the Nigeria start up bill earlier passed by the National Assembly. The President...
ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards, 2022.
Ladies & Gentlemen, We are greatly humbled and honored to have received the awards for The Best Labour & Employment Law Firm of The Year and The Best Insolvency Law Practice Firm of The Year ...
SOME KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR A TECH START-UP (PART 1)
TECH START-UP With the drastic shift from agrarian and industrial ages, the future is now tied to providing knowledge-based solutions to practical problems. Without building factories, young entrepren...
PREEMPTIVE PROVISIONS IN A JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT
The proposed ExxonMobil/Seplat share acquisition brings to light two issues: the impact a preemptive clause under a joint operating agreement (JOA) is likely to have on merger and acquisition transact...
Brief Insight into the Guidelines for Regulation and Supervision of Credit Guarantee Companies in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria has officially given green light to the establishment of private credit guarantee companies to support access to credit facilities by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (M...
Taxes and Levies Relevant to Real Estate and Property Transactions
Talk about the three certainties in life and you will have tax come right after death and change. Irrespective of the industry, legal system or jurisdiction under examination, there is always a place ...
Conversion of Private Companies to Public Companies Limited by Shares in Nigeria
Within a period of roughly 13 years from its advent, cryptocurrency has gained wide recognition as a digital asset and has attracted interesting, albeit different and conflicting, reactions from econo...