Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
Our lawyers at Egonu Chambers have over 60 years of experience in providing high-quality legal services to clients in Onitsha, Nigeria and beyond. We are a market leader!
Our dedicated team of lawyers in the banking, finance, and capital markets practice group are proven, dogged experts and are extremely well-versed in the latest trends, industry developments and regulations in these areas of law. We represent traditional Banks, Microfinance Banks and other financial institutions and different corporations in the course of their lending and borrowing transactions. We also routinely advise our clients in the Banking sector on Regulatory Compliance matters and further offer a variety of services to different financial institutions, corporate lenders, local and international investors interested in foreign direct investments on issues that border on finance. Whether you are a financial institution, a corporation, or individual handling commercial transactions in the Banking sector, we are here to help you navigate the complex world of banking, finance, and the Nigerian capital markets.
Our Banking & Finance Specialties:
⦿ Asset Finance
⦿ Corporate Finance
⦿ Due Diligence
⦿ Compliance
⦿ Banking & Financial Service Regulation
⦿ Capital Markets
Our Banking & Finance Services:
Banking and Financial Services Regulation:
We advise Banks and other financial institutions on all aspects of banking and financial services regulation, including regulatory compliance with the appex Bank; Central Bank of Nigeria regulations that governs their operations, the Nigerian Bankers' Committee Guidelines, and other relevant laws and regulations.
Corporate Finance:
We advise multi-national companies, small companies ad corporations on all aspects of corporate finance in their business operations, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, debt and equity issuances.
Capital Markets:
We advise institutional clients on all aspects of the Nigerian capital markets, including securities law and regulation, public listings, and compliance with the Nigerian Stock Exchange's and the Securities & Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations.
Project Finance:
We advise clients on all aspects of project finance, including the structuring of financing arrangements and the negotiation of project agreements.
We conduct legal due diligence checks on borrowers on behalf of lenders.
Drafting and comprehensive reviewing of lending agreements such as Pledge Agreements, Mortgages, Bills of Sale, among other Project documentation as needed.
Our Capital Markets practice
The capital markets scene in the Nigerian business space is dynamic and constantly evolving, and at Egonu Chambers, our lawyers have extensive experience in advising clients on a wide range of capital market transactions, including initial public offerings, rights issues, and private placements. We act for capital market participants and we take great pride in combining our Banking & Finance and Capital Market practices to help our clients achieve their objectives. We proffer advice on necessary compliance with regulatory, securities and the Nigerian Stock Exchange listing and trading requirements. We are proactive in our approach, and we will inform you of emerging trends and changing regulations and requirements in the Capital Markets and Securities space, as it pertains to disclosure obligations, directors’ duties, and corporate governance requirements.
Egonu Chambers is one of Nigeria’s oldest, pioneer law firms in Nigeria and one of the most prestigious, and our Capital Markets practice latches on to that prestige which we hold on to so as to ensure that we deliver only the best to our clients who are navigating the complex Capital Markets space in Nigeria.
Egonu Chambers’ Capital Markets team has a “glocal” outlook, in that we rely on our global outlook to narrow down our expertise to specific situations our clients face in their debt and equity backed transactions, capital markets exits.
If you or your company are in need of expert legal advice and guidance on any banking & finance, or capital markets matter, please contact the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets team at Egonu Chambers. Our dedicated team of lawyers is ready to assist you with all your legal needs.
