Leading Law Firm with Business Advisory Expertise
The legal landscape governing and regulating the conduct of business in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, can be complex and daunting. The Nigerian business landscape is ever-changing, with regulators and Governments changing policies with increasing rapidity, which has led to regulatory uncertainty. With the prevailing circumstances, having the right legal support to help you navigate this uncertain landscape is critical to success.
Our experienced lawyers at Egonu Chambers, Onitsha, Nigeria, have taken pride in providing expert business advisory and tax services to local, international and multinational companies with business interests in Nigeria for at least the past three decades; we thus have the knowledge, expertise and body of work to help your business succeed in its operations in Nigeria. We advise on issues related to Trade—both local and International—and we have significant experience working for our clients and advising them on private equity, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and other related complex transactions.
Egonu Chambers’ business advisory practice covers a wide range of areas, including but not limited to:
⦿ Company Secretarial Service
⦿ Imports & Exports
⦿ Debt Recovery
⦿ Formation of companies
⦿ Business structuring and restructuring
⦿ Mergers and Acquisitions
⦿ Tax planning and optimization
⦿ Contract review and negotiation
⦿ Compliance with Nigerian laws and regulations
⦿ Advisory on the sale of businesses and assets disposal
⦿ Legal Audits
⦿ Transactional Due Diligence
⦿ Advice on Contracts, Review and DocumentationPensions.
Our team of experienced lawyers is dedicated to providing the highest level of proactive legal support to help you navigate the intricacies and complexities of doing business in Nigeria. We have extensive knowledge of Nigerian Law and extant Regulations, and we are thus equipped to provide effective and efficient solutions to any legal issue your business may face. We have experience with assisting and representing our foreign clients before Nigeria’s regulatory authorities, including the Federal Ministry of Interior, Federal Inland Revenue Service [FIRS] and other relevant government agencies and we put in the work to ensure that our clients are offered the best. Furthermore, we take a proactive approach in handling our clients’ business-related issues, anticipating bottlenecks and regulatory compliance issues and providing astute legal advice to help our clients navigate them.
At Egonu Chambers, Onitsha, Nigeria, we understand the importance of timely and effective legal support to the success of your business. That's why we take a proactive approach to working with our clients, ensuring that they are fully informed of their legal rights and obligations, and providing them with the support they need to make informed decisions about their businesses operating within Nigeria.
In addition to providing expert legal advice as needed, Egonu Chambers also offers a range of value-added services, including executive trainings and seminars, to help educate and inform our clients at Board and Management level on relevant business and legal issues they may face in the course of their business operations.
Our Taxation Practice
The Federal Government of Nigeria has placed a strong emphasis on the performance of tax obligations by businesses and individuals doing business and working within Nigeria. As such, Tax is undoubtedly an important aspect of business operations in Nigeria and, in recognition of this importance, the business advisory & taxation practice group at Egonu Chambers stand at the forefront of an ever evolving Tax landscape in Nigeria.
Our tax lawyers at Egonu Chambers work creatively and closely with our individual and corporate clients over their tax law concerns; we provide practical tax advisory services for a very comprehensive range of complex transactions including in mergers & acquisitions deals, corporate finance, company reorganizations & restructurings, joint ventures, investment structures and schemes, and other tax-driven commercial work. With the Federal Inland Revenue Service at the Federal level and the State Inland Revenue Board at the State level continually examining the tax compliance strategies of multinationals operating within their jurisdictions, local companies, salaried employees, business owners, and high net-worth individuals within Nigeria, and with the push to increase tax compliance so as to increase the contribution of tax to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, local and federal Tax authorities nationwide have become more aggressive than ever before and businesses have to show compliance.
Our Tax Advisory
At Egonu Chambers, we provide advice and ongoing support for outbound and inbound foreign investments in Nigeria, cross-border transactions, and other related business arrangements. Egonu Chambers has represented and advised foreign companies, HoldCos, and global clients with operations in Nigeria in tax investigations and assessments by Tax authorities.
We work closely with our clients to provide counsel and tax advisory services on the tax aspect of their businesses, all done in a diverse range of complex, high-value business and property transactions. We also keep our fingers on the pulse of Tax legislation in Nigeria and we advise them on the changing Tax regimes and Regulations across Nigeria. We work to ensure that we do not omit the smallest details in our tax advisory work for our clients which range from start-ups, to companies, to multinational companies with cross-border operations, to local businesses, and individuals.
The Tax Advisory services at Egonu Chambers encompass:
⦿ Capital Gains Tax
⦿ Personal Income Tax
⦿ Stamp Duties
⦿ Tax litigation
⦿ Tax Appeals
⦿ General Tax Advisory
⦿ VAT
⦿ Customs and Excise Duties
Tax Advisory
Our clients benefit from our decades of expertise and we help them navigate even the most difficult tax situations they face in their businesses. We have a top-tier tax team, and we have in-depth knowledge of the legal issues our clients face. We process tax filings at Government Tax offices, we take over and negotiate with tax authorities on behalf of our clients, and we also structure our clients’ tax compliance policies.
Tax Disputes
Local and international clients seek out our subject-matter expertise and representation at Tax Tribunals, negotiate with Tax Authorities, or represent their interest in contentious disputes or in Tax litigation before the Courts. In the past couple of years, we have represented international clients with local business operations/presence in Nigeria in negotiations with federal tax authorities on their tax obligations, and we have also negotiated on behalf of our individual clients before State Tax Authorities.
Contact our Business Advisory & Tax Lawyers
Business within Nigeria, alongside the country’s Tax laws can be complex, involving multiple layers of compliance because of the various taxes and multifaceted issues that apply across Nigeria. To find out more about our business advisory and tax services, or to arrange a consultation with us to see how we can best help your company/business, we invite you to email us at info@egonuchambers.com.
