Overview
Our capital markets experience includes acting on a wide variety of publicly listed equity and fixed income offerings, and some of the most innovative transactions on Nigeria’s Exchanges. We have represented issuers, underwriters and companies on complex restructuring and reorganisation of listed entities. We provide the full range of legal and regulatory support required – from preliminary structuring through transaction support to documentation and execution, also assisting with the required regulatory liaison and approval throughout the process.
Whether on an IPO or on secondary issues, or on business reorganisation and even de-listing, we are the preferred advisors when the issues are complex, and the transaction requires out-of-the-box solutions.
Our representative capital markets experience includes advice and support to
- Viathan Engineering Limited on its issuance of the first corporate infrastructure guaranteed bond in Nigeria, with a programme size of N50 Billion
- Tak Agro Plc on its N50 Billion bond programme to finance investment in Nigeria’s agricultural value chain
- a leading farming and agri-processing company on its reverse acquisition of a public listed company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
- a publicly listed manufacturer, on its acceptance of a private investment in public equities
- a listed company on its delisting from the Nigerian Stock Exchange
- sponsor of a Commodities Exchange, on the full range of legal and regulatory matters for developing and launching the Exchange
- various issuers, underwriters and operators on their capital market operations