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For many foreign businesses entering Nigeria, the first instinct is commercial:
Secure clients. Hire staff. Open a local office. Start operations.
But Nigerian company law asks a different question first:
Cross-border businesses often assume that once value has been delivered, payment can always be enforced.
Nigerian law draws a more complicated line.