Nigeria remains one of Africa's most attractive investment destinations, offering opportunities across sectors such as fintech, energy, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, and telecommunications. However, acquiring shares in a Nigerian company...
Case: KUNSHAN INT'L LTD & ANOR v. MANLAY HOLDINGS LTD & ORS
The Court of Appeal clarified a critical distinction between owning shares in a Nigerian company and carrying on...
A Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) is often chosen because it offers flexibility while protecting partners from personal liability. However, many business owners are unaware that this protection can be...
A prospective buyer finds the perfect piece of land.
The seller appears legitimate. He produces a Power of Attorney and insists that he has authority over the property. The buyer...
A businessman travels abroad and grants his trusted associate a Power of Attorney over his property in Nigeria.
Years later, the associate begins acting as though the property belongs to...
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.
One of the most persistent misconceptions in cross-border transactions involving Nigeria is the assumption that a foreign company must first be registered in Nigeria before it can enforce its...
When most observers look at Omnibiz, they see a successful technology company that digitized retail trade across parts of Africa.
Lawyers and sophisticated investors should see something more.
They should see...
By all accounts, Nigeria should have been a difficult place to build a technology-driven supply chain business.
Infrastructure challenges, currency fluctuations, logistics bottlenecks, regulatory compliance requirements, and the sheer complexity...