Private Equity & Venture Capital Advisory

Private equity and venture capital activity in Nigeria continues to mature, with local and international investors seeking well-structured and compliant frameworks for deploying capital. Edidiong Akpanuwa & Co. advises fund managers, sponsors, founders, investors, and portfolio companies across the private capital lifecycle, including fund structuring, investments, acquisitions, exits, governance, and related regulatory and transactional matters.

Our Private Equity & Venture Capital Advisory practice covers:

1. Fund structuring — advising on fund formation, vehicle selection, governance structures, and the establishment of Nigerian and cross-border investment funds.

2. Fundraising and investor participation — advising fund managers, sponsors, and investors on fundraising, subscription arrangements, investor participation, and related documentation.

3. Investment structuring and financing — advising founders, investors, and portfolio companies on seed, venture, growth equity, minority, and control investments, including term sheets, investment agreements, and capital structures.

4. Transaction execution — advising on acquisitions, disposals, buyouts, strategic investments, due diligence, negotiations, and transaction documentation.

5. Portfolio company governance — advising portfolio companies, boards, and shareholders on governance, shareholder arrangements, compliance, and post-investment legal matters.

6. Fund regulatory and compliance advisory — advising fund managers, sponsors, and investors on applicable legal and regulatory requirements affecting investment funds and private capital transactions.

7. Exit strategy — advising on trade sales, secondary buyouts, recapitalisations, public offerings, and other liquidity and exit strategies.

8. Diaspora and foreign investor advisory — advising diaspora investors, foreign investors, and international limited partners on investments in Nigerian businesses, startups, and private capital funds.

As capital continues to seek opportunity in African growth markets, investors, sponsors, and founders need legal structures that support investment, growth, governance, and eventual exit. Edidiong Akpanuwa & Co. provides legal advice across the private capital lifecycle, helping clients structure investments, negotiate and document transactions, address regulatory and governance requirements, and manage the legal considerations that arise through to exit.