Osondu Onwubiko
Osondu is the Lead Counsel at Mandel Solicitors. He heads…
Corporate and Business Advisory
Businesses must ensure to operate in a dynamic business and regulatory environment like Nigeria through regular legal support and commercially sound legal advice tailored to the commercial reality of the business.
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As a leading Corporate and Business Advisory law firm in Nigeria, we provide commercially sound and problem-solving advice to clients.
Our Business Advisory lawyers offer fast, accurate, problem-solving and value-adding business advisory services and support to local and foreign clients. We advise foreign clients on foreign direct investment and its regulations in Nigeria. We also advise on company registration, business permits, property acquisition and sale, visas, employment of expatriates, work permits, contracts, capital importation and repatriation among others.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Formation of Companies
- Corporate structure
- Partnerships
- Joint Ventures
- Foreign Investments
- Free Trade Zones (FTZs)
- Corporate restructuring
- Financial services licenses from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
- Telecommunications
- Contractual Claims
- Corporate Searches
- Regulatory Compliance
- Legal Due Diligence
- Employment Advice
- Asset Acquisition and sale
- Importation and Exportation
- Debt Recovery options
- Tax optimization
- Anti-trust and Competition
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