Startup Law

Mandel Solicitors is a top startup law firm in Nigeria. We stay abreast of the changing landscape of the regulatory and operating environments and assist startups on a broad range of legal issues including scaling and navigating the sometimes-difficult regulatory landscape.

As a leading start up law firm, we are at the forefront of providing first class startup law advisory and solutions to emerging technology, financial, insurance, healthcare and other disruptive and innovative startups. We assist our startup clients before regulatory authorities such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), NAFDAC and others. Startups need legal assistance in entering the market, scaling the regulatory and operating environment, obtaining regulatory licenses, offering their products, etc. in order to continuously thrive in the operating environment and avoid legal hurdles.

We are there to assist startups in shaping their structures and easily navigate the stages of their growth and expansion through incorporation, compliance, funding options among other things.

Our Startup areas of expertise include:

• Business registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
• Business Permits
• Permits and licensing
• Regulatory compliance
• Startup operations and regulatory advisory
• Financing and investment advisory
• Term sheets
• Intellectual property protection
• Joint venture agreement
• Post-incorporation filings
• Preparing and reviewing agreements such as SAFES
• Employment issues
• Litigations and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)