Service We Provide
Our partners and lawyers are experienced and seasoned legal practitioners who have also, in their various years of Practice, handled matters of diverse nature at the various Courts (Magistrates Court, State and Federal High Courts, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Courts), various commissions, Ministries and Regulatory.
Corporate Commercial
The Firm’s Corporate Commercial Law practice group encompasses a range of industry sectors. This group is made up of lawyers who specialize in various areas of commercial law and have successfully handled transactions in areas which include but are not limited to Company Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, Joint Ventures, Project Finance, Power and Infrastructure Transactions, Taxation, Company Secretarial, Regulatory Compliance, Immigration, Intellectual Property and general Legal Advisory.
Commercial Real Estate
The Property Law Team at AEC Legal has extensive experience in the preparation and regularization of title documentation at state and federal levels, superintending property development documentation, preparing lease agreement, tenancy agreements, mortgages, assignments and other titles to land. Furthermore, the Firm has engagements in real estate agency, property acquisition and property tax compliance for individual, industrial and institutional Clients.
Commercial Litigation
With unique expertise in several key areas of law including, but not limited to Banking, Insurance, Land matters, and receivership this Group is effective in its specialisation in core areas of law and its commitment to achieving results and delivering value for work done. Based on a practice that has proven successful, the Commercial Litigation team is able to determine the best course of action in meeting with the demands of the judicial system.
Insolvency and Debt Recovery
The firm has a proven track record of recovering substantial amounts of debts reaching billions of Naira for a number of companies including technical service companies and leading financial institutions. Our competence goes beyond the Courts of Nigeria and into the various means of alternative dispute resolution where our ability to secure favourable outcomes for our clients remains unchanged.
Litigation and ADR
The Litigation and ADR Group balances the effective prosecution of contentious matters in Court with an alternative resolution of issues through arbitration and other alternative means of dispute resolution. With this approach, the Group responds to the needs of each matter on a case-by-case basis taking into account the needs of every individual client as well as desired outcomes.
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Project Team
The Firm provides quality, bespoke legal advisory services to local and international clients operating within the Banking and Finance Sector. Members of the Banking & Finance Team regularly advise financial institutions, companies and investors on complex finance transactions which cut across various industries in and outside Nigeria. The Firm has extensive experience in advising on complicated financial transactions including Project and Infrastructure Finance, Asset Finance, Corporate Finance, Real Estate Finance and Islamic Finance, from both the lenders’ and borrowers’ perspectives. The Firm also advises banks and other lending institutions on their daily business operations and offers specialized advisory services to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) seeking for seed capital by way of loans.