ǼLEX is a leading commercial and dispute resolution law firm. We are one of the largest full-service law firms in West Africa with offices in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja, Nigeria, and Accra, Ghana. We merge local expertise and presence, and political and industry-wide connections with an appreciation of global standards.

We provide legal services involving commercial practice areas that cover a broad spectrum of matters relating to Project Finance, Litigation & Arbitration, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Capital Markets & Securities Law, Power, Tax Law, International Trade Law, Company Secretarial & Regulatory Compliance, Energy & Infrastructure, Banking & Finance Law, Aviation & Maritime Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law, Telecommunications Law, Media & Entertainment and Financial Technology.

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

Mergers & Acquisitions:
Theophilus Emuwa
tiemuwa@aelex.com

Recent transactional highlights:

• AAdvised Sanlam on its strategic partnership with the MTN Group, the top telecommunications provider in Nigeria, for joint marketing and distribution of Sanlam’s financial services products in various jurisdictions including Nigeria
• Transactional Counsel to a private equity firm on its acquisition of a minority interest in Nigeria’s largest aluminium can manufacturer valued at US$300 million. We advised on competition, regulatory and exchange control requirements for the acquisition, reviewed the transaction documents and successfully obtained merger control clearance from the FCCPC.

Capital Markets:
L. Fubara Anga
lfanga@aelex.com

Recent transactional highlights:

• We acted as Solicitors to AFEX Investment Limited with respect to the issuance of a NGN21Billion asset-backed commercial papers.
• Transaction Solicitors to a NGN100billion asset-backed commercial paper proposed by a client in the agricultural industry.

Banking & Finance:
L. Fubara Anga
lfanga@aelex.com

Recent transactional highlights:

• Advising a syndicate of banks on a US$800 million reserved based lending facility in respect of the acquisition of participating interest in an OML.
• Advising a syndicate of banks on a US$141 million facility in respect of the acquisition of a power plant.

• Aviation
• Banking and financial services
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy and natural resources
• Food and beverage
• Government and public policy 
• Healthcare 
• Insurance 
• Media
• Mining 
• Real estate
• Shipping 
• Tech and telecoms
• Transport

ABUJA, NIGERIA
4th Floor, Adamawa Plaza
1st Avenue, off Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business Area
FCT Abuja, Nigeria
T: +234 709 880 8416; 705 029 1874; 806 931 3453
F: + 234 9 5200846
E: abuja@aelex.com

PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
26, Aba Road
P.O. Box 12636, Port Harcourt Rivers State, Nigeria
T: + 234 84 848074; 302998; 464514-5
F: + 234 84 464516
E: portharcourt@aelex.com

ACCRA, GHANA
Suite C, Casa Maria
28 Angola Road, Kuku Hill
P.M.B CT 72 Cantonments Accra, Ghana
T: +233 302 224846; 224824