For more than a decade, P. O. OCHEME & ASSOCIATES have provided sophisticated advice and legal services to many dynamic and successful organizations in Nigeria and beyond its shores. With the instinctively global perspective and deep market insights of its partners and associates, the Firm has the charisma and fluency to deliver a broad scope of quality legal services – consistently, with sensitivity for cultural, social, corporate and legal practice differences. P. O. OCHEME & ASSOCIATES’ lawyers share common values of integrity, personal responsibility, and tenacity in an enthusiastic client-service culture. The Firm is still guided by the entrepreneurial spirit and demanding standards of our society and the world at large, while it continually take steps to forge close personal relationships among its partners and associates in order to foster the responsiveness and accountability clients rightfully expect. The Firm has a diverse and welcoming culture and embraces an advanced technology and management systems for client intake, email, and billing systems. PRACTICE AREAS • Corporate and Commercial Our corporate and commercial law services are concerned with setting up companies and advising on buying and selling businesses. We also advise on amendments and implications of memoranda of association and articles of association; shareholders agreements and directors’ and trustees’ responsibilities. Whether acting for an entrepreneur, owner-managed business, or investor; we will give a commercial steer wherever possible. Ideally, you will involve us from the start of a deal when key commercial points are negotiated and documented. We will also guide you through the due diligence and disclosure process, and explain all technical implications of the transactional documentation. We have the capacity to provide company legal advice with respect to:  Mergers and Acquisitions  Debt Recovery and Receivership  Purchase and Sale of Private Limited Companies  Setting Up Joint Ventures Entities and Group Company Structures  Management Buy-Outs  Advising Upon and Setting Up Distributorships  Due Diligence  Setting Up Offshore Companies  Agency Agreements  Assisting In Formulating Franchise Arrangements and Structures  Advising Upon The Suitability of Charities and Companies Limited By Guarantee  Private Company Structure  Employment Matters  Structuring Private Companies To Manage Liability And Risk  Buying And Selling Businesses  Securing Property Interests • Arbitration and Mediation With the increasing number of alternative dispute resolution options available, decision-makers need to know ADR’s benefits as a substitute for, or as a supplement to litigation in the federal and appellate courts. We have long recognized that the cost and time expenditure often associated with litigation does not always serve the best interests of our clients. We constantly seek new and creative ways to resolve problems quickly and efficiently. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including Mediation, Arbitration, Early Case Evaluation Mechanisms and Mini-Trials, is one way to accomplish that goal. • Civil and Criminal Litigation Our Litigation Lawyers are a team of highly experienced and talented trial and appellate attorneys, as well as business advisers, who have built an impressive track record of service and success. We aggressively advocate the interests of our clients in virtually every type of complex criminal and business-related controversy. • Corporate Secretarial Services We are dedicated to helping companies, and their directors, secretaries, and managers comply with their statutory obligation by providing them with technical and practical secretarial support and assistance. The full spectrum of company secretarial services is available to our clients which includes, annual secretarial services, management of changes in officers and constitution, corporate restructuring, corporate governance advice, and transaction support. • Banking and Investment We have established our reputation for providing sound advice, practical solutions, and getting the job done – benchmarks of our commercial finance practice. Our attorneys have extensive knowledge and creativity. We work extensively with our lending clients in the development of new borrowing base products and other innovative financing matters. In the increasingly competitive banking and finance market, our attorneys take pride in accomplishing our clients’ goals and delivering quality legal services on time, and on budget. • Capital Market and Securities The equity capital markets are a vibrant part of the Nigerian economy. We equally have the capacity of advising clients on equity capital market development and innovation, with expertise ranging from Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and other forms of investments. Clients often ask us to help bring their innovative products to the capital market. With in-depth knowledge of issues and processes, we structure these to meet our clients’ objectives and to facilities compliance with all regulatory requirements. Our equity capital markets expertise includes advice on:  IPOs  Secondary Listings  Private Placements  Rights Issues • Immigration Matters Our legal team provides the latest and most appropriate immigration strategies. We take pride in the quality of our work and our attention to detail; for we know it’s YOUR business – YOUR family – YOUR life! We represent businesses, as well as individuals and families undergoing immigration process, wherever in Nigeria or around the world. FEE POLICY Our fees are determined by the complexity and time demand of a specific brief. We have a policy of clear and transparent billing. We are equally flexible in determining our fees and are open to a capped fee or flat fee arrangements, whenever a reliable estimate can be made. We discuss the fee arrangement in detail after we obtain information on the brief to be executed and the client’s requirements. Our goal here is to give excellent legal representation for a reasonable fee. To discuss engagement on a specific brief and fee estimates, send us an e-mail to ==>>> principal@paulochemeandassociates.com

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