We celebrate our Managing Partner, Olayemi Anyanechi, who was featured by Legal Business Africa as one of the Top 20 Outstanding Nigerian Women in Business Law in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Watch her exclusive interview with Legal Business Africa here. Click to view the Legal Business Africa publication.
Thank you for participating in the Sefton Fross webinar: “Cutting the Sweet Deal Elements of a Sustainable Capital Injection”. We hope you found it an enlightening and engaging session. We are sorry if you could not participate and hope to have you in our subsequent webinar series. You can watch the recording here For information about our future events and thought leadership, we encourage that you visit us regularly…
Join us, as we partner with Mondaq to deliver our first webinar of the year: “Cutting the Sweet Deal: Elements of a Sustainable Capital Injection”. Our dynamic and illustrious panel, led by Managing Partner, Olayemi Anyanechi will provide an exclusive insight into the minds of investors and investee companies as we delve into the features of a successful capital raise. We have the pleasure of being joined by experienced…
In her interview with Channels TV, our Managing Partner Olayemi Anyanechi discusses among other issues the legal impact of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) non-announcement of the successful companies in the Marginal Oil Field Bid Round 2020. Watch the interview here.
Our Managing Partner Olayemi Anyanechi contributes to the Africa Legal ‘Ubuntu – Mental Health Matters’ content series. In this article, she writes about what it means to be a female leader in law and the challenges that go with this. Click here to read this article
Sefton Fross is pleased to announce that it has joined Interlaw Ltd. Ltd; a long-established elite global legal network of pre-eminent independent law firms comprising 7,500+ lawyers based in over 150 cities around the world, as a partner firm. By joining Interlaw, Sefton Fross joins over 7,500 lawyers across 79 jurisdictions and more than 150 cities in the world, expanding our global footprints in all our practice areas, bringing the world of legal…
Thank you for participating in the Sefton Fross webinar: “CONTINENTAL ENERGY SHIFTS: BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH COLLABORATION, COMBINATIONS, AND CONSOLIDATION”. We hope you found it enlightening. We are sorry if you could not participate and hope to have you in our subsequent webinar series. You can watch the recording here For information about our future events and thought leadership, we encourage that you visit us regularly at www.seftonfross.com or click to…
Sefton Fross, one of Nigeria’s leading full-service law firms, has announced its webinar series designed to discuss the vulnerabilities and emerging opportunities for businesses in the Nigerian economy in the challenging economic climate that has trailed the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s economy contracted by more than 6 percent in the second quarter of the year. This reflected the impact of lower oil prices…
Our Managing Partner and Regional Representative, Africa of the IBA Power Law Committee, Olayemi Anyanechi was a speaker at the recently concluded IBA Webinar presented by the IBA Power Law Committee of the Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL). The Webinar which held on 12 June 2020 was focused on “THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS”. Other prominent speakers and members of the…
Our Managing Partner Olayemi Anyanechi will be joining other phenomenal women at the Female Law Students’ Summit 2020 on 12 June 2020, where she will discuss the Nexus between law and purposeful leadership. We will be glad to have you join us. Click on the link to register: www.bit.ly/2APcaYJ
Sefton Fross advised on Sunfunder’s financing of Daystar Power, a deal which has been featured as the Deal of the Month in African Business Magazine’s June Edition. Sunfunder Inc., an international impact finance fund providing debt capital to solar enterprises in emerging markets, provided a US$4million facility to Daystar Power, a commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer, in what was Sunfunder’s first deal in Nigeria The financing will be…
In continuation of the series on A-Z of Corporate Reorganisation in Nigeria in Business Day newspaper, our Managing Partner, Olayemi Anyanechi drills deeper on other types of restructuring. This Volume will discuss other types of corporate re-organisation, with the aim of giving readers options in structuring transactions, for optimal results. The choice of a structure will ultimately be guided by costs and time efficiency, quantum of the distributable reserves, tax…
Sefton Fross has advised on the Dangote Cement Plc’s N100,000,000,000 (One Hundred Billion Naira), Series 1 12.50% Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Bonds due April 2025, under its N300,000,000,000 (Three Hundred Billion) Bond Issuance Programme. Dangote Cement Plc, a member of the Dangote Group, is the largest cement manufacturer in Sub-Saharan Africa with operations in 10 African countries. The Transaction, which is the Company’s debut bond issuance was 1.5 times…
Sefton Fross will assist up to 20 qualifying Eligible Borrowers access CBN’s N50 Billion Targeted Credit Facility Pro bono.
The corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the global economy ranging from the plummet in the global crude oil prices, imbalance in the stock and financial market across the globe, extensive ban on movements, bans on gatherings, international travel restrictions across the world which without doubt have had adverse and detrimental impact on business activities, livelihood of households. In a bid to cushion these effects, the…
Our Managing Partner – Olayemi Anyanechi shares her views on understanding the regulatory framework on Mergers and Acquisitions in Nigeria. Read the article here.
Our Managing partner – Olayemi Anyanechi shared her thoughts on business combinations in Nigeria through a feature on BusinessDay Newspapers. The article is intended to give the layman (and woman) a broad overview of Nigerian merger control in an easily digestible format. Hopefully, as economies rally, opportunities will arise to grow and strengthen businesses. Read article here
We are pleased to introduce to you the 2nd Edition of ‘The Encyclopaedia of Upstream Oil and Gas’, published by Globe Law and Business Ltd. The Encyclopaedia of Upstream Oil and Gas is an excellent new addition to the bookshelf of any lawyer, academic, or, indeed, anyone involved or interested in the oil and gas industry. Our Managing Partner Olayemi Anyanechi co-authored the ‘Farm-out Agreements’ and ‘Public Procurement in…
As part of the events lined up to celebrate the International Women’s Day, the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited hosted various events to celebrate the day in line with the theme of the year “#EachforEqual”. Our Managing Partner Olayemi Anyanechi was the guest speaker and one of the panelists at the NLNG International Women’s Day celebration today. Also at the event were Engr. Mrs. Olu Maduka, Ekeinde Ohiwerei Gbenga…
We at Sefton Fross are proud to be one of the contributors (writing as the authority on Nigerian Banking & Finance law and practice) to the Chambers’ Global Practice Guide, 2019 Banking and Finance Second Edition. Ranked lawyers and law firms in various jurisdictions across the world, to mention a few- Nigeria, UK, US, China, France, Australia, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Egypt, Senegal, and Uganda contributed to the theme…
SEFTON FROSS has advised Conex Group, investing through Conex Oil and Gas Holdings Limited, on its acquisition of Total Sierra Leone and Total Liberia from French petroleum giant, Total. The acquisition will position Conex Group to become a market leader in the importation and marketing of petroleum products, and according to the CEO, Mr Cherif Abdallah, “will create jobs and promote development in the areas into which we…
Sefton Fross has advised Sunfunder – a solar finance company providing debt capital to solar enterprises in emerging markets, on its first investment in Nigeria with up to US$4million facility to Daystar Power, a commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer. The investment will be used to provide solar power and energy efficiency solutions for businesses in the commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors in Nigeria. With a recent study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance signifying that Nigeria has the largest potential for C&I solar in Africa because of the…
Sefton Fross has advised as Solicitors to the Trustees of the Eat N’ Go Limited N15,000,000,000 (Fifteen Billion Naira) Bond Issuance Programme and issuance of the N11.500,000,000 (Eleven Billion, Five Hundred Million Naira) Series 1, 14.25% Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Bonds. Eat ‘N’ Go Limited are the franchise holders for Domino’s, Cold Stone Creamery & Pinkberry Ventures, Inc in Nigeria. The Programme was established and issued by Eat &…
At the Emerging Cinema Markets conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Our Managing Partner spoke about opportunities for investment in cinema and films in Nigeria and how Sefton Fross can partner with interested parties to maximize such opportunities. Watch the interview here.
Sefton Fross has advised as Solicitors to the Trustees of the TAK Logistics Limited N50,000,000,000 (Fifty Billion Naira) Bond Issuance Programme. TAK Logistics Limited is a major player in Nigeria’s agricultural value chain and a major fertilizer company with a combined capacity of almost one million tonnes. The Programme was established by TAK Agro Plc, a special purpose vehicle of TAK Logistics. The company successfully closed the N15,000,000,000 (Fifteen Billion Naira) Series 1 16.49% Fixed Rate Senior Secured…
Our Managing Partner Olayemi Anyanechi, sat down for an interview with Arbiterz Nigeria, a premium digital lifestyle magazine, highlighting her journey from MBC International Bank Limited to Sefton Fross. Get inspired as she tells her story in her own words. Read the interview here,
