Financial Services

Providing strategic legal solutions for complex financial and investment transactions.

Ikeyi Shittu & Co. advises financial institutions, corporate borrowers and lenders, investment firms, private equity sponsors and other market participants on a broad range of financing and investment transactions. Our multidisciplinary team combines legal excellence with commercial insight to help clients structure transactions, manage risk and achieve their strategic business objectives.

With experience advising both local and international clients, we deliver practical, commercially focused legal solutions across banking, finance, private equity, project finance, secured lending, capital restructuring and regulatory compliance. Our approach is centred on understanding each client’s business and providing tailored advice that supports growth in an increasingly dynamic financial landscape.

Highlights of Our Experience

Our experience includes advising and representing:

  • A leading Chinese glass manufacturer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on secured financing transactions, including the creation of security over assets located in Nigeria in favour of an international lender.
  • A leading Nigerian commercial bank on the discounting of sovereign notes.
  • An international project development company on financing structures leveraging seed capital for large-scale private sector greenfield developments.
  • A leading Nigerian investment advisory and project development company on a range of investment and financing transactions.
  • Nigeria’s leading equipment hire franchise on corporate, commercial and financing matters.
  • The promoters of an innovative vehicle service contract product providing risk management and quality assurance solutions within Nigeria’s automotive sector.
  • A private equity fund focused on agribusiness on multiple portfolio investments.
  • A publicly listed insurance company on debt restructuring and capital raising through a special placement.
  • Nigerian banks listed on the Nigerian Exchange on complex contentious banking and financial services matters.
  • An international investment advisory firm on the acquisition of a super-majority interest in a publicly listed manufacturing company in Nigeria.
  • A private equity firm on its strategic investment in a Nigerian commercial bank.
  • The investment arm of an international banking institution on legal and regulatory due diligence relating to the acquisition of one of West Africa’s largest information and communications technology groups.
  • An investment firm on the acquisition of three non-core subsidiaries of a Nigerian commercial bank.

We help financial institutions, investors and businesses structure transactions, manage regulatory requirements and unlock opportunities through commercially focused legal advic