Foreign Investment Law
Market entry, permits and regulatory clearance for investors coming into Nigeria.
- 2011
- Since
- 1
- On the desk
- 5
- Matters of record
On this page
Speak to the desk
A partner takes the first call on every foreign investment law matter.
The work
Market entry into Nigeria without surprises: the right vehicle, the right permits, and a realistic view of how the rules are applied.
We guide foreign investors through company registration, business permits, expatriate quota, and sector-specific licensing, coordinating with the relevant regulators on the client's behalf.
Our counsel covers investment structuring, repatriation of capital and profits, and the practical realities of operating in the Nigerian market.
What this desk does
Services under Foreign Investment Law
How we engage
Four steps, one accountable partner.
Nothing leaves this desk that a partner has not read.
- 01BriefA partner takes the first call and frames the issue, the exposure and the options.
- 02ScopeWe agree the mandate, the team on the desk and the fee basis in writing before work begins.
- 03ExecuteThe named partner stays on the matter through drafting, negotiation, filing or hearing.
- 04ReportYou receive plain-language updates at each milestone, with the next decision made explicit.
What you receive
- Entry structure memorandum
- Permit and licence application pack
- Certificate of capital importation
- Compliance calendar
Who runs it
The lawyers on this desk
Oluwashina O. Olagbende
Managing Partner
Oluwashina is the Managing Partner of Legal Climate (Barristers & Solicitors), a lawyer with a powerful legal mind and a formidable serial investor and entrepreneur who sits as chairman for several companies.
He advises top-tier corporate clients and institutional investors, and combines that counsel with an entrepreneur's instinct for seeing commercial opportunity long before it arrives.
Corporate Law
Commercial Law
Project Finance
Where we practise
Lagos commercial reality, read correctly the first time.
Foreign Investment Law in Nigeria is decided as much by regulators, registries and counterparties as by the drafting. We work the whole picture.
Sectors served
Where this desk works most often, and where the commercial context is already familiar to us.
Energy & power
Industrial manufacturing
Agribusiness
Telecoms
Financial services
Infrastructure
Do we need a Nigerian shareholder?
Not generally — full foreign ownership is permitted outside a small list of restricted activities.
How long until we can trade?
It depends on the sector regulator and on how quickly permits are granted; we set out the expected sequence and timing at the start.
Can profits be repatriated?
Yes, where capital was imported through official channels and documented correctly at the outset.
Adjacent practices
Most matters cross more than one desk
Office
Plot 8A, Abba Saggoe Street, Michael Otedola Jubilee Estate by Omole Phase 2, Lagos, Nigeria
legalclimate76@yahoo.com
Telephone
+234 802 860 2551 · +234 803 242 5113 · +1 (470) 338 7999
Hours
Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm (WAT). Saturday & Sunday closed.