Project Finance
Security, documentation and due diligence for financed infrastructure and real assets.
- 2011
- Since
- 2
- On the desk
- 0
- Matters of record
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The work
Security that holds, conditions precedent that close, and diligence that tells lenders and sponsors what they actually need to know.
We act on the documentation and perfection of security for financed projects, advising lenders and sponsors on legal due diligence, conditions precedent and risk allocation.
Our work spans real estate development finance, equipment finance and structured commercial lending.
What this desk does
Services under Project Finance
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
- Legal due diligence report
- Executed and perfected security suite
- CP satisfaction certificates
- Closing bible
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
Adekeye Adegoroye Gabriel
Associate
Gabriel is an associate with Legal Climate (Barristers & Solicitors). His areas of practice include banking and corporate finance, property law, corporate commercial law, arbitration and private litigation.
He advises on structured finance, property acquisitions and the management of real estate.
Project Finance
Real Estate & Property Law
Corporate Law
Where we practise
Lagos commercial reality, read correctly the first time.
Project Finance 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.
Real estate development
Power
Equipment & leasing
Agriculture
Hospitality
Transport
How long does perfection take?
Consent and registration timelines are set by the relevant state authority and vary between them; we confirm the expected timeline for your state before we start.
Do you act for lenders or sponsors?
Both, on separate mandates, with conflict checks run before we accept instructions.
Can drawdown happen before perfection?
Often yes, against undertakings — we structure the interim protection.
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.