We have developed the skill set and expertise required to consistently provide world-class legal services in a broad range of industries and transactions. As a firm, our industry focus, and some of our main areas of core competence and expertise are:
At the core of the firm’s practice is its Corporate Advisory Practice, which includes all the spectrums of corporate law i.e. business establishment, corporate ownership, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers, investments and other corporate restructuring.
Between the Chairman & Managing Partner and other members of the firm, the team has a deep wealth of experience advising local and international corporations, conglomerates, investors, joint venture partners, shareholders; boards of directors; banks and other financial institutions; regulators; as well as other local and international clients. Based on our experience, the sectors that these clients operate in include oil, gas and petrochemicals, banking, finance, construction and infrastructure, power, real estate, health, logistics, foods and beverages, hospitality, retail, among others.
The Chairman & Managing Partner and other members of the firm have previously advised on business establishment strategies, corporate ownership, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and foreign investments, restructuring, commercial contracts, joint ventures and strategic alliances, equity and asset sale and purchase, insolvency, labour and employment matters, foreign investment; expatriate quota and permits, due diligence and risk management, business ethics and anti-corruption issues and taxation.
With regard to Company Secretarial Services, the firm’s Chairman & Managing Partner and other members of the firm have extensive experience acting as secretary to several corporations. In particular, they have previously provided the following services:
- Proffered advice on all aspects of pre-incorporation/establishment strategy;
- Business establishment and incorporation;
- Drafted Shareholders Agreements;
- Prepared and circulated notices of company/board meetings, minutes and resolutions in relation thereto;
- Attended company/board meetings and prepared minutes;
- Maintained statutory registers, minute books and corporate seals of the company;
- Filed annual returns and any other returns required to record changes in directors and the allotment of shares;
- Advised on compliance by the company with applicable rules and regulations;
- Drafted Corporate Governance Codes, Handbook, Whistleblowing Policy, Anticorruption Policy and Environmental Policy for the company, etcetera.
The industry sectors in which our leaders have previously acted and advised include oil, gas and petrochemicals, banking, finance, construction and infrastructure, power, real estate, health, logistics, foods and beverages, hospitality, retail, among others.
Compliance and ethics are integral enablers for the success of businesses and organisations, for the ultimate purpose of developing a culture of integrity and building a reputation for excellence. At Tare-Otu Legal, we have a strong Compliance, Ethics and Investigations practice that is able to advise and support clients with legal, procedural, governance and reputational aspects of compliance; ethical issues; and complex investigations in Nigeria.
The Chairman & Managing Partner and other members of the firm have considerable experience engaging with key regulators on matters bordering on compliance, ethics and investigations, as well as advising on these matters. They have previously advised local and international corporations on the following:
- identifying and mitigating risk exposure;
- achieving adherence to business ethics;
- conducting internal audits and investigations to review and evaluate misconduct as well as recommended remedial action;
- recommending strategies for complying with relevant local and foreign statutes, which border on compliance and ethics; and
- investigating and handling incidences of alleged corruption, victimization and retaliation, abuse of office, collusion, money laundering, fraud, and sexual offences; etcetera.
The Projects & Infrastructure experience of the firm covers the broad spectrum of structuring, documenting and negotiating in relation to local, national, international and multi-national projects. The Partners developed extensive experience in this regard by consistently working on some really notable and complex projects in Nigeria.
Previously, the firm’s leaders have advised on the financing, development and operation of projects in diverse sectors such as:
- The Ultra-modern Railway Infrastructure (Monorail Project) in Rivers State;
- The Greater Port Harcourt City at Omagwa, Port Harcourt, Rivers State;
- The Residential Golf Estate, Port Harcourt;
- Jetty for oil and gas logistics;
- Other Public Private Partnerships
Thus, we are able to provide complete advice, obtain requisite permits and prepare all the documentation from the beginning to the completion of any project.