ERNSTEN & Co Barristers & Solicitors

22 practice areas · Six groups

Practice areas

From upstream licensing and project finance through to carbon rights and Article 6 authorisation — the work is grouped below by the problem it solves, not by the department that does it.

01 · Group

Energy & Resources

The sector the firm was built around, and the regulatory ground every project stands on.

  1. 01 Oil & Gas Law Upstream and downstream across the Nigerian petroleum value chain.
  2. 02 Energy & Natural Resources Power, mining and resource concessions beyond the petroleum sector.
  3. 03 Environmental Law The compliance layer beneath every energy, carbon and infrastructure project.
02 · Group

Transactions & Finance

Structuring, funding and documenting the deal — from term sheet to financial close.

  1. 04 Project Finance Sponsors, lenders and DFIs, from term sheet to financial close.
  2. 05 Banking & Finance Lending, capital markets, insurance and asset finance.
  3. 06 Corporate & Commercial Law Day-to-day corporate counsel for companies operating in Nigeria.
  4. 07 Mergers & Acquisitions Buy-side and sell-side, including cross-border and regulated sectors.
  5. 08 Investment Advisory Entry, structuring and protection for foreign and domestic capital.
  6. 09 International Trade & Investment Cross-border sale, trade finance and commodity movement.
03 · Group

Disputes

Advocacy and resolution, in court and before tribunals, domestic and international.

  1. 10 Commercial Litigation Court advocacy from the High Courts to the Supreme Court.
  2. 11 Arbitration & ADR Counsel and arbitrator roles, domestic and international.
04 · Group

Regulatory & Corporate

Licences, approvals and governance — the permissions that let a business operate.

  1. 12 Regulatory Compliance Licences and approvals across Nigeria’s sectoral regulators.
  2. 13 Company Secretarial & Governance Formation, filings and the governance record behind them.
  3. 14 Immigration & Expatriate Services Getting foreign technical personnel into the country, lawfully.
  4. 15 Employment & Labour Law The employment relationship, from contract to Industrial Court.
05 · Group

Assets & Infrastructure

Land, buildings, vessels and networks: the physical and contractual assets themselves.

  1. 16 Construction & Infrastructure EPC, concession and PPP work across West Africa.
  2. 17 Real Estate & Property Law Title, tenancy and the land questions carbon projects turn on.
  3. 18 Maritime & Admiralty Law Shipping, offshore and cargo, with an LL.M specialisation.
  4. 19 Telecommunications & ICT Law Licensing, data protection and technology contracting.
  5. 20 Intellectual Property Registration, licensing and enforcement of intangible assets.
06 · Group

Climate Practice

Turning natural capital into a legally defensible, tradeable and bankable asset.

  1. 21 Climate Wealth Advisory Natural capital as an ownable, transferable, revenue-generating asset.
  2. 22 Carbon Credit Law Legal advice across the life of a carbon project, from first agreement to final sale.
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