Nigeria continues to generate a fair share of private equity transactions in Africa, especially in telecommunications, health, insurance, agriculture, financial, manufacturing, retail and real estate.
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Articles & Analysis | An overview of private equity laws in Nigeria from The Report: Nigeria 2017
Articles & Analysis | A review of Nigeria's legal system from The Report: Nigeria 2017
Corporate law is one of the highly regulated areas in Nigeria, which is not surprising given its effect on the country’s economy and polity.
Chapter | Legal Framework from The Report: Nigeria 2017
This chapter introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Nigeria, in partnership with Stillwaters Law Firm.
It also contains a viewpoint with Afamefuna Nwokedi, Principal Counsel and Group Head, Stillwaters Law Firm.
With Africa’s largest economy and its biggest population, Nigeria is the continent’s heavyweight. The country has been blessed with resource-rich lands, areas of great agricultural fertility and favourable demographics, but it has also had its fair share of challenges.
Articles & Analysis | An overview of the laws and legislation that underpin PNG from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2017
GOVERNMENTS & THEIR POWERS: There are three levels of government in Papua New Guinea: the national, provincial and local-level governments. The Constitution and the Organic Law on Provincial Government and Local-Level Government (Organic Law) regulate the legislative powers of the national,...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Michael Sullivan, Partner, Leahy Lewin Lowing Sullivan: Viewpoint from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2017
The last two years have seen the Parliament enact a variety of new legislative acts, much of which is of a high standard. New acts include the Kumul Legislation, which is designed to positively effect the current government’s agenda for state-owned enterprises and businesses, along with the holding of the state’s interest in mining projects...