Financial Services

Berkeley Legal provides comprehensive legal advisory to financial institutions, capital market operators, fintechs, and investors navigating Nigeria's dynamic financial services landscape. Our practice spans the full spectrum of financial services regulation — from securities issuance and exchange listings to fund formation, asset management, and banking law. We advise on dealings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and other relevant regulators.

We act as solicitors on capital market transactions and guide issuers, sponsors, and intermediaries through initial public offerings, rights issues, bond programmes, and private placements. Our work includes structuring and transaction documentation, regulatory processes, and coordination of the legal work required for a transaction.

Nigeria's fintech sector is among the fastest-growing in Africa. We advise payment service providers, digital lenders, and crypto-asset businesses on licensing, regulatory sandboxes, and compliance frameworks under the CBN's evolving guidelines.

We assist domestic and international fund managers in establishing collective investment schemes, private equity vehicles, and special-purpose structures that comply with Nigerian law and appeal to institutional investors.

Financial institutions face layered compliance obligations. We design and audit compliance programmes, advise on anti-money laundering (AML) and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) obligations, and support boards in meeting their corporate governance duties under the SEC Code and CBN guidelines.

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