Energy Sector/Oil & Gas Legal Services

We have capacity to provide legal services to cover wide spectrum of legal needs in the industry.

Electricity sub-sector: In the electricity sub-sector we provide the following services:

  1. Litigation: we provide litigation services in all courts of Nigeria. Our special training and exposure in the electricity and oil and gas sub-sectors, give us an advantage in prosecuting matters and defending our clients in any energy related cases in court.
  2. Legal Advisory and documentations: we represent clients in ensuring adequate negotiation and documentation of contracts, agreements and other Legal Instruments as well as manage and mediate all relationships that create legal obligations for the protection of our clients. We conduct Legal Due Diligence and drafting of contract terms. 
  3. Licensing: we facilitate applications for power generation licenses including on-grid or off-grid generation, captive generation, embedded generation, power distribution, system operations and power trading licenses, permits, clearance certificates, and consents to delegate obligations under the Terms and Conditions of a license. Registration of Metering Service Providers (MSP) etc.
  4. Consultancy Services: we provide the following consultancy services; Law and regulation reviews, development of policies and procedures, drafting of Regulatory frameworks, facilitation of monitoring and enforcements of terms and conditions of licences, facilitation of public consultations, Provision of legal inputs to legal instruments, general legal advisory, and Alternative Dispute Resolution services

 

Oil and Gas sub-sector: We offer a wide range of legal services in the oil & gas and petrochemical industry to foreign and indigenous clients in downstream, midstream and upstream projects and contracts. Our services include  the following:

  • Application for requisite exploration license, in the oil and gas industry.
  • Legally advising, facilitating and designing  of oil and gas bids, Mergers, acquisitions  Joint Ventures, farm-ins and farm-outs, Marginal Fields, technical assistance agreements, joint operating arrangements, oil field service contracts, Gas Supply Agreements.
  • Midstream and downstream projects, such as LNG, refining, petrochemical and power, including: advising on partner evaluation and selection; shareholder, supply and sales agreements; utility, industrial gas and logistics agreements; and corporate and project financing arrangements.
  • Crude oil, natural gas, NGL, refined product and petrochemical product sales agreements.
  • Litigation, Arbitration and dispute resolution related to parties in the oil and gas contractual obligations.  
  • Intellectual property related legal advisory services including obtaining patents and trademarks.

 

Renewable Energy Sub-sector: In the renewable energy sub sector we work to provide legal and policy advisory services, including policy reviews and formulations, legal documentations in renewable energy contracts, preparation of Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) for Independent Power Projects (IPPs) Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).We structure  renewable energy  investment /project proposals.