The Nigerian commercial law firm offers a range of tax services in both tax advisory and tax controversy matters, including transfer pricing, dispute resolution, and litigation. Tax partners Joshua Akhator and Gabriel Onojason are the key figures leading the practice. With a comprehensive tax service offering covering Nigerian tax laws, international tax treaties, double taxation agreements, and multilateral agreements, the tax team is adept at domestic and cross-border transactional tax, tax planning, corporate restructuring, investment funds, structured financing, tax due diligence, transfer pricing documentation, and more. The firm has a wealth of experience advising domestic and multinational clients across industries and sectors such as oil and gas, mining, insurance, aviation, and more. The firm is a member of the MSI Global Alliance, a global international network of accounting and law firms across 180 countries and territories.
In September 2024, the firm advised eTranzact International, a Nigerian fintech company, on its corporate restructuring valued at $50 m.
The Nigerian commercial law firm offers a comprehensive tax service, covering contentious and non-contentious matters, including transfer pricing. The tax practice has experience representing clients in dispute cases before the court of law concerning client turnover assessment, excess dividend tax, group company restructuring and more. Firm partner Gabriel Onojason and director Joshua Akhator are the leading senior figures in the tax practice.
In mid-2022, the firm acted as solicitor for Dangote Industries Limited in an estimated $500 billion bond issuance to finance the construction of an oil refinery in Nigeria. The task included drafting and negotiating the programme trust deed and advising on compliance with all relevant tax laws.