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LABOUR RELATIONS, EMPLOYMENT & PENSION

L’avocat & Blackstone LP offers a wide scope of counseling services in matters relating to employment comprising administration, immigration, counseling, litigation and dispute resolution. We represent both parties in employment disputes from individual claimants to corporate respondents.   We counsel employers of labour on the need to adhere with the various employments and labour laws. We also take part in labour arbitration and collective bargaining.   Our team on labour and employment issues offers advice in these areas:   Legal advice on boardroom disputes and limiting covenants Negotiation with Labour unions. Conformity with the Pensions Reform Act and Labour Laws. Different forms of employee incentive...

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TAXATION

L’avocat & Blackstone LP has a committed group of lawyers involved in various areas of the tax system in Nigeria. We advice on tax matters and assist our clients in diverse areas of tax management especially valued-added tax, personal income tax, withholding tax and company income tax.   The emphasis is not on the computation of tax but on providing practical advice to protect our client’s interest with respect to various areas of taxation that may concern them. Areas of our expertise includes-VAT, property tax, personal income tax.   Our advice on tax and compliance covers these areas:   Granting of pioneer status. Employment and pension’s...

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION

LITIGATION AND ADR (MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION) Our firm has a highly skilled and qualified litigation and dispute resolution team who are dedicated to using proactive approaches that ensure that we diminish the possibility offuture litigations that are likely to arise from commercial activities and agreements of our clients. Our firm’s main objective is the paramount interest of our clients, to have their disputes effectively resolved timely, with little expenditure involved. When disputes arise we advise our clients on the option of ADR as a primary line of action because we recognize that it is in the vital interest of our clients to have...

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

L’avocat & Blackstone LP, renders legal services that pertain to safeguarding, management and legal action of Intellectual Property Right (IPR). Our firm combines capability and detailed knowledge of particular sectors of the Nigerian economy such as the manufacturing, telecommunications, medicine, and information technology and entertainment industry to provide expert advice to clients.   Safeguarding novel ideas in today’s global market has become a vital tool for the growth of any viable enterprise. Therefore L’avocat advises its clients on patent and IP litigation, data base and data protection, franchising, media law and entertainment, packaging, labeling, protection and enforcement of trademarks, copyright, patents, design...

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FOREIGN INVESTMENT & DISINVESTMENT

We have an in-depth knowledge of Energy and Natural Resources law and of the legal, commercial and regulatory issues of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. We strive to find practical solutions for our clients. Our energy practice covers: Providing advice relating to energy distribution, generation, efficiency and overcoming regulatory hurdles. Handling air emissions, permitting and control issues. Defending against different natural resource damage claims. Handling a wide sphere of environmental, energy safety and health regulatory enforcement issues including defending private citizen suits. We have an extensive understanding of the oil and gas sector of the Nigerian Economy. The firm proffers comprehensive...

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CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW

We offer commercial advice covering most aspects of corporate commercial activity which generally comprises and ranges from business formation and operation, debt and equity restructuring, contract documentation, securities and capital markets to general business. We are aware that forestalling legal disputes is better than setting them by litigation. For this reason we take crucial measures in preparing and executing legal transactions consistently such as: Choosing the legal form of a company. Liquidation of a company, bankruptcy law and insolvency. Preparing necessary organizational documents for a company or partnership and drawing up necessary documents for changes in the organizational structure of companies. ...

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COMPANY SECRETARIAT

As a law firm we act in the capacity of company secretary to various companies, commercial enterprises and NGO’S. Our duty as company secretary to our clients includes: To Prepare and file annuals returns. Take and issue minutes of general meetings. Organize and call annual general meetings, issue notices and attend. Keep Company register and hold the company seal (where necessary). We conduct legal due diligence for our local and foreign clients. We also offer nominee arrangement....

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CAPITAL MARKET & SECURITIES

Our firm is conversant with the Nigerian capital market. We offer advisory services to issuing houses, trustees, issuers of securities and other capital market operators including advice relating to but not limited to regulations guiding listings for quoted companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We are able to advice-listed companies having foreign affiliations and represent a cross section of the economy ranging from agriculture through manufacturing services. We primarily focus on giving regulatory advice and prepare documents such as vending and under writing agreements, right circulars, prospectus and JIH agreements and other related documents. We also offer advice on private...

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BANKING, FINANCE, INSURANCE

L’avocat & Blackstone LP, Capabilities include providing ample and useful advice on commercial banking to various financial institutions operating in Nigeria. The firm is also able to provide legal advice on bank securities, debt recovery, factoring and syndicated lending arrangements. We are equipped to act for management teams, creditors and insolvency practitioners. Our Firm is able to engage in corporate restructuring, debt restructuring and transaction structuring. We also have in depth knowledge of the insurance sector as we have skilled experts in this area. We are able to prepare a broad range of comprehensive legal documents and agreements ranging from foreign...

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