OUR SERVICES

We offer our clients:

  • Professional service of the highest standard: combining experience with commercial awareness and a practical, constructive approach to issues;
  • Access to the best Legal Advice in a seamless and integrated manner through our close working relationships with leading lawyers from independent law firms and consultancy firms;
  • A client-focused service: We know our clients well, understand the operations and requirements of their businesses, and give proactive advice that goes beyond just getting the Law right, to achieving client satisfaction in line with ethical and professional standards;
  • A multi-specialist approach: This enables us to advice on a broad range of clients’ needs rather than bringing in many different specialists who may be unknown to the client. This further increases the level of trust between our lawyers and their clients
  • Provide legal opinions on a wide range of issues, covering commercial and financial transactions, Management and Regulatory issues, Executive Appraisals and Corporate Affairs (This includes policy generation to regulate the conduct of employees) and also relevant documentation where necessary.
  • Corporate Services covering company formation and operation, Company searches and verification.
  • Contract negotiation and documentation.
  • International trade and investments.
  • Advise as to acceptable legal procedures and forms in business and commercial operation
  • Private client services
  • Human Resource Management (Executive Appraisal and Performance Management)

OUR SERVICES INCLUDES: REGULATORY .COMPLIANCE .GOVERNANCE . ADVISORY.

 

OUR PRACTICE AREAS

  1. General Corporate and Commercial Law
  2. Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance
  3. Private Client services
  4. Company secretarial services
  5. Commercial Real Estate and Property Law
  6. Pro bono activities

 

  1. General Corporate and Commercial Law

Our corporate advisory team represents a broad range of local and international clients.

Fraise law firms’ corporate advisory team is well regarded by clients for its cost-effective services across a range of corporate issues. Working with our team will give you access to lawyers who among other resources have the following qualities:

  • A sound knowledge of commercial issues and a  pragmatic approach to managing corporate transactions;
  • Are readily available for clients and pride themselves on ultimate client satisfaction;
  • Combine a multi-disciplinary knowledge of Law, Business Administration, Strategic business improvement processes, Corporate Governance and Regulatory matters.

 

  1. Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance provides an opportunity to strengthen your organization strategically and culturally through proactive measures such as reviewing your governance practice, adopting best practice, establishing internal controls and, ultimately, improving business outcomes.

policy drafting:

  • Review and advise Clients on legal implications of internal policies and procedures
  • Generate Policies to guide the conduct of staff with third parties
  • Generate Industry specific Policies and ensure Compliance through periodic reviews update on new regulations

regulatory compliance:

  • Formulate compliance checklist as required.
  • Monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise Client
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for compliance.

 

  1. PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES

With regard to the individual private client, the firm offers advice and relevant services in the areas of Real Estate Investment, Joint Ventures, Equity Sharing, succession, wills, marriage, intestacies and inheritance. The firm prides itself in maintaining relationships with our numerous individual clients offering at all times our highest professional courtesies to them in the provision of quality service.

 

  1. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES

Our company secretarial services runs from the gamut from; incorporation of a company (both local and foreign) to winding up of a company, arranging and minuting of all Board and Shareholders’ meetings, filing of all company records at the Corporate Affairs Commission on a timely basis, retaining and maintaining all statutory books and registers; and where required operating as our client’s registered offices in the country.

 

With our company secretarial services, our clients can minimize compliance risk, reduce the regulatory burden and save time and money.

 

We offer two levels of company secretary service.

Professional

– This service includes filing the Companies Annual Returns each year to CAC. We will provide advice in the capacity of company secretary for the duration of the service and sign company documentation (including bank mandates) as required.

Basic

– We will be appointed as the company secretary for your company. However, there is no administrative support and any document processing or advice provided may be charged subject to the work involved

 

  1. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW

We offer our clients tailored, flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems across a broad range of transactions in the commercial real estate industry. Through extensive interaction between members of the Real Estate Practice Group and lawyers in other areas of the Firm’s practice, we offer focused, multi-disciplinary counsel on a cost-effective basis. We regularly advise real estate clients on a variety of matters including the following:

  • Joint ventures (both one-off partnerships and platforms) involving all asset classes;
  • Real estate private equity fund formations and investments
  • mortgage documentation and registration, property development schemes and property investment.
  • Advising as to various cost-effective methods of acquiring, maintaining and safeguarding legal interests in land in Nigeria.

We also act as Trustees for Estates, where we offer wealth management services, including investment and asset protection solutions and advise our esteemed clients about the significance of planning ahead for a secure future. In this respect, we advise individuals, families and charitable organizations in the planning and administration of Trusts and Estates. We advise on activities as diverse as creating trusts for minor children and grandchildren, purchasing life insurance, planning for the continued support of disabled minors or other

dependents, preparing pre-nuptial agreements, structuring lifetime and testamentary charitable gifts.

 

We also routinely act as Executors and Administrators of estates, advising on how testator’s Wills and Estates are to be handled, arrange for valuation and collection of assets and payment of debts. Our services also include contested probate proceedings and coordination for ancillary administration of assets in other jurisdictions

 

  1. PRO BONO ACTIVITIES

Our firm is committed to doing Pro Bono work in aid of charitable and humanitarian causes. Firm members are required to do compulsory work on such activities every year.