On 4th February 2020, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria presented the Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) 2020 which replaces the Nigeria Visa Policy 2012. According to the Federal Government, the NVP 2020 is [...]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is aimed at creating a single market for goods and services and boost Intra-African trade. The Agreement to create the AfCFTA, which has been signed by 54 African [...]
Our Theophilus Emuwa has been recognised as a "Recommended Expert" by the World Trademark Review (WTR) 2020. The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, the industry’s preeminent publication. The WTR conducts extensive research over many months to [...]
We are pleased to announce that our Funke Adekoya, SAN has been ranked as Recommended in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2020. Peers say she is “number one on most people’s list” and describe her as a “top practitioner”.
ǼLEX’s Lawrence Fubara Anga and Oluwasemiloore Atewologun contributed the Nigeria Chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guides 2020 (8th Ed.) This article was first published in the ICLG to: Aviation Law. We invite you to [...]
Counterfeiting and trademark infringement continue to pose serious challenges to innovation and industry, especially in the 21st century. The dynamic nature of these challenges makes it imperative to have progressive and up to date laws and [...]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission issued a ‘Notice of Threshold for Merger Notification’ (the Notice) detailing the annual turnover threshold for determining what constitutes a small and large merger for the purpose of [...]
We are happy to announce that our FinTech practice has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in the Fintech Legal category for Nigeria. AELEX is recognised as experts in corporate and commercial law with a dedicated [...]
Our Davidson Oturu has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in the 2020 FinTech Legal Guide. He is recognised for being "highly experienced in advising on ICT matters and has a strong track record in handling [...]
On 13 January 2020, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, assented to the Finance Bill (“the Finance Act”) which made substantial amendments to the primary tax legislation in Nigeria. [...]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recently rolled out a new Visa on Arrival (VoA) application process for Business Travelers and African nationals. The new VoA, which became effective on 1st January 2020, does not apply [...]
Software applications are continuously being developed to solve myriads of problems in financial services, payment systems, communications, manufacturing and other area With the use of software applications, people can now communicate with their business partners [...]
ǼLEX is proud to announce that our Damilola Ogedengbe has been appointed as an officer of the Securities Law Committee of the International Bar Association for the 2020/2021 term. Damilola is a member of the [...]
AELEX is pleased to have advised AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited (AFEX) in connection with the close of a fundraising round which was fully subscribed to by Consonance Investment Managers, a sub-Saharan Africa early-stage and growth [...]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recently issued the Migrant e-Registration Guidelines (the Guidelines) pursuant to its powers under the provisions of the Immigration Act 2015 and the Immigration Regulation 2017. In this article our associate, [...]
As part of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) attempt to intervene on behalf of businesses that operate in the real sector and improve lending to them by Deposit Money Banks (DMB), the CBN issued [...]
Partner in our IP/TMT Practice Groups, Davidson Oturu, recently contributed to OneTrust DataGuidance, an in-depth and up-to-date privacy and security regulatory research platform supportd by more than two decades of global privacy law research. The article [...]
On 26 August 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a circular titled: New Offer Letter Clause for Credit Facilities. The circular gives banks, who have extended facilities to customers, the right to access [...]
In a bid to shore up its revenue base to finance the 2020 budget, the executive arm of the Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed its intention to increase the chargeable rate of value added [...]
The Nigerian government’s decision to close its land borders on 20 August 2019 has raised many questions regarding the legality of the government’s action particularly in light of the recently signed agreement to establish the [...]
