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Our preeminent International Trade legal team partners with Nigeria’s leading exporters, importers, multinational corporations, and government agencies to secure supply chains, navigate complex global regulations, and unlock transformative cross-border growth. We ensure our clients’ success by listening carefully to their commercial objectives, devising client-specific strategies, and deploying our unparalleled sector expertise to achieve results with precision and efficiency.
As Africa’s largest economy continues to integrate with global markets, Nigeria’s position in international trade stands at a dynamic crossroads of challenge and opportunity. With evolving trade agreements, stringent customs and compliance regimes, geopolitical shifts, and increasing scrutiny on sanctions and anti-dumping measures, the sector demands legal counsel that is both deeply rooted in local realities and globally astute. The drive for export diversification, the complexities of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the critical need for robust trade remedy strategies have made sophisticated legal partnership more vital than ever.
Our award-winning trade, customs, and regulatory lawyers have proudly served at the forefront of numerous landmark transactions and high-stakes matters, including:
- Advising a consortium of Nigerian agricultural exporters on market access, compliance, and successful resolution of a high-value phytosanitary dispute with the European Union, preserving a €50 million annual trade channel.
- Guiding a multinational energy corporation through a comprehensive Nigeria Customs Service audit and investigation, resulting in a favourable settlement and the regularization of its import duty regime.
- Representing a major Nigerian manufacturer in a landmark anti-dumping investigation before the Nigerian government, securing a definitive ruling that protected the domestic industry from injurious imports.
- Structuring the cross-border supply chain and international trade compliance framework for a $300 million automotive assembly joint venture with an Asian OEM.
- Acting as lead Nigerian counsel for a sovereign entity in negotiations under the AfCFTA, focusing on Rules of Origin and tariff concessions for key priority sectors.
As a top-tier international trade law practice, we are trusted by the industry’s leading exporters, global shipping and logistics firms, multinational corporations, commodities traders, and domestic producers, as well as by relevant regulatory authorities. Our hands-on experience and deep regulatory and transactional knowledge are critical to structuring resilient supply chains, mitigating compliance risk, and defending our clients’ interests in negotiations, audits, and trade remedy proceedings. Our trade lawyers are adept at every stage, from conceptualizing market entry strategies and securing necessary permits to navigating complex customs classifications and leading contentious trade litigation before national and regional bodies.
Contact our International Trade Law team today to build a secure and profitable global trade strategy.
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