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Quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of local insights into corporate governance issues worldwide, including sources of rules and practice; responsible agencies and notable opinion formers; shareholder powers, decisions, meetings, voting, duties and liabilities; employee role in governance; corporate control issues; board structure and composition, duties, leadership, committees, meetings and evaluation; director and senior management remuneration; director protections; disclosure and transparency; hot topics, such as shareholder engagement, and sustainability, pay ratio and gender gap reporting; and other recent trends.

Quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of local insights, including into applicable treaties, domestic legislation and restrictions on governing law; title transfer; registration of aircraft ownership and lease interests; security; enforcement; taxes and payment restrictions; insurance and reinsurance; and recent trends.

Quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of local insights, including into types of private equity transaction; corporate governance, disclosure and timing considerations; dissenting shareholder rights; key purchase agreement provisions; participation of target company management; tax; fnancing; shareholders’ agreements; exit strategies (including IPOs); target sectors; cross-border considerations; club/group deals; and key recent developments.

The FCCPA defnes dominance in section 70(2) as a market situation where an undertaking enjoys a position of economic strength enabling it to prevent effective competition from being maintained on the relevant market and having the power to behave to an appreciable extent independently of its competitors

Private equity (PE) transactions in Nigeria can generally be classified into angel investing, venture capital, growth capital, buyouts (including management buyouts) and mezzanine financing

The Warsaw Convention 1929 was extended to Nigeria by the British  colonial government via an order known as the Carriage by Air  (Colonies, Protectorates and Other Trust Territories) Order 1953.  This Order was repealed by section 77 (1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act  2006 (CAA 2006). Prior to its repeal, the applicability of the Warsaw  Convention as the basis for determining air carrier liability was upheld 

The FCCPA defines dominance in section 70(2) as a market situation where an undertaking enjoys a position of economic strength enabling it to prevent effective competition from being maintained on the relevant market and having the power to behave to an appreciable extent independently of its competitors, customers and ultimately consumers

The Warsaw Convention 1929 was extended to Nigeria by the British  colonial government via an order known as the Carriage by Air  (Colonies, Protectorates and Other Trust Territories) Order 1953.  This Order was repealed by section 77 (1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act  2006 (CAA 2006). Prior to its repeal, the applicability of the Warsaw  Convention as the basis for determining air carrier liability was upheld 

The Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005 (EPSRA or “the Act”) is the principal legislation governing the structure and ownership of enti ties in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The EPSRA was passed for the purpose of unbundling the existing vertically integrated and state-owned Nigerian Electricity Power Authority (NEPA), creating an independent reg ulator for the industry – the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) – and achieving market liberalisation. The Act introduced several reforms including: