Firm Description

ǼLEX is a West African law firm with offices in Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt in Nigeria and Accra, Ghana.

Our energy practice is recognised as the leading energy practice in Nigeria and is led by three partners from varying streams of energy law.

The firm’s expertise covers legal, regulatory and policy issues as well as commercial and fiscal matters that are bound to arise in energy transactions. We have represented clients in assignments covering upstream gas and oil development, midstream transmission, and downstream distribution through to power projects.

ǼLEX also works in conjunction with international law firms and other multi-disciplinary practices, providing support on issues of both Nigerian and Ghanaian law, the practice of their courts and arbitral panels.

The firm’s local knowledge and regular interaction with key players in the petroleum industry allows it to structure advice on projects and transactions in anticipation of and consistent with changes in policy and regulation.

The firm’s commitment to keeping abreast of matters affecting the dynamic business and regulatory environment in which clients operate has delivered a proven record of successfully high profile and complex transactions.

Clients of the firm are predominantly multinational companies including banks and financial institutions, oil and gas companies, power companies, insurance companies, shipping lines, conglomerates and multilateral agencies, development finance institutions and security trustees.

ǼLEX is ranked as a top tier firm by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR 1000) 2011 Guide, and was ranked as Who’s Who Legal’s Nigerian law firm of the year 2009.