Firm Description

SimmonsCooper Partners (SCP) is a leading corporate commercial and commercial litigation firm in Nigeria consistently ranked in the top tier Nigerian firms in the relevant areas of practice. With multi-jurisdictional competence spanning Nigeria, the United States and the United Kingdom, SCP fuses sound legal counsel with superior advocacy, and personal and responsive service. SCP provides a comprehensive and integrated range of transactional, litigation, advisory and several support services. Recently, SCP was named the most represented commercial litigation firm in Nigeria by Who’s Who Legal 2009. The firm’s main offices are in Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria.

SCP and its people have provided stellar representation and advisory services on some of the most complex, intricate and precedential matters and transactions in Nigeria- from investment/ divestment to large capital raisings; product liability to oil blocks acquisitions; securities litigation to shareholders’ dispute. We have also advised the Federal Ministry of Justice on the introduction of a Competition Law and antitrust regime in Nigeria. SCP has provided capacity-building assistance to several regulatory agencies on antitrust issues. SCP’s clients represent a broad spectrum of both the private and public sectors, ranging from multinationals, financial institutions, multilateral financial institutions, oil and gas operations, private equity and venture capital operations, to the Federal and State governments and individuals.

SCP routinely advises on the availability of a local-effects test in Nigeria. Our top-tier interactions with government and regulators provide a distinctive ability to deliver pragmatic outcomes in any pre/ post regulatory compliance/ notification/ approval/ filing process.