Mergers & Acquisitions
Bloomfield has a robust Mergers & Acquisitions Team which is recognized by the Legal 500 for our work in the structuring and implementation of complex transactions and cross-border joint ventures.
We support our clients who are comprised of large and small businesses, private and public companies and individuals through all mergers and acquisition processes, from bid preparation and submission until the transaction closes. We advise on the sale and purchase of businesses and business interests across all sectors and deliver value for our clients on takeovers, equity capital markets, private equity, disposals and corporate restructurings. In addition, we are well suited to provide legal advisory on recapitalization and consolidation of going concerns.
As a complement to our general deals and transactions offerings, we incorporate our associated practice areas such as banking and finance, capital markets, employment, intellectual property, corporate governance, antitrust and competition, and tax teams to offer our clients a compete business advisory service as it relates to Mergers & Acquisitions transactions. Our Mergers & Acquisitions practitioners have advised on some of the most complex and largest Mergers & Acquisitions transactions in Nigeria and globally and have garnered market recognition for helping our clients successfully navigate the legal and commercial intricacies of Mergers & Acquisitions transactions in cross jurisdictions. In addition to structuring the deal, our lawyers draft and negotiate sale and acquisition agreements. We also handle regulatory compliance as it relates to the filing of relevant notifications and returns to the Securities and Exchange Commission; and, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
We have recently acted for clients in various sectors including the FMCG, shipping, natural resources (oil, gas and power), aviation, private equity, technology, real estate and banking sectors.