Clients

PUC enjoys the confidence of a wide range of clients, among them;

The Federal Government of Nigeria - whom we have represented successfully in a number of non-political litigations. We have also worked successfully for Nigeria's National Assembly, principally in the drafting of Nigeria's communication and maritime legislation.

Akwa Ibom, Delta and Lagos States whom we have represented in a communications transaction valued at more than US$1bn and whom we still represent in some very delicate and intricate non-political litigations. We have also successfully represented Niger State in several constitutional litigation before the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Nigeria's privatisation agency, Bureau for Public Enterprises, and various regulatory agencies, including Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA (up till August 2006 when one of our lawyers was drafted to head the corporation). For NCC, we have consulted in a wide range of big-ticket transaction and matters including Nigeria's pioneer spectrum auction in 2001; the drafting of some of its regulations; and representation in landmark court cases.

Some of Nigeria's biggest banks and financial institutions including First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, Unity Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank Plc, Ecobank Nigeria Plc and First Inland Bank Plc. We worked as advisers for the capitalisation and mergers of some of these financial institutions between 2005 and 2006.

One of Nigeria and Africa’s largest mobile telephony services providers for whom we continue to serve as the default law firm, Nigeria's national carrier, and several of Nigeria's pioneering private-sector communications organisations. Our Communications Practice actually started with the national carrier before the era of industry liberalisation and we served then as the organisation's law consultants of first choice. With liberalisation, we incorporated and helped in the start-up of most of the Private Telecommunications Operators and also assisted in the establishment and operations of several other pioneering organisations in the sector. We also serve several other communications service providers as counsel.

Two of Nigeria's largest oil and gas producing organisations, Shell Petroleum Development Corporation Limited and Exxon Mobil Group to whom we have, over the years, provided and continue to provide, advocacy and advisory services. We also work extensively for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in transactional and advocacy matters.

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and several private-sector shipping organisations and companies.