General Commercial Practice

PUC ranks amongst Nigeria's leading General Commercial Practice Law Firm. Amongst its 25 lawyers as at 31 December 2006 are lawyers whose professional lives revolve entirely around transactional and solicitors' practices. These lawyers are available to meet PUC's clients' timelines and provide services at all times without the distraction of courtroom attendance and practice, or preparation of court processes. They are supervised by the Firm's Senior Partner, Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN, who, though a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has unparalleled depth and experience in transactional matters and solicitors' practice.

General Commercial Law Practice Areas
PUC has a diversified General Commercial Law Practice which spans but is not limited to the following areas of law:

• Banking and finance laws
• Capital market and investments issues, due diligence exercises, etc.
• Capital raising activities generally, whether debt or equity or mezzanine;
• Company and commercial laws generally, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, etc.
• Employment laws and matters including pension administration
• Energy laws and oil and gas matters
• Legislative advocacy
• Natural resources laws
• Project finance and ancillary matters
• Privatisation
• Property and construction law
• Taxation laws