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Who We Are
The Firm
ME Consult is a client focused legal consultancy offering a range of top-tier corporate and commercial legal advisory, and business support services. The Firm and its strategic partners are well positioned with the knowledge and experience to advise corporates of various sizes from startups to multinationals, on the legal requirements and documentation necessary for doing business in Nigeria, and on commercial issues affecting their businesses.
Our Founder
ME Consult's Founder and Lead Consultant, Mary Ekemezie, is an outstanding corporate and investment lawyer, well known within the legal and investment community as a committed and highly knowledgeable lawyer, and for her resolution of complex corporate and commercial legal issues and, for providing personalised legal advice.
Our Focus
In line with the Firm's practice of providing personalised legal services, and in order to ensure the growth and sustainability of its clients' businesses, ME Consult provides business focused strategic consulting and training on human resources management and human capital development to its clients, and also shares best practices and recommendations with them.
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Why Choose Us?
We understand the needs and challenges of starting new businesses in Nigeria. Hence, we strategically embrace and adopt the principles of accessibility, affordability, scalability and flexibility in order to ensure that all our SME clients, are provided the best advice and service at a cost suited for their particular growth phase.
Decentralised Structure
Our decentralised structure disrupts traditional legal services stereotypes to provide a fresh, seamless and creative legal solution-based platform to clients. We consistently deliver on value, and offer a transparent and flexible billing system in line with today's technologically savvy businesses.
Humans First
ME Consult is a human-centred Firm. We believe in people and not processes. We place a premium on empathy in our engagement with our employees and understand that they are our greatest asset.
You are important
Our clients are equally important to us. We are, therefore, focused on preserving and growing relationships through personalised offerings, seamless processes and persistent feedback. To this end, we are committed to ensuring that our clients remain focused on what they do best - building their businesses, making valuable impact and boosting their revenues
Ideal Partner
ME Consult is your ideal partner for all your legal consulting needs. Its wealth of top-tier experience makes the Firm well-positioned to provide personalised legal services to corporate clients across diverse sectors. ME Consult, in conjunction with its strategic partners, has the experience and the expertise required to assist the growth of your business. Our ethical approach also ensures that you always receive advice best-suited for your business.
What Drives Us
As a dedicated law firm, our driving force lies in our unwavering commitment to responsiveness, integrity, goodwill, and hard work. We empower startups and SMEs to not only navigate legal complexities but also to thrive, fostering positive and sustainable growth in their endeavors.
Responsiveness
In the dedication, excellence and timeliness in serving our clients.
Integrity
In the commitment to human-centered development and ethical partnership with clients, lawyers and stakeholders.
Goodwill
In providing personalised, adaptive, and commercially-focused legal advice at competitive rates.
Hard work
Through consistently leveraging the firm's structure to offer clients flexible and solution-oriented feedback.
Thrive
On, and by contributing to the community, and creating positive and sustainable growth.
ME Consult for Startups and SMEs
At ME Consult, we believe that starts-ups and SMEs are at the heart of any nation's economic development. A sizeable portion of our practice is, therefore, dedicated to providing legal advisory support to startups and growth businesses across several industries.
Our Practice Areas
ME Consult's robust service offerings support local and international corporate entities, SMEs and Startups of different sizes with their legal needs within the Nigerian environment.
capital markets
ME Consult has considerable experience in Capital Market transactions particularly in the establishment and listing of an exchange traded fund (ETF) on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the establishment of mutual funds.
Our team has over 10 years of experience in advising on local debt and equity capital market transactions, securities offerings, disclosure obligations, exit procedures and bond issuances.
ME Consult maintains a good relationship with market regulators and keeps tabs on new laws and regulations that can change the regulatory and compliance landscape for market participants in Nigeria.
Corporate Advisory And Mergers & Acquisitions
ME Consult's team has well over 20 years of experience in advising corporate conglomerates, investors, joint venture partners and shareholders with structuring and executing corporate and M&A investments in Nigeria. In this respect, the Firm offers a unique blend of top-tier legal advice and practical business-focused solutions, providing services such as:
- Transaction Structuring ME Consult's team has well over 20 years of experience in advising corporate conglomerates, investors, joint venture partners and shareholders with structuring and executing corporate and M&A investments in Nigeria. In this respect, the Firm offers a unique blend of top-tier legal advice and practical business-focused solutions, providing services such as:
- Due Diligence Reviews and Transaction Documentation
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
At the heart of our practice, is our commitment to ensuring that the businesses we advise build and develop a culture of corporate governance and compliance culture.
We recognise that setting standards of conduct and procedures for governing a company, plays an important role in fostering ethical business practices, the attainment of the company's objectives, harmonious relationships between its stakeholders and its financial viability.
Our team has considerable experience working with the executive and management teams of companies to establish effective and robust decision-making processes, designing the appropriate charters and guidelines, conducting governance reviews of our clients' compliance levels with corporate governance principles, board assessments and evaluations, and advising on required training and education for directors.
employment
ME Consult offers clients a full range of labour and employment law-related services.
We assist our clients by providing creative and practical solutions on all aspects of employment related enquiries on employment contracts, employment of foreign nationals, termination of employment contracts, redundancies, restructuring of employee remuneration structures including employee share and incentive plans, and advising on employee issues in the context of acquisitions, divestments, mergers, and restructuring.
Our Lead Consultant is an employment law specialist, who is ranked as a National Leader for labour and employment practice in Nigeria, by Who's Who Legal, which makes the firm, well-positioned to provide strategic, confidential advice to clients especially in contentious or investigatory matters.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ME Consult has significant experience in advising on intellectual property protection and branding rights. We offer a unique blend of top-tier legal advice and practical business-focused solutions, to support our clients in register and protect their invaluable intellectual property rights. Some of the services we offer in this respect include the:
- Registration of trademarks
- Advising on franchising, licensing, and marketing arrangements
- Registration of agreements at the National Office for Technology
- Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)
- Advising on commercialisation of intellectual property rights.
REAL ESTATE
The firm boasts of expertise in the Nigerian real estate sector. Our services in this respect require us to provide drafting and negotiation support to our clients on real estate transactions including land acquisitions, mortgage schemes and the formation of REITs, as well as any due diligence services required. We also advise on the procurement of relevant approvals for the development of real estate projects.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Regulatory compliance is key to enabling businesses and organisations to cultivate and establish goodwill and profitability. At ME Consult, we combine legal knowledge and empathy to provide creative solutions and guidance to clients on compliance requirements. Our services in this respect include:
- Compliance reviews and legal audits to identify and mitigate the organisation's exposure to risk
- The design and development of regulatory reporting framework
- Advising on strategies for maintaining and improving corporate and compliance standards and controls
trainings
ME Consult offers bespoke trainings to companies on compliance, corporate governance and employment law.
Our training solutions, which are expertly created to fit the needs of each client, are designed to meet specific business needs and to improve business operations with a special focus on best practices. The modalities for delivering our training services vary depending on the client's needs and comprise a hybrid of the formats, including in-person and virtual sessions.
STARTUP AND MSME ADVISORY
At ME Consult, we are committed to supporting Startups and MSME's to ensure that they are legal from scratch, i.e., compliant with the requisite laws and regulations applicable to their operations from inception, their ideas and assets are legally protected, and their business operations are compliant with the law. In this respect, we work with founders and management teams from ideation to set-up, consolidation, scaling and growth phases of the business.
Our work in this area requires us to:
- Assist founders to refine their ideas and protect their intellectual property
- Advise on the appropriate business structure and corporate governance strategies
- The standardisation of contract documents
- Advise on employee remuneration and retention strategies
- Prepare the organisations for financing rounds and advise on the terms of the financing documents
- Provide ongoing legal and compliance support
What Our Clients Say About Our Services
"It's been a great pleasure working with Mary and her team. They are true experts at the legal profession and this allows us to focus on what we do best, which is building innovative products for customers. This has been super helpful for us as a startup to iterate at the speed we need to without worrying about the legal implications."
"I am thrilled to offer my heartfelt endorsement for ME Consult. In an ever-evolving legal landscape, ME Consult stands as a beacon of reliability and sets itself apart from other law firms. From navigating complex employment law matters, to providing support on M&A transactions and advising on general corporate matters, ME Consult has exhibited an unmatched commitment to excellence. Their keen attention to detail and proactive problem-solving consistently surpasses expectations. I wholeheartedly commend them for their unwavering support and exceptional legal acumen, and I am privileged to endorse their services with the utmost enthusiasm."
"Working with Mary has been an incredibly positive experience. Her promptness in responding to inquiries and proactive communication style ensured that we were always informed and prepared. Mary's ability to distill complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice is truly impressive. Her dedication to her clients' success is evident in her meticulous attention to detail and her commitment to excellence. I would highly recommend Mary to anyone seeking legal counsel who values a partner-like approach and results-driven performance."