Corporate Law & Business Advisory

From business formation to contracts, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, we provide legal support that helps businesses grow with confidence.

Corporate & Business Law

Whether you are launching a startup, managing an established company, or expanding into the Nigerian market, sound legal advice is essential to protecting your business and achieving your commercial objectives. Ren Attorneys provides practical, business-focused legal solutions to help companies navigate legal and regulatory challenges with confidence.

We advise entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, established businesses, foreign investors, and non-profit organisations on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. Our approach combines legal expertise with commercial awareness, enabling us to deliver solutions that are practical, responsive, and aligned with your business goals.

  • We assist with company incorporation, business name registration, post-incorporation filings, and corporate restructuring, helping businesses establish a strong legal foundation.

  • We advise directors, shareholders, and management on corporate governance, statutory compliance, board resolutions, shareholder meetings, and ongoing regulatory obligations.

  • We prepare, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including service agreements, supply contracts, partnership agreements, distribution agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other business contracts.

  • We help businesses understand and comply with applicable Nigerian laws and regulatory requirements, reducing legal and operational risks.

  • We provide legal support for acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, asset purchases, business sales, and other commercial transactions.

  • We advise employers on employment contracts, workplace policies, disciplinary procedures, executive employment matters, and employment-related disputes.

  • Businesses often require ongoing legal support without maintaining an in-house legal department. We provide retained legal advisory services, offering practical guidance on day-to-day legal issues, contract reviews, compliance, and strategic business decisions.

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Our Approach

Business-Focused Advice

Our legal solutions are tailored to your commercial objectives, balancing legal protection with practical business considerations.

Responsive Service


We understand that business decisions often require timely legal advice, and we work efficiently to meet your timelines.

Tailored Solutions


Every business is different. We take time to understand your industry, operations, and objectives before recommending a legal strategy.

Business Formation

Business Name: For sole proprietorships and partnerships.

Private Limited Company (Ltd): Most common structure for SMEs.

Public Limited Company (PLC): For large businesses looking to trade shares publicly.

Incorporated Trustees: For non-profit organizations, religious bodies, or NGOs.

Trademark & Patents

Copyright:
This covers literary, musical, and artistic works, cinematographic films, sound, and broadcasts.

Trademarks:
. Protects brand names, logos, and other distinctive marks used in trade.

Patents:
It protects new inventions, involves an inventive step, and is industrially applicable.

Business Compliance

Documents needed for company compliance in Nigeria

Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC)

PenCom Compliance Certificate:

Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Certificate:

NSITF Compliance Certificate:

Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Registration:

Raising Capital for Real Estate (JV)

Access to Capital: Combines financial resources from multiple parties.

Risk Mitigation: Shared financial and operational risks.

Leveraged Expertise: Combining complementary skills like development expertise and market access.

Scalability: Enables larger or more complex projects than individual parties could handle alone.

Import & Export Trade

Importation laws in Nigeria govern the processes and regulations surrounding bringing goods into the country from abroad.

Export License

Nigerian Customs Service (NCS)

Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON)

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)

Product Registration

Full registration of products in both categories, as currently set out by NAFDAC: drugs and food.

​ Drugs include medical devices, vaccines, chemicals and pesticides, veterinary products, nutraceuticals and supplements, herbal preparations, and cosmetics. NAFDAC also regulates drug clinical trials.

Food products include processed and semi-processed food, bottled or sachet water, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We assist with business registration, company structuring, compliance, contracts, partnerships, dispute resolution, advisory, and more.

  • It gives you legal recognition, boosts your credibility, helps you secure funding, and protects your personal assets from business liabilities.

  • A business name is simpler and cheaper but offers no legal separation. An LLC provides better credibility, investor trust, and limited liability protection.

  • Typically 7–10 working days. We manage the entire process, so you can focus on building your business.

  • Yes — we draft and review contracts to ensure your business relationships are legally sound and protected from future disputes.

  • Make sure it’s unique, easy to remember, aligns with your business goals, and doesn't violate trademarks. We guide you through that process too.

  • We offer legal strategies to resolve the issue — through negotiation, mediation, or litigation if necessary. You don’t have to face it alone.

  • Yes. Banks and investors take registered businesses more seriously, especially if you’re operating as a limited liability company.

  • Yes — it's best to register early to avoid legal issues down the line, access more opportunities, and protect yourself from personal liability.

  • Yes, we offer retainers and on-demand consultations to help businesses stay compliant and make sound legal decisions as they grow.