10Jan/21

STRATEGICALLY SELECTING A BOARD THAT WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF YOUR COMPANY- Mojolaoluwa Olaifa #BoardroomswithMojola

January 10, 2021BoardroomswithMojola, Uncategorized#BoardroomswithMojola, board of directors, companies, Corporate Governance, corporations, directors, Founders, legal consultant, legaladvice, Mojolaoluwa Olaifa, Nigeria, Start-ups, strategyzyden

Background It is understood that a duly incorporated company possesses a legal personality i.e. is seen as a person distinct from its founders. It has the rights of a physical person andRead More…

10Jan/21

What You Should Know About The CAN-Spam Act

January 10, 2021Articles#LawPractice, #lawyersinnigeria, CAN-Spam, legal consultant, legaladvice, Mojolaoluwa Olaifa, Nigeria, zyden, zydenlegalzyden

The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 16, 2003, established the United States’ first national standardsRead More…

09Nov/20

How To Prepare For An External Audit- by Mojolaoluwa Olaifa on #BoardroomswithMojola

November 9, 2020Articles#BoardroomswithMojola, Audit, Corporate Governance, Mojolaoluwa Olaifa, zydenlegalzyden

Getting an audit is like getting a full medical checkup, except that you are mandated to get this checkup by the government and the appropriate regulatory authorities to ensure that your organisationRead More…

24Sep/20

People of Zyden: Kelechi Okoro

September 24, 2020Uncategorized#friday, #LawPractice, #lawyersinnigeria, #legalconsultant, #legalpractice, #legalservices, #PeopleofZyden, #zydenlegalzyden

Renowned for his knack for unknotting the trickiest financial quagmires, K.C. has racked in accolades for his key roles in settling these transactional disputes, making them wins for his clients who haveRead More…

24Sep/20

B for Blackmail

September 24, 2020Uncategorized#blackmail, #legaldrafting, #legalpractice, #legalservices, #LegitLikeABC, #TuesdayMotivation, #zydenlegalzyden

Blackmail is the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to harm them- Cambridge Dictionary Blackmail means demandingRead More…

24Sep/20

A for Affidavit

September 24, 2020Uncategorized#AforAffidavit, #legaleducation, #LegitLikeABC, #TuesdayMotivation, #zydenlegal, legal consultant, legal representation, legaladvicezyden

There are different instances of when a person might need an affidavit for a specific purpose, for example to report lost documents and request for new government issued ones, to attest to their ages where a birthday is not readily available, affidavit of support, to corroborate a fact as a witness in court etc.

16Sep/20

The Infamous Sovereignty Clause and Incidental Matters

September 16, 2020Articles, Uncategorized#china, #legaldrafting, #legalpractice, #loans, #Mojolaoluwa Olaifa, #Nations, #nigeria, #Rereloluwa Williams, #Sovereignty, #sovereigntyclause, #twitter, #UN, #zydenlegalzyden

A full-blown media and Twitter hysteria erupted in Nigeria over reports that a member of the House of Representatives discovered a clause in a Chinese loan contract that supposedly puts the country’s sovereignty at risk in the event of default.The contract in question was a 2018 loan for $400 million from the China Exim Bank to build Nigeria National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure Backbone Phase II Project.

27Aug/20

Mareva Injunctions : What Are They & How Do They Affect Your Investments ?

August 27, 2020Articles, News#foreigninvestment, #foreignparticipation, #LawPractice, #legalconsulting, #zydenlegal, Founders, Injunctions, legaladvice, Mareva injunction, Mojolaoluwa Olaifa, Nigeria, Rereloluwa Williams, Shoprite, zydenzyden

Recently, In the wake of an alleged plan to exit Nigeria, the Federal High Court in Lagos has made an order of mareva injunction barring Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited from transferring its assets out of jurisdiction over a $10m judgment debt

18Aug/20

Dear Founder, Are You Holding on to the Reins Too Tightly?

August 18, 2020Articlescollaboration, debt, due diligence, equity finance, Founders, franchise, fundraising, legal representation, partnership, scaling, venture Capital, zyden legalzyden

Increasing the workforce means more salaries, entitlements to pay; building new structures, market entry strategies, marketing, ever-evolving economic policies and all the financing that goes into those. Do you grow organically (this may require a lot of time and there is the risk of losing the growing attention you are looking to capitalize on) or inorganically by relinquishing some part of your stakes to provide potential investors/partners an incentive to fund the next phase of growth?Would you take debt financing and shoulder the burden of repaying the loan and double-digit interest rates or would you make a call for franchisees to replicate your model?

22Jul/20

Client Feedback

July 22, 2020Uncategorizedzyden

Nemo Judex in Causa Sua i.e. No man is a judge in his own matter. At Zyden, it is essential to us that every client can look back and say satisfactorily thatRead More…

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