Bassey, a detailed professional, is a key member of Lex Artifex LLP’s Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. Bassey advises a diverse range of local and foreign clients on the acquisition and refurbishment of Brownfield projects, the construction and establishment of Greenfield projects. Bassey acts for or advises both parties in the real estate transactions, private equity investments, divestitures, stocks and bonds transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic alliances.

He has advised Nigerian and foreign clients in a number of cross-border and domestic equity financing transactions involving agribusiness, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, and solid minerals mining. He has also led several due diligence reviews.

Bassey has a BL from the Nigerian Law School, and an LL.B from the University of Lagos, and a BS in Finance from Duke Univerisity, USA.

 

PRACTICE FOCUS AND EXPERIENCE

• Banking and Corporate Finance

• Corporate and Commercial

• Foreign Direct Investment

• Business Development

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Capital Markets

• Project Finance

• Public Private Partnership

• Business Turnaround and Corporate Insolvency

• Private Equity Investment

• Taxation

• Regulatory Compliance

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Nigerian Bar Association

• International Bar Association

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

• Chartered Institute of Taxation

• Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria