Nominee Services
Discreet nominee arrangements supporting asset acquisition and corporate structuring, with the jurisdiction of registration matched to your objectives on confidentiality, efficiency, compliance and succession.
Legal title on the record. Beneficial ownership with you.
We hold a stated interest on the public record, usually shares or a named office, while you retain the beneficial interest and the control set out in the underlying agreement.
A declaration of trust records that we hold for you. As a result, nothing rests on an understanding between people.
Five ways we can be appointed.
Nominee shareholder
We hold the shares for you under a declaration of trust. Dividends, voting and transfers therefore follow your written instruction.
Declaration of trust
Nominee director or officer
A named officer within the limits Nigerian company law places on the office.
Appointment terms
Holding of assets
We also act as the named party for acquiring and holding property and other assets.
Acquisition mandate
Corporate structuring
How the entities in a group should be held, in which jurisdiction, and by whom.
Structuring memorandum
Registered office
A registered address for statutory correspondence, logged and forwarded to you.
Office agreement
Four situations that bring clients here.
Market entry
A foreign investor who needs a local holder while the structure is being settled.
Property acquisition
A buyer who does not wish the acquisition to be attributed publicly while negotiations are live.
Group reorganisation
Consolidating holdings across several entities without disturbing the operating companies.
Succession planning
Arranging how interests will pass, while retaining control during your lifetime.
Discreet to the market. Transparent to the regulator.
Nominee arrangements are lawful in Nigeria, and they carry disclosure obligations under CAMA 2020. For this reason, we make the disclosures the law requires.
Otherwise, we do not disclose your identity to counterparties, competitors or the market as a consequence of the arrangement itself.
However, we do not act where the purpose is to conceal ownership from an authority entitled to know it, to defeat a creditor, or to disguise the source of funds.
Clients on this service often also use
Company Secretarial
Where the entity's statutory records need to be kept alongside the arrangement.
Probate & Estate Planning
Where interests are to pass to beneficiaries in an orderly way.
Escrow Services
Where an acquisition needs a neutral party to hold funds or documents.
Arrange a confidential discussion.
Describe the structure you have in mind, in outline. We will then tell you what is workable and what it requires.