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About Transadvisory Legal

Transadvisory Legal is a dynamic, full-service Nigerian law firm headquartered in Abuja, providing sophisticated legal, regulatory, and strategic advisory services to businesses, investors, institutions, governments, entrepreneurs, and private clients.


Established in 2021, the firm was founded with a clear ambition: to build a modern African law firm capable of combining rigorous legal expertise with commercial intelligence, strategic thinking and an uncompromising commitment to client outcomes.


Today, Transadvisory Legal advises clients across complex transactions, commercial relationships, regulatory environments and disputes, with particular strength in sectors and markets shaping the next phase of Nigeria and Africa’s economic development.


Our approach is deliberately different.


We do not see legal advice as an isolated technical exercise. We understand that our clients operate within commercial, regulatory, political, financial and operational realities.

Our role is therefore to understand the wider objective, identify the legal and commercial risks, develop practical strategies and execute solutions that protect value while creating opportunities for growth.

 

Our practice combines transactional advisory, corporate and commercial law, finance, projects, regulatory advisory and dispute resolution, enabling us to support clients throughout the lifecycle of their businesses and investments.
From structuring an investment or negotiating a complex commercial agreement, to navigating regulatory requirements, resolving disputes or protecting an organisation’s strategic interests, our lawyers bring together technical expertise, commercial awareness and sector knowledge.


We believe the best legal advisers should be more than technically excellent.


They should be strategic thinkers, trusted business partners and problem-solvers.


That philosophy defines Transadvisory Legal.

Top Deals

Tradely Limited

US$498 Million Public-Private Partnership for Statewide Business Digitisation and Revenue Infrastructure

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Advised Tradely as lead transaction counsel on a landmark multi-year PPP with the Kano State Government for the design, development, deployment and management of a centralised Ministry Portal for Revenue Generation and Business Digitisation. The mandate involved strategic negotiation, commercial structuring, legal drafting, regulatory and concession approvals, and development of the legal framework for digital governance infrastructure.

2026 (ongoing)

Mallamali The Farm Nation Limited

US$493 Million Climate-Smart Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone Development

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Advised Mallamali Farm Nation on a landmark PPP with the Niger State Government for the development of approximately 5,000 hectares within the Kpashimi Forest Reserve into an integrated, climate-smart and export-oriented Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone. The mandate covered commercial structuring, land and environmental issues, concession approvals, project finance considerations, infrastructure zoning, agricultural development and regulatory incentives.

2025-2026

Volgy Oil and Gas Limited

US$515.8 Million CNG Infrastructure PPP and US$14.7 Million LNG Infrastructure Project

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​Advised Volgy Oil and Gas on the legal structuring and financing of major CNG and LNG infrastructure projects, including project finance, joint venture and equity co-investment arrangements, cross-border equipment procurement, EPC documentation and regulatory alignment. The mandate also involved structuring the financing and commercial framework for LNG infrastructure and integrating public-sector investment with private-sector development.

2026 (ongoing)

Ample Innovative Homes Limited

₦2 Billion Fixed Rate Secured Private Notes Programme for Life Camp Residential Development

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Advised Ample Innovative Homes on the structuring and execution of a ₦2 billion secured private notes programme to finance the acquisition, development and EPC construction of a 15-unit luxury residential estate in Life Camp, Abuja. The mandate covered capital markets structuring, real estate due diligence, title verification, security perfection, mortgage structuring, EPC documentation, regulatory compliance and transaction closing.

-2025-2026 (ongoing)

Steron International Resources Limited

US$5 Million Cross-Border Lithium Mining Partnership and Asset-Backed Financing

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Advised Steron International Resources on a cross-border Mining Partnership Agreement with Xinfeng Mining Limited for the expansion of lithium extraction in Abuja. The transaction involved a bespoke equipment-financing and asset-backed credit-sale structure under which mining equipment was supplied in exchange for repayment through lithium ore production, alongside commercial risk allocation and mining regulatory compliance.

2026 (ongoing)

Deal Briefs - Transadvisory Legal

TRANSADVISORY LEGAL ON A N55B 1,000-UNIT RENEWED HOPE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

Key Clients

Lofty Inc Allied Partners

Energy Transition Infrastructure Partners Ltd

Durban Oil And Gas

Central Bank of Nigeria

Rolling Energy

Voltforge Energy Company Limited

El Dau Properties Limited

Scalter Oil And Gas

Tradely Limited

Taj Bank Limited

Ample Innovative Homes

Steron International Resources Limited

Ruxxen Homes Limited

Metroscape Development Company

Opacus Technologies Limited

Publications - Transadvisory Legal

FIDIC CONTRACTS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS

Key Contacts

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Rilwan Iliyasu Idris

Managing Partner

rilwanidris @transadvisorylegal.com

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Festus Ibude

Managing Associate

Festusibude@transadvisorylegal.com

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Khalid O. AbdulKareem

Senior Associate

koabdulkareem@transadvisorylegal.com

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Oluwafemi O. Maduka

Senior Associate

Femimaduka@transadvisorylegal.com

Lawyers at Transadvisory Legal

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