Overview
Your partners in risk resilience, fortifying governance and driving regulatory excellence.
Aluko & Oyebode’s Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) practice safeguards leading corporations, small and medium sized enterprises, financial institutions, and multinationals against regulatory risk, reputational damage, and enforcement exposure.
We design and implement comprehensive GRC frameworks that strengthen corporate governance, enhance board effectiveness, and ensure compliance across critical areas including AML/CFT, sanctions screening, anti-bribery programs, ESG governance, and regulatory reporting. Our clients span banks, insurers, capital markets participants, telecommunications operators, energy companies, and global multinationals navigating Nigeria’s high‑risk regulatory terrain.
What sets us apart is our ability to combine deep regulatory expertise with hands‑on implementation capability. We build compliance programs that work in Nigeria’s operating environment, training personnel, conducting audits, managing regulatory relationships, and defending enforcement actions when necessary. As regulatory scrutiny intensifies, the companies that thrive are those with robust, proactive GRC capabilities. We help our clients build exactly that.
The straightforward reason clients choose Aluko & Oyebode is depth and credibility: we pair market‑leading Nigerian regulatory insight with cross‑border execution experience on sensitive, high‑stakes mandates. That combination makes us the trusted partner of choice for organizations determined to protect value and lead with confidence in Nigeria’s regulatory landscape.
Services
AML/CFT Advisory and Assurance
We advise on AML/CFT frameworks, KYC/CDD and enhanced due diligence design, conduct independent assurance reviews, and support engagements with enforcement authorities to resolve red flags and remediation obligations. We advise on Nigeria’s AML Act 2022 and FATF standards post-Grey List removal.
Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
We design, benchmark, and refresh governance frameworks, charters, and committee mandates; advise on directors’ duties and conflicts; run board and C-suite training; and align governance with listing rules, investor stewardship expectations, and Nigerian regulatory prescriptions.
Data Protection and Privacy
We serve as a licensed Data Protection Compliance Organisation (DPCO), deliver audits and gap assessments, implement technical and organizational measures, act as DPO, and guide clients through NDPC investigations and cross-border transfer strategies.
Enterprise Risk Management and Regulatory Risk Mapping
We build risk taxonomies, heat maps, and controls testing protocols, calibrating appetite and tolerances. We assess regulatory capture risks during policy or regulator transitions and embed escalation, disclosure, and remediation pathways.
ESG, Business Integrity and Responsible Business
We translate ESG principles into governance, disclosure, and operational controls; align with UN/IFC/OECD frameworks; and support supply-chain due diligence, sustainability reporting, and board oversight of non-financial risks.
Ethics, Compliance Programs and Global Standards
We architect end-to-end compliance programs that operationalize Nigerian laws and international standards, including anti-bribery/anti-corruption, sanctions, export controls, financial crime prevention, ESG codes, and third-party risk management.
Regulatory Engagement and Approvals
We secure clearances and approvals across financial services, telecoms, energy, and other regulated sectors; coordinate pre-notifications; and manage multi-jurisdictional filings with clear sequencing, documentation, and issue management.
Regulatory Reporting and Post-Investigation Compliance Monitoring
We manage statutory and regulator-imposed reporting across regulated sectors, design the monitoring frameworks that follow consent orders, settlements and behavioural remedies, and keep clients in good standing with the relevant regulator long after the matter has resolved.
Reporting and Whistleblowing
We establish secure, multi-channel reporting systems, triage protocols, investigation playbooks, and anti-retaliation safeguards, and we train teams to strengthen early detection and organizational learning loops.
Transactional Compliance and Disclosure Controls
We run GRC workstreams on M&A, financings, listings, and joint ventures, covering anti-corruption diligence, sanctions screening, disclosure controls and procedures, and integration of governance and compliance post-close.
Selected Experience
Advised Allianz on the combination of certain Allianz and Sanlam
Advised Allianz on the combination of certain Allianz and Sanlam businesses into a South African incorporated joint venture, including Nigerian assets, governance integration, regulatory clearances, and disclosure alignment.
Advised a Brookfield-led consortium
Advised a Brookfield-led consortium on the approximately £2.2 billion take-private of Network International Holdings Plc, a leading payments provider, Nigeria regulatory, competition interface, and compliance workstreams.
Advised Access Holdings and Coronation Group
Advised Access Holdings and Coronation Group on their strategic partnership with Safaricom and M‑PESA Africa, regulatory strategy and cross-border mobile money compliance for remittance corridors.
Acted as Lead Nigerian Counsel to Guaranty Trust Holding Company
Acted as Lead Nigerian Counsel to Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc on LSE listing and international capital raise, governance, disclosure controls, and Nigerian regulatory compliance.
Advised Africa Finance Corporation on its debut US$500 million
Advised Africa Finance Corporation on its debut US$500 million hybrid bond, issuer governance, disclosure, and regulatory engagement consistent with Nigerian and cross-border standards.
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Awards and Accolades
Chambers Global has continually ranks the firm Band 1 in various categories highlighting the firm’s commercial awareness and pragmatic advice.
Chambers Global
Legal 500 EMEA recognizes the firm among Nigeria’s leading practices across six ranked areas, with client satisfaction accolades in billing efficiency and sector knowledge on editorial pages.
Legal 500 EMEA
Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) 2025 lists 20 Aluko & Oyebode lawyers with 88 individual recognitions, reflecting deep bench strength in investigations, corporate, and regulatory-focused fields.
Lexology Index
ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards 2025 and 2024 honor the firm with multiple firm and individual awards across practice categories, recognizing excellence and leadership relevant to governance, regulatory compliance, and investigations.
ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards
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