A&A Legal Practice embeds senior legal and compliance counsel inside tech startups and growing companies — on one predictable monthly retainer.
A senior general counsel commands a six-figure salary plus equity — out of reach for most early-stage teams.
Outside firms work at arm's length. Costs are hard to predict and turnaround rarely matches startup speed.
So founders sign contracts, face regulators and carry the risk alone — until something breaks.
Our lawyers function as an extension of your own team — inside your tools, your cadence, and your context — providing ongoing legal and compliance support for one predictable monthly retainer.
We work as your in-house counsel — reachable, proactive, commercially aware.
A predictable fixed fee — you always know your legal spend, month after month.
A single point of contact across contracts, corporate and regulation.
Dial cover up or down as your stage and needs change.
Formation, structuring, M&A, shareholders' and SAFE agreements, governance, and company secretarial services.
Payment platforms, digital currency exchanges, fundraising support, data rooms, and cap table management.
Compliance programmes and CAMS-led AML/CFT/CPF policy design, with registrations, licensing and filings across Nigerian, US and Canadian regulators — including the CAC, CBN, SEC, NDPC and NFIU; the NMLS and Secretaries of State across all US states; and FinCEN and the Bank of Canada.
Privacy compliance under the NDPA 2023 — policies, audits, and data-handling practices.
Contracts, ESOPs, policies, terminations, and people-related risk.
Trademark and copyright protection, IP assignments, licensing, and safeguarding the assets your product is built on.
Litigation portfolios, arbitration, debt recovery, and representation before courts and tribunals.
Founder-pace turnarounds, not firm-pace.
Plain-English answers you can act on.
We flag risk before it finds you.
Your data and cap table, locked down.
Compliance-grade, every detail checked.
A decade of service to leading fintech, financial-services, digital-asset, and technology businesses across Nigeria, the United States and Canada. Client names stay confidential — the work speaks without them.
Our clients' identities remain theirs to disclose. What we can share is the shape of the work — the sectors we serve, the mandates we run, and the regulators we engage on their behalf.
CBN licensing, sponsored participation and open banking arrangements, scheme and settlement contracting, and AML/CFT/CPF programme build-out.
Governance frameworks, SEC and CBN filings, company secretarial mandates, and board-level regulatory advisory.
Market-entry structuring for foreign platforms, SEC virtual-asset registration, and financial-crime compliance to NFIU and FinCEN standards.
Incorporation and IP consolidation, data protection compliance, commercial contracting, and seed through Series A documentation.
A&A Legal Practice is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm based in Abuja, operating since 2016. Our leadership brings more than a decade of experience spanning America, Europe, and Africa — across digital technology, fintech, finance, start-ups, outsourcing, media, and public services.
We have advised businesses on three continents, drafted national legislation, structured cross-border expansions, and built compliance programmes for companies operating in some of the most demanding regulatory contexts on the continent.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We'll map your current exposure and show you what embedded counsel would look like for your stage.
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