Legal Adviser at Debt Management Office

Debt Management Office

Nigeria

Advertisement for a Legal  Adviser on Nigeria’s Sovereign Bond Issuance in the International Capital Market

1. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is in the process of issuing a 10-year USD500 million Sovereign Bond in the International Capital Market (ICM). The legal documentation involved requires the expertise of an International Law firm working in collaboration with a Nigerian Law firm with requisite experience. The foreign-local collaboration will also be in furtherance of the government’s goal of developing skills amongst local market operators.
2. In order to achieve this objective, the Federal Government of Nigeria seeks to recruit the services of an International Law firm that will work in close coordination with the Nigerian Ministry of Justice/ Attorney General’s Office, the Debt Management Office, and the International Law Firm.

1. The services that will be required will include, inter alia, the following:

• Provide requisite advice to make the issuance a success;
• Assist in the preparation and packaging of the legal documentation;
• Assist in the negotiation and firming up of the contract documentation with the Book Runners;
• Assist in the preparation of legal opinion to be issued in accordance with the international and the Nigerian Law;
• Assist in the preparation of disclosure opinion to be issued in accordance with the international and the Nigerian Law; and, ;
• Ensure that any approvals and regulations in accordance with the international and the Nigerian Law are received on time.

4.       The Proposal should also include the Respondent’s credentials in

1. i.            Sovereign Bond issues by (Emerging market borrowers;
2. ii.            possibly, experience in dealing with Nigerian commercial external debt instruments; and,
3. iii.            expected remuneration for providing the legal services.

4.       Interested Firms are required to submit their proposals on or before 18^th June, 2010, by courier and/or email to:

The Director-General

Debt Management Office

The Presidency

NDIC Building (1^st Floor)

Plot 447/448 Constitution Avenue

Central Business District

P.M.B 532,

Garki-Abuja,

Email:  anwankwo@dmo.gov.ng

Email: sovereignbondicm@dmo.gov.ng

Signed Management office

Website: www.dmo.gov.ng

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