The demands of effective resolution of the myriad of complex problems that require regulatory interface has made it compulsory for modern businesses to outsource various aspects of their transactions with government agencies and regulatory authorities.

At Greenville, we assist our clients in processing their business registration/incorporation processes. In this regard, we would provide pre-incorporation advise and support on the optimal corporate structure for your company, name availability and reservation, share capital structure and board composition. We will also assist you with the preparation and filing of statutory forms and supporting documents at the Corporate Affairs Commission and drafting of the Memorandum and Articles of Association as well as other pre-incorporation documents (Shareholders’ Agreements, Resolutions, etc.). We are also able to offer our offices for use as the registered business premises of the company pending its set up and commencement of operations.

Post incorporation, we assist our clients in obtaining the requisite approvals from industry specific regulators which include:

·     Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

·     Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)

·           Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)

·           Industrial Training Fund

·           Federal Ministry of Commerce (FMC)

·           National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)

·           National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP);

·           National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)

·           Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)

·           Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)

·           Financial Reporting Council (FRC)

·           Pension Commission (PENCOM); and

·           Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

We provide our clients with specialist advice and assistance as well as current trends on company law, corporate governance, relevant industry regulations and corporate practice matters including advice and information on new directives concerning the requirements for various types of business combinations, due diligence on potential target entities, corporate restructuring, business re-registration and alteration of share capital.

We also provide corporate compliance services and assist our clients in building their compliance framework and entrenching systems that pro-actively monitor compliance with anti-money laundering/combating financial terrorism (AML/CFT) policies and processes and putting in place adequate and effective structures for ensuring that their practices and precepts are in-line with the highest standards of compliance and ethic.

We are passionate about business growth and sustainability and therefore offer heavily discounted support services for foreign and local Start-Up businesses as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to provide support with ensuring that their respective corporate structures are legally founded and properly set up.

It is mandatory under Nigerian law that every Company should appoint a Company Secretary and it is an offence to carry on business without having one in place.

Our distinct service-oriented company secretarial practice ensures that you receive excellent, professional yet personalized services that guarantees that we put your needs first at all times. Some of the services we provide as your company secretary include;

·         The scheduling and organization of all matters incidental to and including the attendance at the meetings of our clients’ Boards of Directors, Board Committees and General Meetings.

·         Timely preparation and distribution of accurately-written minutes, Board packs and other documentation in respect of such meetings.

·         Detailed review of and guidance during the preparation of Directors’ Report and Chairman’s Statement for inclusion in the Annual Reports and Accounts.

·         Filing of all statutory returns, including annual returns, relevant resolutions, changes in the composition of the board or the shareholding structure, or charges against the company’s assets; and

·         Custodian of our clients’ corporate seals and statutory registers (including your minute books, register of Directors and their interests, share certificate booklets, etc.).

Organizations that perform at optimal levels build their systems and processes around good governance practices. An establishment that takes its governance seriously is therefore more likely to be sustainable in the longer term than one which pays lip-service to it. For this reason, increasingly, stakeholders, regulators and shareholders are focusing their attention on the nature and extent of an organization’s governance framework. This situation is all the more apparent for businesses that operate in regulated sectors of the economy. Our Governance services are tailor-suited towards identifying and addressing the specific governance issues that would help our clients to not only improve their Boards and Management processes as pertains to governance but to also establish in their processes, structures that will entrench best governance practices as a culture. These services include but are not limited to;

• The conduct of a comprehensive governance review of an organization’s level of compliance with the cardinal principles and best practices of sustainable corporate governance;
• Undertaking of Board Evaluation and Peer Review exercises to assess the effectiveness of the Board, Board Committees and individual Directors and match same against prior-year and performance and industry peers;
• Codification and documentation of Board and Committee Charters to ensure effectiveness and to act as a road map for performance improvement;
• Codification of functional, easily applicable and impactful Policies and Terms of reference including policies on Code of Ethics, Securities Trading, Communications, Whistle Blowing, Conflict Resolution, etc.;
• Conduct of Remuneration surveys and industry benchmarking; and
• Board Selection and Director recruitment services.

We assist both our foreign and local entity clients in resolving all categories of immigration-related challenges to help them remain firmly compliant with Nigerian immigration laws and regulations. To this end, foreign companies’ intent on doing business in Nigeria must upon incorporating their local subsidiaries or member entities, obtain governmental consent in the form of a “Business Permit”. Similarly, all companies irrespective of origin that wish to recruit non-Nigerians as their employees must first apply for and obtain expatriate quota positions for such employees. Similarly, all foreigners seeking any form of employment in Nigeria must process and obtain valid work permits.

We have an enviable reputation for performance in the following service areas:

• Obtaining Business Permits and Expatriate Quota approvals and renewals;
• Advising on and processing appropriate visas, work and residence permits; and

The provision of general Immigration advisory support services

Human resources are an extremely important aspect of an organization’s journey to success. This perhaps underscores why human resources have been described as the most valuable of an organization’s assets. The strength of any organization is synonymous with the individual capabilities of its staff.

At Greenville, we recognize the distinct role played by putting in place a competent, passionate and target driven selection method for recruiting staff into sensitive executive management positions and acknowledge the potential damaging consequences of a process that is flawed on the organization’s resources and team cohesion. We therefore apply our strategic position and depth of resources towards providing our clients with services that are designed to support the identification, sourcing, recruitment and development of premium corporate talent, using a blend of time-tested recruitment methods including ethically performed targeted Head-hunting, the use of Assessment Centres and Interviews, Psychometric Testing etc.

Bankruptcy, insolvency and business recovery are natural aspects of business operations. It has been said that a capitalist economy bereft of bankruptcy is like having a religion without hellfire. It is therefore in the ordinary course of business that companies, just as they were once birthed, will eventually opt to wind-up their activities.

We provide professional support and assistance towards facilitating the effective and legitimate winding-up of companies following all laid-down legal processes to achieve this objective, in all relevant instances including where the principals have opted for this course of action or in such instances where the liquidation processes are the consequences of an order of court.

In line with the relevant provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters act, we also assist companies in exploring alternative solutions for business recovery and return to solvency.

Greenville has a proven competencies and experience in assisting with providing Tax and Regulatory support services to our clients. We provide an all-encompassing tax solutions regime to local and multinational companies to ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations in their business operating jurisdictions. Given the Global automatic exchange of information on tax related matters and recent trends in the Nigerian environment towards a more enforcement-driven tax recovery process, there may be no refuge for corporate and individual tax defaulters. To ensure hitch free business operations both in Nigeria and the Sub-saharan African region, Greenville has wide experience in assisting our local and multinational companies navigate the tax compliance requirements of Nigeria for start-ups and ongoing businesses. We are able to assist in providing all categories of;

• Corporate Tax services
• Personal Income Tax services
• Tax Audit and Investigation support services
• Strategic tax planning
• Tax advisory services
• Tax Health Check services
• Tax Due Diligence services
• Tax registration and de-registration services
• Tax training services
• Processing of certificate of acceptance for fixed assets acquisition (CAFA)
• Pension compliance certificates 

Greenville also assists its clients’ expatriate employees in complying with Nigerian tax and regulatory requirements. To this end we provide professional advisory support on the implication of expatriate assignments in Nigeria, tax residency and relief for double taxation in the case of dual residency. We assist our clients to prepare the tax calculation of their expatriate employees, file their tax returns and process tax clearance for them. We also assist our clients’ expatriate staff with contract drafting/legal review and filing (where necessary), entry/exit tax briefing, home and school search and de-registration.

Our exit briefing and tax de-registration is focused on obtaining relevant information and processing the requisite documentation for the expatriate prior to a final exit from Nigeria and obtaining the requisite clearance /approval from the relevant tax authorities that the expatriate/employer has fully fulfilled its tax obligation in Nigeria.

At Greenville, we help our clients to identify their needs-areas for human capital enhancement and offer a tailor-suited bouquet of trainings, for Directors, Executive Management as well as key management functions on various aspects of organizational enterprise including Corporate Governance framework such as the Audit Committee, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Company Secretarial practice and other areas of interest.

We engage with our clients to select a team of seasoned, renowned expert facilitators who are subject-matter specialists in their relevant spheres of practice. Specifically, Greenville offers bespoke and open-enrolment training programmes are in the following categories:

• Induction and be-spoke training for Directors, Company Secretaries and Senior Management.
• Director Development Courses
• Open Enrolment Seminars & Workshops
• Company Secretarial Practice
• Immigration
• Offshore Bespoke Trainings
• Training events for Audit Committee Members
• Board Strategy Sessions & Retreats