Our Practice Areas

What We Do

STARTUPS & EMERGING COMPANIES

Kekere-Ekun, Salami & Co. provides advice to startup and emerging companies through the various stages of their development, from the initial business formation through to various financing options, to exit strategies.

We regularly advise clients on a host of pressing legal issues, including:

Choice of entity;
Business name or company registration at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC);
Founder and Shareholders Agreements;
Equity Financing, including structuring and re-restructuring of Angel and Venture Capital Financing;
Drafting and negotiating Software and Application License Agreements;
Labour and Employment matters;
Employee compensation and tax issues;
Litigation strategy and execution;
Company Secretarial services, including convening Board and Shareholders Meetings and filing requisite returns with the relevant regulatory agencies;
Property and real estate matters.

We understand the needs of startup and emerging companies, as well as their need to receive comprehensive, high-quality legal services without breaking the bank; Kekere-Ekun & Co. fulfills this need seamlessly. We are enthusiastic about developing alternative fee arrangements that align your incentives with ours, so you are confident we define our success based on our ability to support yours.

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Kekere-Ekun, Salami & Co. provides entertainment and media advice to clients in the music, motion picture, animation, theatre, book publishing, digital media, television, and sports industries.

The matters we have handled include:

Copyright advice, including joint authorship issues, termination of licenses, and work-for-hire issues;
Film, television, and related financing, production, and distribution;
Clearances and use licenses;
Production and financing for live theatrical productions;
Sale of artwork and other matters related to the visual arts;
Development, distribution, licensing and marketing of video games and board games;
Drafting and negotiating various music business agreements (recording artist agreements, music publishing agreements, merchandising agreements, sponsorship agreements, tour agreements, producer and engineer agreements, 360 agreements).

CAPITAL MARKETS

Our active involvement in other areas of commercial practice complements our capital market practice. Apart from being actively engaged in the capital market dispute resolution sphere, we advise on a wide range of equity and debt issues to regulators, Issuing Houses, Capital Market operators and investors. We have been engaged in Public and Private Placements, Initial and General Public Offers, Government Bonds, Offers for Sale and Subscription, Hybrid and High Yield Bonds, as well as preparation of documentation along these lines including prospectuses, rights circulars, underwriting agreements (firm, joint, partial etc.) and JIH Agreements, amongst others.

BRANDS – LUXURY & FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS (FMCG)

The firm represents a good number of brands across various industries, including, e-commerce, fashion designers, clothing and apparel, lifestyle, media, cosmetics, hotels and resorts, farms, food and beverage and restaurants. Our client relationships are strategic partnerships guided by a simple standard: “How can we help you protect your brand and grow its equity?”

The matters we handle include:

Counseling clients on the selection and protection of trademarks;
Trademark searches;
Preparation, filing, and prosecution of applications for trademark registration;
Post-registration services, including renewal of applications;
Anti-counterfeiting and brand protection services;
Preparation and recording trademark assignments and security agreements;
Licensing of famous characters and trademarks in connection with a wide variety of goods and services including apparel and toys;
Conducting due diligence concerning trademark assets in connection with acquisitions, mergers and other transfers of ownership;
Litigation for trademark infringement or passing off;
Litigating opposition and cancellation proceedings;
Preparation of license agreements, trademark distribution agreements, and other intellectual property transfer agreements;
Internet domain name disputes; registration and transfers.