Strategic, legal and contractual advice
Structure your projects, negotiate your agreements.
Aigba supports businesses and institutions with their projects, contracts and partnerships in Canada and West Africa.
We work alongside your teams to inform decisions, lead negotiations and safeguard your transactions.
Support tailored to your priorities
Integrated support for your teams
Transactions and ongoing contract management can place considerable demands on your teams. Aigba provides experienced support within an agreed scope to handle matters, prepare decisions and move negotiations forward.
Projects, contracts and procurement
Strategic procurement, a major contract or an industrial partnership calls for clearly defined commitments. We help you structure and negotiate them, with your commercial objectives and delivery requirements in mind.
Canada–West Africa projects and partnerships
You are considering a project or business expansion in West Africa. Aigba helps you define your approach, coordinate local expertise and structure your agreements, with particular attention to mining and industrial projects.
Experience grounded in the demands of projects
Founded by business lawyer Horatio De Medeiros, Aigba draws on fifteen years of practice in industrial, banking and institutional environments.
His background includes experience with Rio Tinto, BNP Paribas, Investissement Québec and National Bank of Canada. He has notably supported the procurement teams of the Simandou project in Guinea in negotiating major contracts. Simandou is Africa’s largest mining and related infrastructure project.
Aigba also advises Laurentian Bank on legal and contractual matters relating to the transactions with Fairstone Bank and National Bank.
Direct involvement in your matters
You work directly with a business lawyer who follows your matter and coordinates the contributions it requires. The engagement format and budget are agreed according to the scope of the work.