Position:
Partner
Partner
Corporate Finance, Banking & Securities.
Corporate, Commercial and Compliance.
Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Appointed Secretary for the Board of the Nigerian Bar Association, Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
Appointed Secretary, Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Appointed Executive Committee Member, Capital Market Solicitors Association.
Appointed Member, Membership & Data Management Committee, Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch.
Appointed Member, Continuing Legal Education & Mentorship Committee, Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch.
Worked on a multi-billion naira private commodities notes issuance programme on behalf of a client.
Advised on a cross-border commodities trade involving the sale of dematerialized exchange traded certificates backed by precious
metals certified by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).
Part of a team that advised on a multi-million naira fixed income fund and a million-dollar fund.
Advised a client on a private placement issuance for multi-billion-naira commercial promissory notes.
Legal advisory for a client regarding a complex multi-currency finance transactions for 1st tier banks providing credit facilities
involving multinationals and indigenous companies.
Part of team that worked on a cross boarder joint venture/asset sale transaction involving an indigenous petroleum company and a
major energy company.
Acted for a major financial institution in respect of mortgage originator portal.
Acted for a client in respect of developing a digital trading portal for LBMA certified precious metals.
Acted for a client regarding cross-border sale and purchase of gold doré bars transaction.
Part of team regarding post-arbitration litigation challenging an award rendered in London involving a state-owned oil company and
several International Oil Companies (IOCs) in respect of a unitized field.
Part of team that handled arbitration involving IOCs over crude oil dispute involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
Team lead in respect of complex litigation applying freezing orders against personal guarantors in respect
of multi-currency loans and the recovery of billions of naira for a 1st tier financial institution.
Team lead regarding debt asset swap deal for the recovery of over one billion naira depositors’ funds of a
1st tier bank.
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Team lead regarding vessel management arrangement structured in respect of a dive support vessel for the
recovery of millions of dollars for a 1st tier bank.
LLM with specialization in International Business Law, Queen Mary, University of London.
LLB(Hons), Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State.
Admitted to the Nigerian Bar as Barrister and Solicitor.
Registered Capital Market Solicitor with the Securities and Exchange Commission upon successful completion of the Nigerian Capital Market Institute examination.
Member, Nigerian Bar Association.
Member, International Bar Association.
Member, Capital Market Solicitors Association.
