Position:
Associate
Associate
Corporate and Commercial Practice.
Energy and Extractive.
Part of a team of Solicitors that advised on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer Agreement
between a State Government and the Nigerian subsidiary of an international oil and gas company
in respect of the construction of a Gas Distribution Infrastructure.
Prepared a Legal Opinion for a liquified natural gas company on the legal implications of the
change of its name in view of a statute which created the company and conferred incentives,
assurances and guarantees on the company.
Provided legal advice to a company in respect of the listing and trading of a Commodity backed
instrument (Dukia Gold Exchange Traded Certificate) on the Lagos Commodities and Futures
Exchange in dematerialised form.
Reviewed facility agreements for a State Government in respect of bridge loan facilities worth
tens of billions of naira to ensure compliance with Nigerian laws and protection of the
rights and interest of the State Government.
Part of the Solicitors that prepared and provided legal advice to Lagos State Government in
respect of Lagos States’s N125,000,000,000.00 Series IV bond issuance under the N500 billion
bond issuance programme. (Project Eyo IV Series).
Provided legal advice to a foreign company, (a market leader in the onshore and offshore
infrastructure welding, coating, and technological engineering sector), desirous of doing
business in the Nigerian oil and gas industry regarding applicable laws and taxes in the
Nigerian business landscape and the applicability of the Federal Competition and Consumer
Protection Act to the establishment of joint ventures in Nigeria.
Provided legal advice to a foreign company on regulations governing decommissioning in the
Nigerian oil and gas industry (before the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021)
vis-à-vis the UK regulations on decommissioning.
Provided a high-level review of invitation to tender agreements, joint venture agreements and
collaboration agreements for companies in the oil and gas industry to ensure compliance with
local content obligations as stipulated in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development
Act 2010 and other Nigerian laws.
Provided tax advice to an international subsea operating company, working on offshore survey
projects in Nigeria regarding significant economic presence considerations, withholding tax,
Personal income tax, Value Added Tax, expatriate personnel taxes, Nigerian Content Development
Levy and Cabotage Levy.
LL.B, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
B.L. Nigerian Law School, Lagos, Nigeria.
LL.M (yet to be obtained), University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Member, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliation.
Member, Nigerian Bar Association, Nigeria.
