Corporate/Commercial
Global Guide 2024 : Nigeria
Band 1
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+234 1462 2307 12About
Provided by Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
The team’s experience spans over 30 years and is broad & deep in diversity, quality of work and clients. A big part of our M&A practice involves equity & asset investments, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and strategic alliances, hive-outs and corporate restructuring, in relation to which we offer specialised legal due diligence and transactional advisory services. While a considerable amount of the team’s expertise has a cross-border focus, it is grounded in extensive on domestic and cross-border transactional experience, advising corporates, conglomerates, investors, JV partners and financial institutions as well as regulators and a host of other local, regional and international clients across various industries and sectors including oil & gas, banking, finance, telecoms, FMCG, among others. We have one of highest numbers of independently ranked partners in this practice area, in any Nigerian firm.
Our PE department is “singled out for its private equity practice on behalf of both investors and investees”. We provide tailored advice that is accessible, commercial and consistently sound on principle. All of our partners specialise in diverse areas of commercial law, but 3 of them focus on PE and are recognised in The Lawyer’s 2015 Africa Elite PE Report. We have written extensively on regulatory issues, investments and the regulation of PE for publications such as the IFLR, the Asset Management Law Review & the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association newsletter.
Chambers Review
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie is a front-running law firm that is known for its involvement in joint ventures, in addition to equity and asset investments. It is a top name in the market for corporate transactions, including complex due diligence, restructurings and disposals. With offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, the firm also advises on real estate and energy matters. It is incredibly experienced in handling cross-border transactions for institutional investors, financiers and global fund managers.
Work Highlights
- Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie advised LeapFrog Investments Group on its proposed indirect investment in Interswitch.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Its service is good and prompt, and its analysis is thorough."
"The firm has a really great, dedicated and knowledgeable team."
"Udo-Udoma & Belo-Osagie is a responsive law firm that provides focused and detailed advice, and ensures that agreed terms are captured and recorded accurately. They are also particularly good at negotiating."
"I trust the firm's advice and recommendations because they have shown over time that they are very competent."
"Its service is good and prompt, and its analysis is thorough."
"The firm has a really great, dedicated and knowledgeable team."
"Udo-Udoma & Belo-Osagie is a responsive law firm that provides focused and detailed advice, and ensures that agreed terms are captured and recorded accurately. They are also particularly good at negotiating."
"I trust the firm's advice and recommendations because they have shown over time that they are very competent."
Notable Practitioners
Senior partner Dan Agbor is a top lawyer with a notable international scope to his corporate practice. He often advises clients on Nigerian M&A and market entry issues, and has a significant presence in the manufacturing space. He is also recognised as a leading practitioner in capital markets.
Folake Elias Adebowale is a respected corporate lawyer who is notably involved in both international work and domestic transactions. Based in Lagos, she is particularly active in oil and gas-related deals.
"Folake Elias Adebowale is very client-centric. She is very responsive and able to promptly solve her clients' problems."
"Folake Elias Adebowale is outstandingly good at her job. She provides very high-quality advice, and understands the issues and needs of international investors very well."
"She is very knowledgeable, an efficient leader and very personable to work with."
In addition to her capital markets work, Yinka Edu is very involved in cross-border M&A and demonstrates notable activity representing banks and financial institutions.
"Yinka Edu is very intelligent, solution-driven and very accessible to clients."
"Sophisticated, strategic and intensely commercial, Yinka Edu is your complete armour. Her ability to grasp esoteric and new concepts quickly is astounding."
"She is a very smart woman."
Ozofu Ogiemudia advises on a range of corporate matters, including joint ventures, acquisitions, and investments. She is instructed by clients in the life sciences, healthcare and real estate sectors.
"I have found her knowledge, experience and expertise top-notch. She is also easily accessible, communicative, and her work is always delivered on time."
"Ozofu Ogiemudia is great in all aspects of her role."
Ranked Lawyers at
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Nigeria
Members
Provided by Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Aanuoluwapo Odunaike
Damilola Adedoyin
Dumebi Anike-Nweze
Etido David
Itorobong Udom
Jumoke Lambo
Head of Department
Kunle Durosinmi-Etti
Lolade Ososami
Ozofu Ogiemudia
Temiloluwa Okeowo
Tobechi Nwokocha
Uchechukwu Ajala
Victoria Agomuo
Clients
Provided by Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
8 Miles LLP
AFIG Funds
AR Packaging
Actis
African Capital Alliance
African Development Bank
Apis Partners
Carlyle
Emerging Capital Partners
Ethos Private Equity SA
Groupe Rocher
International Finance Corporation
Investment Asset Management
Kellogg
LeapFrog Investments
Renaissance Capital
SABMiller (now AB InBev)
Swiss Re
Synergy Capital Managers
Union Global Partners
Verod Capital
Industries
Provided by Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Banks
Charities / Not for Profit
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Financial Services
Food & Drink Producers
Government
Hardware & Electronics
Health Care
Industrial Engineering
Insurance
Real Estate
Real Estate Finance
Retail
Software & Computer Services
Technology
Telecoms
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