Koye Edu
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Corporate/Commercial
Band 4
About
Provided by Koye Edu
Practice Areas
Koye is the Managing Partner of the Firm and has about three decades of professional experience. He has successfully carved a niche for himself in advising on big ticket transactions in the Banking, Capital Markets, Merger & Acquisitions and Private Equity transactions. Koye shows the strength and breadth of his corporate expertise with numerous awards internationally and locally in these practice areas. He is recognised by Who's Who legal as one of the standout names in the legal industry in Nigeria.
Professional Memberships
Nigerian Bar Association Council Member, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (An affiliate of the World Wild Life Fund for Nature) Council Member, Lagos State University American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Publications
Re-Assessing the Lending Model to Multinational Corporations in Nigeria; Managing Foreign Exchange Denominated Liabilities: Issues and Options; A critique on the legal structure of governing PPPs in Nigeria. (Euromoney PPP review 2006); Promising Progress from the Nigerian economy (World Finance January - February, 2013 Issue)
Personal
Admitted, 1986, Nigeria University of Bristol, England (LLB, 1985) Kings College, University of London (LLM- Shipping & International Finance) Executive Program for Growing Small Businesses, Stanford University, USA Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Lagos Business School
Chambers Review
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Koye Edu is a respected Lagos-based lawyer who acts on a variety of M&A mandates, representing multinationals and domestic corporations. He has notable experience advising financial institutions, international investors and government bodies.