OIL AND GAS

• Led the team that advised BW Offshore on the sale of two floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) deployed in Nigerian offshore oil fields, Abo FPSO and Sendje Berge FPSO, to STAC Marine Offshore Limited and Century Energy Services Limited respectively, and on the sale of shares in and winding up of its Nigerian operating subsidiary, BW Offshore Nigeria Limited.
• Led the team that advised on the deployment of the Sendje Berge FPSO to the Okwori Field offshore Nigeria, including advice on the legal regime for the deployment and establishment of the FPSO, the FPSO charter agreements, the Egbughu Charter, the Okwori Subsea Agreement, the Sendje Berge Charters, Nigerian customs regulations for the temporary importation of vessels into Nigeria, and regulatory support for the importation and registration of the FPSO.
• Advised CAMAC Energy Inc. (formerly Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc.), CAMAC Petroleum Limited and CAMAC Energy Holdings Limited on crude operating, processing and transporting arrangements for the Oyo Field offshore Nigeria. She also advised on the deployment of Perkasa PFSO and Perdana FPSO for the oil and gas operations and the establishment of FPSOs and a buoy as the Okoro Oil Terminal and the Oyo Oil Terminal.
• Lead counsel to Frontier Oil, one of Nigeria’s foremost indigenous marginal field operators, on legal and regulatory matters, the restructuring of oil and gas operations, EPC contracts for an oil processing plant, field development and financing arrangements.
• Led the team that advised Petrogap Oil and Gas Limited in connection with a US$100,000,000 investment for the conversion, installation and supply of a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for Okwok Field operations.
• Lead counsel to PetroNor E&P in connection with the acquisition of Panoro Energy’s interest in OML 113, which contains the Aje oil and gas field. She also advised PetroNor on the acquisition of New Age’s interests in OML 113.
• Advised Etablissements Maurel & Prom on the US$496,000,000 sale of its 20.07% stake in Seplat Energy Plc to Heirs Energies Limited and Heirs Holdings Limited.
• Counsel to a Nigerian E&P company on a financing arrangement involving the pledge of its shares held through its subsidiary in a Mauritian energy company to a Singaporean-based multinational commodities company, via a shareholder’s guarantee.
• Co-lead counsel to CNOOC on the acquisition and operation of its Nigerian upstream JV interests, legal and regulatory framework for Nigerian oil and gas, production sharing contracts, JV operational matters, regulatory interface, among others.
• Advising an international oil and gas company in connection with the settlement of outstanding gas invoices under the Federal Government of Nigeria’s National Integrated Power Project (NIPP).
• Part of the team that advised Eni International BV, Eni Holdings BV and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited on a landmark settlement with the Federal Republic of Nigeria in relation to Oil Prospecting Licence 245 (OPL 245), bringing to a close one of Nigeria’s most significant energy disputes.

PROJECT FINACE & PPP

• Led the team that advised the Export-Import Bank of China in connection with the provision of a US$100,000,000 term loan facility to Africa Finance Corporation for infrastructure and trade finance purposes.
• Co-led the team advising a leading Nigerian telecommunications company on the construction and rehabilitation of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Enugu and Anambra States, Nigeria under the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
• Advising a consortium of international investment banks and development finance institutions on the provision of a bridge facility to the Federal Government of Nigeria for the purpose of funding the construction of a 378-kilometre standard gauge railway line.
• Acted as Nigerian Counsel to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, the preferred bidder, in connection with the proposed design, development, construction, procurement, financing, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the Lagos State Fourth Mainland Bridge.
• Led the team that advised the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment on Project MINE (Made in Nigeria for Exports), an initiative under the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan to drive industrialisation through world-class Special Economic Zones (SEZs) aimed at export promotion, PPP-driven zone development, and sustainable industrial growth across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
• Advised GuarantCo in connection with the provision of a NGN 20.23 billion (USD 25 million) counter-guarantee with a twenty-year tenor to InfraCredit in support of its guaranteed infrastructure bond issuances totalling NGN 53 billion (USD 65.5 million). GuarantCo mobilises private sector local currency investment for infrastructure projects and supports the development of financial markets in lower-income countries.
• Lead counsel to Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms in connection with the development of certain projects in Ogun State and across Nigeria. The projects include the establishment of an economic zone, agro-allied produce processing, a free trade zone (Arise FTZ), and other infrastructure projects.
• Lead counsel to the sponsors on the Lagos State infrastructure project for the development and rehabilitation of the Lekki-Epe Expressway. She supported legislative review for the establishment of an infrastructure regulatory agency, and drafted project and finance agreements.
• Lead counsel to a Nigerian conglomerate on the proposed Lagos Lagoon Highway Project, comprising the proposed design, development, construction, procurement, financing, commissioning, operation and maintenance of road infrastructure on reclaimed land for real estate development.
• Led the team that advised a UAE-based client on the legal and regulatory framework for the development and establishment of the Centenary City Free Trade Zone.
• Advised Indorama on the establishment of a major petrochemicals project in Nigeria, including the legal and regulatory regime, land tenure laws, project agreements and EPC contracts.
• Advised CHC Helicopters, a Canadian entity, on its partnership with the operator of a free zone for the establishment of a venture for the provision of fixed and rotary wing air transport services to the oil and gas sector, with a focus on JV structuring and the free zone regulatory framework.
• Lead counsel to Twinings Ovaltine Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, on the expansion of its Nigerian operations and the construction of a world-class factory in Lagos State to serve the Nigerian and West African market.

POWER

• Part of the team that advised a major petrochemical company with respect to a joint venture project with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which involves the establishment of a jetty, port terminal and ancillary services in a south- south state in Nigeria. The project also incorporates a power station, fertilizer plant and gas supply pipelines. Assignments included advising on the corporate structure for the special purpose vehicles established for the different aspects of the project, regulatory and environmental compliance.
• Part of the team that advised a co-investor and a member of Transcorp Power consortium that won the bid for the Ughelli Power Plant, a power generating station situated in Ughelli, Delta State, in the South-South region of Nigeria with a total installed capacity of 972 Mega Watts in the FGN privatisation programme for the Nigerian power sector.
• Lead counsel advising a Nigerian commercial bank on the solarization of the bank’s head office building and a partnership/investment in the renewable energy industry. Assignments include advising on the structures for the Bank’s investment in the renewable energy business, drafting, review and negotiation of the relevant project agreements required for the solarization of the Bank’s head office building and the JV arrangements for the Bank’s investment in renewable energy.

PRIVATE EQUITY

• Lead counsel to Visa Incorporated in connection with the acquisition of a significant minority stake in a leading Nigerian digital payment firm, the first African homegrown unicorn with the majority of its business in Nigeria. Specific advice included financial technology regulatory framework, regulatory approvals and compliance with applicable Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and competition regulations, extensive review of Nigerian anti-money laundering regulations and data protection regulations, addressing novel questions on NCC and CBN regulatory pre-approvals in respect of the acquisition of CBN and NCC regulated Nigerian entities at offshore holding company level.
• Led the team that recently advised Oriental Food Industry Limited (OFIL), a subsidiary of National Food Industries Company Limited (NFIC), on the buy-out of a longterm minority founding shareholder; thus, making OFIL a wholly owned subsidiary of NFIC a Saudi based conglomerate. She continues to advise OFIL on all regulatory and compliance aspects of its business.
• Lead counsel to Synlab GmbH in relation to its acquisition of a majority stake in a leading Nigerian pathology laboratory company which involved the acquisition of the stake of a South African stratgic investor. Sshe advised on company law, corporate structures, foreign exchange regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission approval requirement, amongst others. She recenty advised Synlab GmbH, in relation to its investment and buy-out of the Nigerian equity partners in the business. Specific assignments included negotiating the terms of the final buy-out; drafting of a share purchase agreement and escrow agreement; managing the condition precedents; and advising recent companies’ law changes applicable to the transaction, foreign exchange regulations, and the termination of executive management contracts of the founders, amongst others.
• Lead counsel to a leading healthcare provider in South-South Nigeria (Target Company) in connection with the equity investment for the acquisition of a majority stake in the Target Company by a Pan-African healthcare investor following the exit of a strategic investor.

FINANCE & INVESTMENT

• Led the team that advised the Gates Foundation on its purchase of up to N9,500,000,000 convertible notes from Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, a Nigerian livestock and food production company.
• Lead counsel to Acumen Fund Inc. (Acumen), a global fund of entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists and social innovators focused on social impact investments in businesses in underserved communities.
• Lead counsel to Synlab GmbH on its acquisition of a leading Nigerian pathology laboratory company.
• Advised Sigma Marine and Protective Coatings BV (SMPC) and Chester Paints LLC on the acquisition of Pittsburgh Paints Nigeria Limited and Sigma Coatings Nigeria Limited.
• Lead counsel to a leading healthcare provider in Southern Nigeria in connection with an equity investment for the acquisition of a majority stake by a Pan-African healthcare investor.
• Lead counsel to Oriental Foods Industry, a Saudi-owned food processing company, on its Nigerian establishment, legal and regulatory compliance, operations, construction of its production plant and, recently, debt financing under sharia principles for the expansion of its production lines.