• Managing data protection compliance audits, comprehensive assessments, regulatory engagements, compliance mapping, training and providing advisory services to various local and multinational clients across sectors including top global technology companies; financial holding companies and subsidiaries, a tertiary institution, multinational logistics company and sub-Saharan building solutions company.
• Conducted a study on the risks of misuse of legal persons and arrangements in Nigeria following the appointment as Country Expert by the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa. This study was critical to identifying typologies, reveal underlying risks, identify gaps, and propose relevant policy and operational recommendations for effective action to combat money laundering and terrorist financing resulting from the misuse of legal persons and legal arrangements in Nigeria.
• Advising Brookfield Asset Management and reviewing AML/CFT/CPF and anti-bribery & anti-corruption related policies in connection with its USD 2.9 billion acquisition of Network International Holding.
• Conducted corporate governance and board performance evaluations for local clients and multinational subsidiaries in Nigeria including a global financial group with a scope covering the review of board charters and constitutional documents, design of evaluation questionnaires, and reporting on compliance and implementation frameworks.

SECTOR BASED MATTERS

AML/CFT/CPF

• Conducted a study on the risks of the misuse of legal persons and arrangements in Nigeria by the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa.
• Advising Brookfield Asset Management and reviewing AML/CFT/CPF and anti-bribery & anti-corruption related policies in connection with  its USD 2.9 billion acquisition of Network International Holdings.
• Conducted an AML/CFT/CPF documentary and onsite review of a financial institution in Nigeria on behalf of a leading foreign development finance institution.
• Advising a multinational luxury company, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in connection with the Nigerian money laundering regime.
• Advised a leading final institution on the anti-money laundering laws and compliance in Nigeria.
• Reviewed enterprise risk management and AML//CFT/CPF related policies for a financial institution seeking regulatory approval in Nigeria.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

• Conducted corporate governance and board performance evaluations for Absa Capital Markets Nigeria Limited and Absa Securities Nigeria Limited including review of board charters and constitutional documents, design of evaluation questionnaires, and development of report on compliance.
• Conducted the performance evaluation of the board of trustees and governing council of a leading financial technology association in Nigeria- FINTECH Association of Nigeria, and provided compliance support including the preparation of corporate governance policies.
• Conducted a corporate governance assessment for Nomba Financial Services Company and prepared a detailed compliance report.
• Provided legal advisory on Nigerian law and compliance obligations (covering employment and labour, pension, tourism, money laundering, advertising, tourism, corporate, risk management, compliance and best practie) for the agency of a foreign entity in Nigeria.
• Prepared presentation materials for a corporate governance training for the board of directors of Leadway Holdings and other group entities.
• Development of learning materials for capacity building in corporate governance training for the staff of Sterling Bank.
• Reviewed the constitutional documents of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria to ensure  alignment with current legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Contribution to a multinational directory on corporate governance in Nigeria.
• Development of corporate governance policies for a Nigerian indigenous oil and gas company.

DATA PROTECTION

• Advising a multinational technology company in ensuring its compliance with Nigerian data protection instruments, conducting the company’s annual data protection audit and representation with the regulator.
• Advising a multinational technology company in connection with an investigation by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
• Providing a full spectrum of data protection compliance services to Lafarge Africa PLC including managing annual data protection compliance audits, registration as DCPMI, policy review, compliance mapping, advisory services and training.
• Conducting annual data protection compliance audits for a multinational technology company.
• Providing a full spectrum of data protection compliance services to Nile University of Nigeria including managing annual data protection compliance audits, policy development and review, compliance mapping, advisory services and training.
• Advising on data protection, conducting extensive data protection reviews and data protection impact assessments, registration as DCPMI, and managing data protection compliance audits for Guaranty Trust Holding Co. Plc. and its subsidiaries- GT Bank, GT Pensions, Habari Pay and GT Funds.
• Serving as Data Protection Officer providing data protection compliance support to clients across various sectors.
• Managing data protection compliance audits and advisory services to Global Alliance for Integrated Nutrition.
• Providing ongoing legal advisory services to Citibank and affiliated entites on data protection compliance in Nigeria.
• Provided data protection advisory and policy development services to MudoZangl, a technology enterprise and software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider.
• Provided legal advice regarding the disclosure obligations under data privacy and protection regulations for Binance.
• Conducted a data protection compliance audit for DHL Aviation Nigeria.
• Provision of data protection compliance to Weatherford Nigeria Limited.
• Provision of data protection advisory services and policy review to William Grant & Sons.
• Developed learning materials for data protection trainings and board presentations.
• Delivered data protection training for staff of leading financial institutions n Nigeria including Stanbic IBTC Bank and Wema Bank.
• Collaborated with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission on data protection awareness and capacity building intiatives including the IMPACT webinars, National Privacy Week capacity building workshop for data protection professionals and the “Adopt a School” project.
• Managing bi-annual data protection regulatory compliance updates, regular updates  and thought leadership to clients across sectors.

ESG

• Reviewed the environmental, social and governance structure of a financial services company, advised on its ESG strategy and roadmap, and prepared the relevant sustainability policies.
• Contributed to the 2024 and 2025 Oxford Net Zero Policy Monitor, an open and online database of climate laws that supports climate-related disclosures, corporate and national transition planning and public procurement. This included a thorough review of Nigerian climate-related laws, regulations and policy tools.

WHITE COLLAR AND BUSINESS CRIME INVESTIGATIONS

• Advised an Asian oil exploration and production company on a cross-border investigation regarding the company’s involvement in a Nigerian entity.
• Provided support to a multinational fast-moving consumer goods company in connection with an investigation and monitoring by a regulator on the breach of trust and competition requirements.
• Advised and provided compliance support to a multinational bank in connection with an investigation arising from an employee’s report.
• Advising and providing an indigenous oil and gas company on post-incidence compliance and remediation.

OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MATTERS

• Advising a local subsidiary of a multinational company on the provision of support and avoidance of bribery and improper payments in connection with the regulatory review of its products and factories. This also included a risk assessment as well as a review of the relevant anti-corruption laws in Nigeria and the company’s internal policy.
• Advised a multinational fast-moving consumer goods company in a multi-year Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission investigation, advising on cartel defence strategy, regulatory engagement and post-investigation compliance monitoring.
• Advised a multinational transportation company on potential anti-competition law concerns relating to its Nigerian distribution arrangements.
• Provision of legal advisory services to Turkish Airlines on the transfer of personal data and compliance requirements following aviation regulatory requirements.
• Provision of legal advisory services on food supplement regulation in Nigeria.
• Provision of legal advisory on the digitisation of its business records and documents to Weatherford Nigeria Limited.
• Prepared learning materials on a training for the enhancement of legal and governance skills for civil and public servants in Lagos state.
• Prepared and delivered a training to the tourism arm of an African country on its legal and compliance requirements in Nigeria including labour law, pension, tax, money laundering, risk management and ESG.
• Other general regulatory compliance services including the development of compliance matrix, whistleblowing policies and compliance frameworks.

BANKING & FINANCE

• Advised Stanbic IBTC Bank in connection with the grant of a medium-term loan facility to a free zone entity DC One FZE. Specific roles included; conducting enquiries at the Lands Registry; preparation of corporate authorisations and perferction documents; preparation of a legal opinion; coordination of conditions precedent process and managing regulatory interface for perfection.
• Advised a Pan-African investment fund on its proposed debt and equity financing in a company for the expansion of storage and distribution facilities in Nigeria.
• Advised a client on the proposed acquisition of the assets of an Iternational Oil Company. Specific roles include the conducting due diligence on the IOC; reviewing the community policy, memorandum of understanding with host communities and preparing a report on same; as well as the review of various agreements.
• Advised a Development Finance Institution in connection with the debt and equity financing in favour of an indigenous telecommunications operator.
• Advised an international non-profit on a secured loan credit facility to a pharmaceutical company for the improvement of  the health outcomes of low-income Nigerians by increasing their access to high-quality, low-cost medicines and diagnostic tests through the expansion of the network of franchise patent and proprietary medicine vendors and community pharmacies.
• Provided an overview of the primary legislation (codes, laws, decrees) and subsidiary legislation (regulations, codes, circulars, orders, guidelines, etc.), including proposals for reform and recent developments, in respect of banking and financial services in Nigeria for the World Bank Investment Policy & Regulatory Review.
• Advised Petrogap Oil and Gas Limited in connection with a US$100,000,000 investment pursuant to the Financial and Technical Services Agreement for the conversion, installation and supply of a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel in Okwok Field in Oil Mining Lease 67.
• Preparation of monthly regulatory updates as issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Securities and Exchange Commission and other relevant financial sector updates.