Aniekan Ukpanah > Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie > Lagos, Nigeria > Lawyer Profile

Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie‘s practice houses a team praised by clients as ‘experts in banking and finance as well as in capital markets’, and fields experience in handling asset and acquisition finance, debt restructuring, and Islamic finance. Aniekan Ukpanah and Daniel Agbor are experts in project finance, while Yinka Edu’s workload takes in corporate, leveraged and structured finance. Adeola Sunmola and Onyinye Okafor are well versed in advising on syndicated lending transactions, and Joseph Eimunjeze has experience in regulatory and compliance issues. Other key practitioners include Victor Samuel, Nicholas Okafor, Pamela Onah and Lisa Esamah.

The practice at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie stands out for providing a client base of developers, investors and government entities with ‘excellent support‘. Department head Aniekan Ukpanah has established expertise in advising on infrastructure project financing matters. Ekundayo Onajobi is well versed in handling land acquisitions, and Ifunanya Nwafor and Ikenna Edeh are very experienced in assisting with real estate transactions.

The practice at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie is home to a ‘robust team of specialists‘ with a solid track record in handling energy and infrastructure projects. The ‘team player’ Nicholas Okafor handles greenfield and brownfield projects; Aniekan Ukpanah is well versed in advising on structuring and project financing matters; and Folake Elias-Adebowale advises on upstream and downstream petroleum work. Adeola Sunmola regularly advises on renewable energy developments, project finance and syndicated lending transactions; Onyinye Okafor is also active in the latter two areas. Victor Samuel and Godson Iwuozo have expertise in oil and gas, infrastructure and power transactions. Maryam Asabe Salami and Chisom Okolie are also singled out.