Yinka Edu > Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie > Lagos, Nigeria > Lawyer Profile

Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
ST NICHOLAS HOUSE (12TH FLOOR)
CATHOLIC MISSION STREET
LAGOS
Nigeria
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Work Department

Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate Advisory, Competiton, Compliance & Invetsigations, Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring, Fintech, Pro Bono

Position

Partner

Career

2015 to date Chairman, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria
2013 -2015 Vice Chairman, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria
2010 -2013 Secretary, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria
2007 -2010 Treasurer, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria
2012 -2015 Member, Capital Market Rules and Regulatory Committee (CMC)
2007 to date Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
2002 – 2007 Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo- Osagie
2011 to date Member, Committee on Demutualisation
1996-2002 Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
1994-1996 Legal Executive, Cameron Markby Hewitt (later Cameron McKenna)

Languages

English

Memberships

Nigerian Bar Association
Bar of England and Wales
Bar Association of Commerce, Finance and Industry (BACFI)
Capital Markets Association

 

Education

1996  BL, Nigerian Law School
1994  Bar Finals, The Inns of Court School of Law
1993 CPE, The College of Law (Store Street)
1992 B.A, Law and Society, University of Exeter

Lawyer Rankings

Nigeria > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Yinka EduUdo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

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 OkaforPamela Onah and Lisa Esamah.

Nigeria > Commercial, corporate and M&A

The corporate practice at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie has an excellent reputation for its strength in private equity, and is also well regarded for its expertise in advising on acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructuring, and joint ventures. Daniel Agbor is well known for his experience in corporate transactional work, Jumoke Lambo specializes in foreign investment, and Folake Elias-Adebowale is experienced in advising on disposals and joint ventures. Other notable lawyers with experience in the corporate and commercial space are Yinka Edu and Ozofu Ogiemudia.