Oluwatobiloba is an Associate with the Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity Practice of the Firm. She advises individuals, indigenous and multinational companies on complex commercial transactions spanning across mergers and acquisitions, internal and external restructuring, divestments, private equity, venture capital, corporate governance, private credit, capital markets, infrastructure finance and regulatory compliance. Oluwatobiloba also has experience providing advisory in corporate/commercial disputes resolution. She is an astute legal practitioner who is resourceful in providing practical application of the law in meeting clients’ commercial needs. With a keen eye for details, Oluwatobiloba is a go-to for transactions advisory with experiences ranging from contract negotiations, transaction structuring, interfacing with regulators to complex documentation and legal advisory.  

Relevant Experience

• Advising a leading financial holding company on the divestment of its merchant bank subsidiary
• Advising a leading cement manufacturer on its indirect acquisition of a major global cement manufacturer and its merger notification filing with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of a minority stake in a leading textile company in Nigeria
• Advising on the establishment of a venture capital fund that will strengthen the startup ecosystem and foster the growth seed and early-stage startups in Nigeria
• Advised on the divestment of a majority equity stake in an insurance company
• Advised JustRite Limited on the indirect acquisition of a 37.18% equity stake by AfricInvest Anglophone West Africa
• Advising on the proposed acquisition of a minority stake in a leading mortgage institution in Nigeria
• Recently advised two DFIs on the divestment of their equity stakes in a microfinance bank in Nigeria
• Advising on a brownfield investment by a leading bank in Nigeria in Kenya
• Advising on a greenfield investment by a leading bank in Nigeria in Cameroon
• Advising on capital raise and restructuring of a leading bank in Nigeria
• Advising on the acquisition of the entire share capital of a leading company in the drinks and beverage industry in Nigeria by a leading PE firm
• Routinely providing legal due diligence support, transaction documentation review and transaction advisory on M&A and PE transactions