Hopewell is a senior associate in the Firm’s Oil & Gas Practice and the Technology, Innovation, and Fintech Practice. She has a track record of advising start-ups and established companies in the technology and fintech and oil and gas sectors on a wide range of issues including project and corporate financing, acquisitions, product advisory, data protection, and ABC requirements. She is solution-oriented, consistently delivering customised solutions that achieve her clients’ objectives.

Relevant Experience

Oil & Gas

• Advised Seplat Energy on the $1.28billion acquisition of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited
• Advised Seplat Energy Plc on the c. USD300 million acquisition financing for the acquisition of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited
• Advised on the $11million acquisition of Eterna Plc
• Advised on the financing and integrated development of OPLs 809 & 810 in the Kolmani river area of Northern Nigeria

Technology, Innovation & Fintech

• Advised Development Partners International on the $100 million series c funding round of Moniepoint group
• Advised IFC as Nigerian counsel on its US$110,000,000 investment in TradeDepot Inc
• Advised Flutterwave on the launch of Tuition, a platform which facilitates cross-border payment of tuition fees by students in their local currencies to educational institutions across the world
• Advised a global cryptocurrency company on the proposed deployment of the company’s unhosted and multi-signature cryptocurrency wallet in Nigeria