Ogechi is a Senior Associate and Team Lead in the Finance and Capital Markets Practice Unit of the Firm. She is a focused and detail-oriented legal professional who has garnered a wealth of experience advising both Nigerian and international clients on matters relating to general and specific aspects of corporate law. She has provided valuable advice and tailor-made solutions to various clients on banking, corporate finance, derivatives, foreign exchange regulations, debt and equity investments, capital markets, corporate restructuring, business mergers & acquisitions, private equity, company secretarial, regulatory compliance and corporate governance principles.

 

Relevant Experience

Finance

• Advised African Finance Corporation on its USD15 million Financing of LR Africa Holdings SPC
• Advised African Frontier Capital, an Africa-focused investment group, on its receivables financing in Nigeria
• Advised two commercial banks on a c.NGN42 Billion acquisition financing of a domestic airline in Nigeria
• Advised the Bisedge group on its USD6million mezzanine financing
• Advised the African Development Bank (AfDB) on a proposed USD450 million senior loan facility to another African Development Finance Institution
• Advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique S.A. (Proparco) on the grant of a EUR15 million secured facility to a leading diagnostic joint-venture company in Africa
• Advised the Federal Government of Nigeria on the establishment of a USD2 Billion domestic bond issuance programme and the issuance of circa USD900 million Series 1 bonds under the programme – the first foreign-currency denominated domestic bond issuance in Nigeria
• Advised on the establishment of the NGN1 Trillion Real Estate Investment Fund programme by the Ministry of Finance Incorporated and the issuance of Series 1 & 2 notes under the programme
• Advised on the establishment and launch of the NGXInvest platform by the Nigerian Exchange Group – a revolutionary platform for the electronic offering of securities in the Nigerian capital market
• Advised FCMB Group on its NGN150 Billion public offer for shares
• Advised on the establishment of a NGN300 Billion Bond Issuance Programme by Dangote Industries Funding Plc and the issuance of NGN187.584 Billion and NGN112.415 Billion Series 1 and 2 Bonds respectively, under the Programme. This transaction, which was sponsored by Dangote Industries Limited, is the largest aggregate local currency bond issuance by any corporate organisation within a calendar year in the history of the Nigerian capital market. The Series 1 Bonds also set the record (at the time of its issuance) as the largest corporate bond ever issued in the Nigerian capital market