Aniekan Ukpanah > Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie > Lagos, Nigeria > Lawyer Profile
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie Offices
ST NICHOLAS HOUSE (12TH FLOOR)
CATHOLIC MISSION STREET
LAGOS
Nigeria
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Aniekan Ukpanah
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Energy & Projects
Position
Managing Partner
Career
2019-till date | Managing Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
2015 | Member, Akwa Ibom State Technical Committee on Ibom Deep Seaport |
2005 | Member, Central Bank of Nigeria Technical Committee on Bank Consolidation |
2002-2006 | Treasurer, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
2003 | Member, Federal Government Study Group advising the Federal Government of Nigeria on the Review of the Nigerian Tax System |
2000-2019 | Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
1998-1999 | Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
1989-1998 | Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
Languages
English
Memberships
Nigerian Bar Association (member, sub-committee on banking, finance and insolvency section on Business Law)
International Bar Association
Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria
Education
1988 BL, Nigerian Law School
1987 B.A., Law and Economics, Dorset Institute (University of Bournemouth) Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Lawyer Rankings
Nigeria > Banking, finance and capital markets
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.
Nigeria > Real estate and construction
(Leading partners)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.
Nigeria > Energy and natural resources
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Nigeria
- Leading partners Nigeria > Real estate and construction
- Energy and natural resources Nigeria
- Real estate and construction Nigeria