Victor Samuel > 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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Victor Samuel
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Energy & Infrastructure
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Victor Samuel is a Senior Associate and a member of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie’s banking & finance, energy & infrastructure teams. He advises international and local clients on structuring and financing diverse infrastructure projects; syndicated lending transactions; and debt restructuring.
He is instrumental in advising the sponsors of an independent power project in a ring-fenced area of Aba, Abia State, in connection with the debt restructuring of a facility provided by a syndicate of Nigerian lenders and various investors.
Victor was a crucial part of the team that advised Daystar Power Group in connection with a multimillion-dollar debt financing from Sunfunder Inc. for the expansion of its solar power projects for commercial and industrial energy users. He also recently advised the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on its Nigerian Energy Support Programme, which involves providing legal advisory services regarding the Nigerian electricity supply industry, as well as fostering investments in the renewable energy, energy-efficiency and rural electrification sectors in Nigeria
Languages
English
Memberships
Nigerian Bar Association
Education
2013 | Nigerian Law School, BL |
2012 | Enugu State University of Science and Technology, LL.B |
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 > 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.