Yinka Edu > 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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Yinka Edu
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate Advisory, Competiton, Compliance & Invetsigations, Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring, Fintech, Pro Bono
Position
Partner
Career
2015 to date | Chairman, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
2013 -2015 | Vice Chairman, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
2010 -2013 | Secretary, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
2007 -2010 | Treasurer, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
2012 -2015 | Member, Capital Market Rules and Regulatory Committee (CMC) |
2007 to date | Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
2002 – 2007 | Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo- Osagie |
2011 to date | Member, Committee on Demutualisation |
1996-2002 | Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
1994-1996 | Legal Executive, Cameron Markby Hewitt (later Cameron McKenna) |
Languages
English
Memberships
Education
1996 | BL, Nigerian Law School |
1994 | Bar Finals, The Inns of Court School of Law |
1993 | CPE, The College of Law (Store Street) |
1992 | B.A, Law and Society, University of Exeter |
Lawyer Rankings
Nigeria > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading partners)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 > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The corporate practice at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie has an excellent reputation for its strength in private equity, and is also well regarded for its expertise in advising on acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructuring, and joint ventures. Daniel Agbor is well known for his experience in corporate transactional work, Jumoke Lambo specializes in foreign investment, and Folake Elias-Adebowale is experienced in advising on disposals and joint ventures. Other notable lawyers with experience in the corporate and commercial space are Yinka Edu and Ozofu Ogiemudia.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Nigeria
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Nigeria
- Leading partners Nigeria > Banking, finance and capital markets