Onyinye Okafor > 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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Onyinye Okafor
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate Advisory, Fintech, Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring, Energy & Infrastructure
Position
Partner
Career
2018 | Partner |
2015 | Managing Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
2010 | Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
2009 | Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Lagos |
2008 | Visiting Associate, Denton Wilde Sapte LLP, London |
2008 | Intern, BaFin, Frankfurt Germany |
2005 | Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Lagos |
2004 | Intern, Okocha & Okocha, Manuchim Chambers, Port Harcourt |
2003 | Intern, Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore, Lagos |
Languages
English
Memberships
Education
2015 | Middlesex University Post Graduate, Certificate in mechanics of Project Finance |
2008 | Goethe University Frankfurt, LL.M Finance |
2004 | Nigerian Law School Victoria Island Lagos, BL |
2002 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, LL.B. |
Lawyer Rankings
Nigeria > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Next Generation 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 > 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
- Next Generation Partners Nigeria > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Energy and natural resources Nigeria