About

As Africa’s largest urban land developer, Rendeavour has over 12,000 hectares of visionary projects in the structural growth trajectories of the main cities in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo. The company’s legal department play a crucial role in facilitating the company’s creation of infrastructure and its development of living and working spaces, communities, schools and hospitals, which help sustain and accelerate Africa’s economic growth. Legal counsel, Adejoke Odocha possesses a broad-based and cross-geographical background, and leads the legal team to handle various complex transactions in Nigeria. The legal department review and negotiate service agreements for use in Nigeria and other countries in the Gulf of Guinea, helping advise on varied commercial and corporate legal matters. Amongst their most impressive structural projects, Tatu City is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use development with homes, schools, offices, a shopping district, medical clinics, nature areas, a sport and entertainment complex and manufacturing area for more than 150,000 residents. The legal team have been behind the approval of this particular project, negotiating mitigating factors and essentially enabling the creation of a unique environment that will substantially benefit the community, easing traffic congestion and long-distance commuting. The nature of the sector requires the legal team to keep on top of regulatory and trade compliance advisory services, taking part in regular training on ethics and compliance, with anti-corruption legislation including the FCPA.