At AELEX, the ;'exceptional' team’s workload includes aviation and maritime acquisition financings, IPOs, project finance and oil and gas acquisition finance matters. With over two decades of experience in the space, Lawrence Fubara Anga advises banks and financial institutions on a broad spectrum of transactional and regulatory issues. Sina Sipasi is adept at advising sponsors and lenders on acquisition finance matters in the petroleum sector. Chinyerugo Ugoji, Hannah Ozieme, and Merit Okafor specialize in capital markets. Temiloluwa Fakolade is well regarded for his expertise in corporate financing.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team's strengths include in-depth understanding of the Nigerian capital markets space, accurate interpretation of proposed transaction structures in legal documents, and a quick turnaround time.'

  • ‘The team was generally exceptional. Temiloluwa Fakolade's good judgement, in-depth knowledge, and patience was appreciated.'

Key clients

  • EMTS (Etisalat)
  • Keystone Bank
  • Nigerian Stock Exchange
  • Securities Solutions Limited
  • Emerging Markets Payment West Africa Limited
  • PayU Payments Nigeria Limited (Naspers/MIH affiliated company)
  • Sentinel Exploration & Production Company Ltd
  • Vitol SA
  • African Development Bank
  • Debevoise Plimpton
  • Cedar Consortium
  • Ecobank Nigeria Limited
  • FBN Capital Limited
  • Dangote Cement Plc
  • AFEX Commodities Exchange
  • Callphone Limited
  • Clickatell Nigeria Limited
  • Grand Towers PLC
  • AFEX Investment Limited
  • Sproutpay Limited
  • Piggytech Global Limited
  • Eagle Global Markets
  • CSL Stockbrokers Limited
  • International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
  • CSL Pay Limited
  • The Shecluded Company Limited
  • Abeg Technologies Limited
  • Money Africa
  • The Shecluded Company Limited
  • Luno Fintech Nigeria Limited

Work highlights

  • Advising a syndicate of banks on the refinancing of a USD750 million loan advanced to an oil and gas company.
  • Acting for trustees concerning the issuance of a NGN100 billion bond issuance by a leading infrastructure company in Nigeria.

Lawyers

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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lawrence Fubara Anga

Other key lawyers

Sina Sipasi, Chinyerugo Ugoji, Hannah Ozieme, Merit Okafor, Temiloluwa Fakolade