Abdulai Taiwo & Co has a long heritage in the market and can still offer good experience in transactions, say clients. The firm is best known in the capital markets but also has a lot of expertise in transport and infrastructure projects....
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Abdulai Taiwo & Co has a long heritage in the market and can still offer good experience in transactions, say clients. The firm is best known in the capital markets but also has a lot of expertise in transport and infrastructure projects.
"I have been 24 years in the market," says one client, "they were the best and had the best corporate law practice, now there are many new firms but when you need experience I still think Abdulai is the place to go, they don't compromise, they put in their best, we did a lot of transactions with them and I recommend them very highly."
The firm has an active capital markets practice. Alayo Ogunbiyi worked with Lape Silva to advise Zamfara State Government on a $150 million 14% fixed rate bond due in 2018 and Crusader on a $40 million subordinated unsecured convertible debenture. The firm also closed a rare deal in Nigeria advising on establishing the SunTrust Hybrid Reits (real estate investment trust scheme).
In 2011 the firm was engaged by FBN to advise on an $80 million high-yield mutual fund and a $40 million money market mutual fund. In a high value deal, Taiwo acted for the note trustee on a $795 million Series 2 - FMBN RMBS, marking the largest RMBS in West Africa and giving a good example of the firm's versatility.
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