Tope Adebayo LP

Nigeria

Address:
3rd floor, The Phoenix, 31 Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja
Lagos, 100271
Nigeria

+234 906 523 3664


Key contacts:

Senior Partner: Tope Adebayo
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Practice Manager: Modupeola Iromini
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Corporate Communications: Doyinsola Oyelade
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Quick facts:

# Partners : 5
# Total number of practitioners: 30
Languages : English
Network memberships: IBA, CMSA, SEC, NBA, CITN, BRIPAN, NBA SBL, AIPN, AEIN, ICAN, ALAN, IPLAN


Tope Adebayo LP is a leading full-service Nigerian law firm with a deep transactional practice, advising clients on complex, high-value matters across corporate commercial, mergers and acquisitions, energy and natural resources, corporate finance and projects, and dispute resolution since 2008. Our team combines technical rigour with commercial acuity to deliver bespoke solutions that have driven significant industry outcomes for a consistently expanding client base.

The firm is built on a foundational commitment to institutional longevity and adaptive practice — qualities that equip us to navigate an evolving regulatory and business landscape. Our practitioners bring complementary expertise across disciplines, enabling the firm to serve as a genuine single point of contact for clients with complex, multi-jurisdictional demands. In furtherance of this mandate, Tope Adebayo LP and its professionals hold licences from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, and the Corporate Affairs Commission, providing clients with integrated legal, finance, and corporate services under one roof.

With a distinctly transnational orientation, the firm has cultivated strategic alliances with leading practices across the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands, South Africa, Uganda, France, Ghana, Kenya, and the United States. These relationships enable our clients to execute cross-border transactions and expand their commercial footprint with confidence and continuity. Our practice is anchored in the values of client satisfaction, solution delivery, and innovative legal thinking.

  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Trade finance

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Mosun Oke
M&A
m.oke@topedebayolp.com
Recent matter/case highlights:

  • Advised a strategic investor on a $50M acquisition of a 10% equity stake in an upstream oil & gas company with five producing fields, securing strategic energy assets.    
  • Advised on a high‑value financing transaction for credit facilities ~₦17 billion to support client operations and expansion.    
  • Led legal work on a $8M (₦12.5B) majority‑stake acquisition of a Tier‑1 Nigerian insurer, including due diligence, share transfer structuring (4.55B shares), and securing a 65% equity stake for the acquirer.

Aderemi Ogubajo
Energy & Renewables    
a.ogunbanjo@topedebayolp.com
Recent matter/case highlights:

  • Advising on development, construction, and operation of a 10 MTPA LNG facility, aligned with Nigeria’s gas commercialisation and energy transition policies. 
  • Advising on acquisition of a 51% Participating Interest & Operatorship in OPL 241, including due diligence, transaction structuring, and key documentation (Term Sheets, Farm‑in, Carry Agreements, Side Letters).    
  • Acting as domestic counsel for PowerGen Renewable Energy Nigeria (subsidiary of Windgen Power USA) on a US$9M financing for solar‑hybrid mini‑grid projects under Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Programme, including full transaction support and EPC/financing documentation.

Ifeoma Ezeh    
Banking 
i.ezeh@topedebayolp.com
Recent matter/case highlights:

  • Advised Cambridge LNG Limited on a Project Preparation Facility (PPF) from Afreximbank for a $1B LNG plant (10 MTPA) in Akwa Ibom; focused on security package and conditions precedent in a Nigeria–Egypt–UK cross‑border transaction.
  • Advising Integrated Projects Limited on debt structuring and capital raise for a ₦36B multi‑institutional student housing project, building a DBFMO/T financing framework with escrow‑backed, receivables‑secured security.
  • Advised CLNG 11 Limited on a PPF from Afreximbank for a $100M mini‑LNG plant (0.14 MTPA) in Port Harcourt; another Nigeria–Egypt–UK cross‑border transaction with multiple international counsel.

  • Agriculture 
  • Aviation 
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services 
  • Energy
  • Financial services 
  • Food and beverage 
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy 
  • Insurance
  • Investment management 
  • Media 
  • Mining
  • Natural resources 
  • Oil and gas 
  • Real estate
  • Technology and telecommunications

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