Akindeji Oyebode

Banwo & Ighodalo - Nigeria

Senior Associate and Team Lead, Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group

Lagos

+234 9060003561-2; 8050875883; 8092714452; 9020524921

Rising star partner

English


Bar admissions:

Nigeria

Jurisdictions:

Nigeria


Akindeji is motivated cerebral and innovative lawyer. He has garnered over a decade’s experience working on highly complex energy transactions; he also has considerable experience in project finance transactions.

  • Akindeji is advising Black Rhino in connection with its acquisition of interests from an unincorporated joint venture in, and the subsequent development of, a 540MW gas fired combined cycle power plant.
  • He is advising the promoters of the proposed development of a 480MW power plant in Okpai, Delta State, Nigeria.
  • He advised Siemens in connection with the local acquisition of assets of Dresser-Rand Nigeria Limited
  • Acted as Nigerian Lenders’ Counsel to a syndicate of banks in connection with a US$1,245,000 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Forty-Five Million United States Dollars) reserve based lending facility to Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V.

  • Asset finance
  • M&A
  • Project development
  • Project finance

  • Energy
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas

  • Nigeria
  • New York

  • LLB, University of Lagos (2007)
  • BL, Nigerian Law School (2008)
  • LLM, University of Pennsylvania  (2011)