Senior Partner

Lagos

+234 1 462 8360

Highly regarded

Women Leaders

English
Yoruba


Bar admissions:

Nigeria

Jurisdictions:

Nigeria

Practice areas:

Banking
Capital markets
M&A

Industry sectors:

Energy
Mining
Natural resources
Oil and gas


Olubunmi Fayokun is a senior partner at Aluko & Oyebode and heads the firm's capital markets and M&A practices. She has advised on a variety of high-profile transactions and represents top-tier indigenous, international, and multinational clients in various sectors including the banking, insurance, aviation, healthcare and telecommunications sectors.

  • Advised on the demutualisation of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (now Nigerian Exchange Group) and the subsequent listing of NGX Group on Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX)
  • Advised Access Bank Plc on the issuance of US$500 million Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 Eurobond notes, admitted to trading on the International Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange (the first to be issued by a Nigerian bank)
  • Advised on Africa Finance Corporation’s US$700 million Eurobond issuance and CHF150 million inaugural Green Bond issuance
  • Advised Access Bank Plc on the issuance of a US$50 million Senior Unsecured Step-Up Puttable Green Bond, listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
  • Advised Pan African Towers Limited on the establishment of a ₦50 billion (appox. US$116 million) Bond Issuance Programme

  • Capital markets: Debt/Equity
  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • M&A/Competition
  • Project Development
  • Securitisation

  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Oil and gas
  • Tech and telecoms

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Association of International Energy Negotiators

  • LLB, University of Ife (1984)
  • Bar Certificate, Nigerian Law School (1985)