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Heirs EnergiesHead of Legal and Compliance/Company Secretary
Feb. 2021 - Nov. 2024Nigeria- Pioneer Head of Legal. Company Secretary to the Board and its Committees, Advisory Committee and Contracts Committee. Member of the Leadership Team. - Key contributor and advisor on M&A transactions, conducting due diligence on targets, completing the ethics due diligence checks, advising on liabilities impact on proposed bid value, collating bid submission and negotiating the SPA. - Post-acquisition advisory and management, including claims advisory and collation, transition operations, etc. - Project finance advisory including acquisition finance management, financing obligations management, meeting ESAP requirements, advising on and negotiating refinancing and other project finance transactions. - Legal team structure design and strategic job allocation. Development and implementation of key legal team processes and procedures. Continuous improvement of team administration leveraging technology for more efficiencies. - Designed, built and implemented governance, ethics and compliance systems including an automated regulatory compliance management system. Drove the development, approval and implementation of 13 key corporate policies within the first year of operations. Drove the company-wide implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. - Reviewed, drafted and negotiated key oil & gas commercial contracts, led negotiation calls and provided strategic commercial input. Developed key commercial contract templates with appropriate risk management considerations. Commercial contract management and operationalisation. - Oversaw litigation and dispute management, ensuring appropriate evaluation, risk classification, management strategy and continuous reporting to the business on key developments.
Heirs HoldingsLegal Adviser/Company Secretary
Jul. 2018 - Jan. 2021- Advised on the landmark acquisition of 45% interest in OML 17 by Heirs Oil & Gas managing the legal workstream and simultaneous acquisition & financing transaction closings. Negotiated the final SPA, key commercial and financing agreements. Coordinated and managed external legal counsels and the internal transaction team to meet deliverables and timelines. Handled key KYC requests from Lenders and the Sellers. - Participated in new business strategy sessions. Incubated new businesses from idea to start-up supporting with obtaining required licences and putting in place key governance polices and commercial agreements. - Supported the implementation of the Africa-wide Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme updating the programme rules, the due diligence framework, ensuring proper AML/CFT reporting and training and negotiating key partnerships including with GIZ, AfDB, ICRC, KFW, UNDP and UNICEF Gen U. Completed required due diligence checks. - Headed the Subsidiary Governance Office ensuring implementation of the subsidiary governance framework and providing regular board reports on group governance matters. Drove the group-wide update of 11 group policies in 5 policy families. Implemented key regulatory changes in data privacy and corporate governance. Provided governance structure design and advisory to investee companies. - General legal advisory, contracts drafting and negotiation. Provided strategic advisory on intellectual property protection including strategic audit and phased defensive registration strategy for over 20 key trademarks across 35+ countries in Africa and other parts of the world.
Africa Prudential PlcCompany Secretary/Legal Adviser
Sep. 2016 - Sep. 2017Lagos, Nigeria- Seconded from Heirs Holdings as Company Secretary for a 1 year period. - Provided advisory on corporate restructuring, enhanced governance, and provided insights for board and senior leadership initiatives. - Managed the secretarial administration of meetings of the Board, 2 Board Committees, Statutory Audit Committee, Strategy Sessions and the Annual General Meeting. Meeting preparation, coordination, stakeholder and shareholder management. - Achieved successful completion of Corporate Governance Rating by the Nigerian Stock Exchange required for listing on the premium board of the Exchange. Ensured compliance with all listing requirements.
King & Wood MallesonsILFA Secondee
Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2015London, United Kingdom- Worked in the corporate department as an ILFA Secondee under the ILFA Advanced Training and Secondment Programme for African Lawyers, an Africa-focused capacity-building programme for African lawyers and senior professionals engaged in the negotiation of complex transactions in Africa.
Heirs HoldingsLegal & Company Secretarial Executive
Oct. 2013 - Jul. 2018Ikoyi, Lagos- Provided transactional legal support on potential M& A and joint venture transactions including joint ventures with an international food business, international education provider, acquisition of a pension fund administrator and 4-star hotel business. - Worked on the structuring and roll out of the Africa-wide Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. Drafted the programme rules, guidelines and legal documentation. Developed the Due Diligence framework and managed AML/CFT risks and reporting requirements. Investigated programme rule breaches and advised the Foundation on appropriate actions to take. - Advised on convertible loans/notes impact investments. Part of the team that structured a potential 150M impact investment fund setup. - Developed a robust group governance structure further to conduct of detailed research into subsidiary governance best practices. Guided in articulating the group governance philosophy at Board level strategy sessions, presenting findings, analysis and recommendations, which led to the establishment of a clear subsidiary governance structure and enhanced governance model with defined governance pillars and levers. - Drove and implemented various compliance and governance projects. Implemented an update to the document management processes and created an innovative compliance awareness program. - Provided day to day legal support to investee companies on a group shared services basis. Business sectors and areas advised include healthcare, health management services, Insurance brokerage, Finance and Investment, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Branding and Corporate Communications, Regulatory and Compliance, Intellectual property, Group governance and policies formulation.
Dunn Loren Merrifield Securities LimitedChief Compliance Officer
Jan. 2013 - Oct. 2013Marina, Lagos- As the Chief Compliance Officer, ensured compliance with the various Nigerian Stock Exchange Broker Dealer Regulations and Market Making Rules. - Ensured the business was up to date in all publications and announcements by the Exchange as published on their website and built relationships with the officers of the Exchange to ensure this. - Interfaced with the Exchange on behalf of the company by providing updates on compliance and requesting for extensions where necessary.
Dunn Loren Merrifield GroupTransaction Counsel
Oct. 2012 - Oct. 2013Marina, Lagos- Worked closely with the Corporate Finance team on various financing transactions and prepared and drew up the required information memorandum, scheme document and other regulatory documents. - Ensured compliance with the Investment & Securities Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rules on each transaction. Developed a deeper understanding of capital market transactions. - Was a key part of the team involved in the conceptualisation and setting up of the Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company as part of the Federal Ministry of Finance mortgage reform initiative in partnership with the World Bank.
Aluko & OyebodeAssociate, Business Advisory Unit
Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2012Ikoyi, Lagos- Worked in the Business Advisory Unit advising on wide range of regulatory and compliance issues ranging from company set up, compliance with regulations issued by various regulatory bodies such as cabotage rules, environmental regulations, pioneer status, expatriate quota applications, registration with the Department of Petroleum Resources, Banking regulations as issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, oil & gas regulations, intellectual property, telecommunications, employment law, etc. - Managed various company records and assisted in resolving irregularities in corporate records of many companies through ingenious thinking and in depth knowledge of company law. - Worked on corporate/ commercial transactions including financing, joint ventures and provided general legal transactional support. Provided diverse company secretarial services to a wide range of clients, such as board meetings support and minutes drafting, incorporation and post-incorporation corporate filings, corporate records keeping
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