About

Provided by Banwo & Ighodalo

The Banking and Finance practice group (the “Team”) of Banwo & Ighodalo (the “Firm”) has extensive expertise in debt and project financing transactions. The Team advises government agencies, development finance institutions, major investment and commercial banks, and international and domestic borrowers and lenders in transactions involving secured, unsecured, multi-currency and bilateral and syndicated lending arrangements. The Team provides bespoke legal services on various products offered by financial institutions including:

  • Debt restructuring
  • Infrastructure and project finance
  • Acquisition finance
  • Trade finance
  • Structured finance and securitisation
  • Aircraft, shipping, and vessel leasing and financing
  • Real estate financing
  • Finance leases/Asset financing
  • Leveraged financing

The innovative and award-winning structuring solutions proffered by the Team have led the Firm to advise on complex, pioneer restructuring transactions in the international market involving debt-to-equity swaps, derivatives, Islamic finance, and fintech.

The Team routinely advises on compliance with banking and regulatory legislation, and most recently, our attorneys were tapped by the federal government between 2019 and 2020 to provide guidance on the repeal and amendment to the Companies and Allied Matters Act – one of the premier regulations governing financial transactions in Nigeria.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Nigeria

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Banwo & Ighodalo operates a highly regarded banking group that possesses considerable expertise in loan transactions. The firm is well known for advising a number of major commercial banks and domestic financial institutions, as well as working with multinational companies investing in Nigeria. It possesses extensive experience structuring financial transactions and advising on regulatory matters, and is increasingly involved in transactions and financings involving the oil and gas and real estate sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Banwo & Ighodalo represented Access Bank, as Nigerian counsel, in connection with a USD75 million debt facility provided by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Seyi Bella
3
Seyi Bella
3
Band 3

Seyi Bella has a strong reputation as a legal practitioner advising major banks, corporations and financial institutions both in Nigeria and further afield. She has experience with secured lending, project finance and refinancing mandates.

Seyi Bella is a fantastic lawyer who is extremely passionate about what she does and is totally committed to client satisfaction.

She is thorough, very responsive and provides commercially viable solutions to her clients.

Ranked Lawyers at
Banwo & Ighodalo

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Nigeria

Banking & Finance

Seyi Bella
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Seyi Bella
3
Band 3

Members

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Basirat Raheem

Boluwatife Anjola

Daniel Olika

Ibrahim Hassan

Isa Alade

Mayowa Olagbaiye

Oluwatobi Pearce

Seyi Bella

Clients

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ABSA Group Limited

ACTIS

African Development Bank

African Export-Import Bank

African Finance Corporation

AppZone Group

Avanti Communications Group Plc

BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA

Chevron Nigeria Limited

Custodian Investments Plc

Dangote Group

Deutsche Bank AG

Ecobank Development Company Limited

Ecobank Nigeria Limited

Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited

FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited

Goldman Sachs

Green Africa Airways Limited

Growthpoint Investec African Properties Limited

MainOne Cable Company Limited

Mauritian Commercial Bank Limited

Moove Africa

Natixis Bank

Niger Delta Petroleum Resources Limited

Nigerian Breweries PLC

Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC

Nigerian Gas Company

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

Oando Plc

Oceanwinds Hospitality Limited

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V.

Rand Merchant Bank Limited

Shoreline Natural Resources Limited

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC

Standard Bank of South Africa

Standard Chartered PLC

Trafigura Ventures V.B.V

United States International Development Finance Corporation

Industries

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Banking

Commercial & Professional Services

Construction & Materials

Energy & Natural Resources

Financial Services

Fintech

Food & Beverage

Government

Hospitality

Private Clients / Individuals

Real Estate

Telecommunications

Transportation (Aviation and Shipping)