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Banwo&Ighodalo’s capital market, mergers and acquisition department (the “Department”) has been engaged in and advised on Global Depositary Receipt Offers, Initial and General Public Offers, Offers for Sale, Offers for Subscription, Rights Issues, Government Bonds, Debt/Loan Stock Issues and Private Placement transactions and other complex capital market transactions. The Department has also been actively involved in industry-wide recapitalizations and mergers in Nigeria. Clients can benefit from the Department’s extensive experience in equity/debt offerings, collective investment schemes, structured products, sovereign and sub-sovereign, derivatives and securitization.

In recognition of the Department’s wealth of experience, excellent service delivery and performance in capital markets, the Department was granted the award of “Capital Markets Team of the Year” at the ESQ Legal Awards in 2015 and 2016 and was also awarded “M&A Team of the Year” at the 2015 edition. For the fourth time consecutively, the Department received the prestigious award of ‘Debt Capital Market Solicitor’ in the FMDQ GOLD Awards 2021.

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What the Team is Known For

Banwo & Ighodalo is a market-leading law firm that is highly regarded for its work in the capital markets space, working with high-profile clients based in and outside Nigeria. It possesses a wealth of experience across several areas, and is well placed to handle matters relating to government bonds and all forms of corporate and capital restructuring. The team frequently acts for oil and gas companies, investment companies and private equity funds.

Work Highlights

Provided by Banwo & Ighodalo

  • Banwo & Ighodalo acted for Payhippo on the acquisition of Maritime Microfinance Bank.

Strengths

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"The team is extremely knowledgeable and accessible. The quality of advice is excellent."

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"The ability to think creatively and come up with practical and sound solutions makes them stand out as the law firm of choice for corporate and commercial work."

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"Its partners and associates are very knowledgeable."

Corporate/Commercial respondent
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"Banwo & Ighodalo has a diverse and experienced team capable of handling complex and sophisticated matters."

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Notable Practitioners

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Azeezah Muse-Sadiq
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Azeezah Muse-Sadiq
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Azeezah Muse-Sadiq is a leading Nigerian capital markets lawyer with deep experience in such matters. This experience includes advising on many highly significant stock exchange listings and debt issuances.

"Azeezah Muse-Sadiq is a treasured adviser to our business. Her deep knowledge of our business and its strategic direction makes her not only extremely responsive to our requests, but also enhances the quality of the advice we receive from her."

"Her expertise, knowledge of regulations and commercial acumen are outstanding. This makes her an invaluable asset and a preferred commercial capital markets lawyer of choice."

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Ayotunde Owoigbe
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Ayotunde Owoigbe
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Ayotunde Owoigbe is respected in the corporate and capital markets spaces for her involvement in matters such as fund formation and M&A. Based in Lagos, she has notable experience acting for financial institutions as well as corporates.

"Ayotunde Owoigbe’s multilayered experience shines through in transactions. She provides prompt and thoroughly researched legal opinions."

"Her involvement in a lot of policy formulation within the regulatory corporate space gives her an edge when it comes to understanding the philosophy behind key corporate legislation. That adds a lot of value to her advice to clients."

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Banwo & Ighodalo

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Corporate/Commercial
Asue Ighodalo
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Asue Ighodalo
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Ayotunde Owoigbe
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Ayotunde Owoigbe
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Corporate/Commercial: Capital Markets
Asue Ighodalo
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Asue Ighodalo
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Azeezah Muse-Sadiq
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Azeezah Muse-Sadiq
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Ayotunde Owoigbe
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Ayotunde Owoigbe
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Members

Provided by Banwo & Ighodalo

Afeesat Atanda

Ayodele Faboya

Isa Alade

Mavis Abada

Olumide Osundolire

Oluwatoni Numa

Seyi Bella

Toyin Bashir

Clients

Provided by Banwo & Ighodalo

Africa Infra Plus Fund/Africa Plus Partners Nigeria

Allen & Overy

AppZone Nigeria, AppZone Mauritius Limited, and Inventgarde

Dangote Flour Mills Limited

Dangote Industries Limited

E-Motion Advertising Limited

FBN Holdings Plc

FCMB Group Plc

Gratitude Capital Limited

Green Africa Airways

Interswitch Limited

Mixta Real Estate PLC

Sifax Nigeria Limited

Skye Capital and Financial Allied

The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries

Industries

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Advertising

Aviation

Banking

Fast Moving Consumer Goods

FinTech

Financial Services

Insurance

Investment

Legal

Real Estate

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