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Dan heads the firm's private equity and corporate advisory teams. His corporate advisory specialisation
include mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and derivatives transactions, debt restructuring,
debt to equity conversions and fund establishment. He has also advised on a range of corporate and
financing transactions involving local and international. He has published several articles on banking,
secured credit transactions, the Nigerian debt conversion programme, global depositary receipts, foreign
investment, international joint venture agreements and guarantees and tax. He chairs and serves on the
boards of various blue chip companies.

As a leader, he is also ranked as “highly regarded” by the International Financial Law Review (“IFLR”)
and featured in the IFLR (Expert Guides), the Practical Law Company “Which Lawyer” Guides, the Legal
500 and Who’s Who Legal.
DAN AGBOR
Senior Partner
dan.agbor@uubo.org

Folake is a corporate team partner and co-head of the firm’s private equity, M&A and oil and gas teams.
She advises private equity houses, financial investors, corporates, investee entities and other clients on
diverse matters including domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestments, restructuring and
compliance matters across various sectors and industries. She is a member of the legal and regulatory
council of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) and the legal and regulatory
committees of the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and the Private Equity and Venture
Capital Association, Nigeria (PEVCA). She sits on PEVCA’s inaugural board and serves on the technical
committee established by the Securities and Exchange Commission and PEVCA to assist with the review
of Nigerian private equity regulations.

Commended in The Lawyer UK’s '’Africa Elite’' Private Equity Report for her private equity practice,
FOLAKE ELIAS-ADEBOWALE Folake is also recognised and ranked by other independent rankings publications including Chambers
Partner Global Guide 2020; Chambers FinTech Guide (Nigeria) 2020; The IFLR1000; The Legal 500; Who’s Who
folake.adebowale@uubo.org
Legal Global Guide (M&A and Governance); and Who’s Who Legal Nigeria.

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