Page 5 - UUBO PE Summit Brochure.cdr

UUBO PE TEAM PARTNERS

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.

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 is also recognised and ranked by other independent rankings publications including
Chambers Global Guide 2020; Chambers FinTech Guide (Nigeria) 2020; The IFLR1000; The Legal
500; Who’s Who Legal Global Guide (M&A and Governance); and Who’s Who Legal Nigeria.

Ozofu is a partner in Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, where she is part of the firm’s Corporate Advisory,
Private Equity, and Mergers & Acquisitions teams. She is recognised as an extremely resourceful and
versatile adviser and has advised on various areas of the law including, corporate and commercial
law, private equity, corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance,
labour and employment, company secretarial practice. She also co-heads the firm’s pro bono
practice. She advised on various equity investments, usually leading the teams that carry out legal
due diligence reviews in connection with various investments and divestments. She was part of the
teams that advised clients such as Kellogg, Verod Capital, OCP Africa, Synergy Capital, Carlyle and
Actis on various investments in Nigeria.

Ozofu is a Vice-Chairperson of the Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Business Law Committee on
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings. She was recognised in 2020 by the
International Financial Law Review (IFLR) as one of the IFLR1000 Women Leaders in Nigeria. She is
rated as a ‘highly-regarded lawyer’ for her Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Equity practice, by
The IFLR1000 2020.

Christine is a Partner in the firm's Private Equity, M&A and Corporate Advisory teams. She advises
local and international private equity funds and fund managers throughout the life cycle of such
funds – from fund formation to structuring, documenting and executing investments/ acquisitions
and co-investments, through to exits. She has advised on investments in a variety of sectors
financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, FinTech, and FMCG, amongst others. She has
also advised on international lending transactions including syndicated loans. Christine has been
involved in a diverse range of financial and capital markets transactions including private
placements and, as part of her Asset Management and Collective Investment practice, the
establishment and registration of mutual funds. She also advises on issues relating to the Nigerian
bond market.
As part of her corporate advisory practice, Christine routinely leads due diligence reviews, in the
course of which she assesses the viability of targeted businesses for merger, investment and
financing transactions. Christine contributes to several publications on private equity. She has co-
authored the Nigerian chapter of four editions of the Asset Management Review published by Law
Business Research and is also a contributor to the International Comparative Legal Guide on Private
Equity in Nigeria. Christine also regularly contributes to the credit and security section of the World
Bank's Annual 'Doing Business in Nigeria' surveys. Christine is a member of the Advisory Board of the
Legal Business Unit of BusinessDay.

5