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PRIVATE EQUITY TEAM

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
DAN AGBOR
Senior Partner “Which Lawyer” Guides, the Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal.
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.
FOLAKE ELIAS-ADEBOWALE
Partner Commended in The Lawyer UK’s '’Africa Elite’' Private Equity Report for her private
folake.adebowale@uubo.org
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.

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