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PRIVATE EQUITY TEAM

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
OZOFU OGIEMUDIA on Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings. She was recognised in 2020 by the
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ozofu.ogiemudia@uubo.org 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.
CHRISTINE SIJUWADE As part of her corporate advisory practice, Christine routinely leads due diligence reviews, in the
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christine.sijuwade@uubo.org 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.
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