NIGERIA
LEADING LAWYERS
Uche Val Obi Managing partner
Alliance Law Firm Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 9035352-5 Email:
vuo@alliancelf.com Web:
www.alliancelf.com
Biography: Uche is a founding partner of Alliance Law Firm, a full service business law firm with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Portharcourt, Nigeria.
Uche is an alumnus and member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation , USA. He is also the Chairman, Capital Market Solicitors Association of Nigeria.
Recent transactional highlights: • An indigenous E&P company on a proposed $500 million international IPO with listing in London.
• An indigenous E&P in connection with two GSAs for power plants in Delta State.
• Neconde Energy on a $470 million secured RBL transaction. • Neconde Energy in its acquisition of a 45% stake in an OML valued at $585 million.
• Nestoil in connection with the $1 billion NTCL pipeline project for SPDC. He also advised Nestoil Plc on several EPC projects including the $242 million OB3 project for NNPC.
• Advised a consortium comprising an European infrastructure group and a local power group on its bidding for a Genco and Disco asset under the ongoing privatization and sale of power companies in Nigeria. The consortium emerged as reserved bidders in both process.
• Currently advising a number of clients on an IPP project for 450 MW, and bids for NIPPs in Nigeria.
• Advised on acquisitions of interest in three (3) acreages of OPLs, Marginal Fields as well as two farm – out of assets.
• Advising on the setting up of a consortium between a foreign company and some Nigerian mid – stream operators for the operation of Horizontal Directional Drilling services within Nigeria and some West African territories.
• Jointly working with KPMG on an ongoing restructuring of a large energy group with over 15 affiliates .
• Part of a three – man arbitral tribunal that determined a reference involving an international energy group and one of the largest commercial banks in Nigeria over an escrowed $12million. The Tribunals unanimous award was complied with by both parties.
Practice areas: Arbitration and dispute resolution Banking and finance Capital markets
Mergers and acquisitions Languages: English (fluent), Igbo Bar admissions:Nigeria
Association memberships: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK IBA and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, USA Capital Market Solicitors Association (CMSA) – Chairman
Academic qualifications: M.A, University of Lagos MBA, ATBU
Related articles by this lawyer: Co-author, “Oil and Gas Asset-Based Financing: An Appraisal of Security Structures for RBL Transactions under Nigerian Law, published in issue February 10 2013 “Emerging Markets Africa”, SJ Berwin’s bi-annual newsletter
Energy and natural resources
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