NIGERIA / PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES
T Iboroma Akpana Partner
Solola & Akpana Lagos
Tel: +234 1 709 814 1598 Email:
iakpana@sololaakpana.com Web:
www.sololaakpana.com
Timi Austen-Peters Principal partner
Austen-Peters & Co Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 2701668 Email:
timi@austen-peters.com Web:
www.austen-peters.com
Biography: Born in Lagos, Nigeria – 6th August 1964, T Iboroma Akpana holds an LLM degree from the Harvard Law School. He attended the Federal Government College Enugu, University of Ibadan and University of Jos, where he obtained degrees in biochemistry and law respectively. He also obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree – Second Class Honours (Upper Division) and a Qualifying Certificate to Practice in Nigeria from the Nigeria Law School.
He is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales; Attorney and Counselor of the Supreme Court of New York; Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria: and Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He was an associate in the firm of Messrs Banwo and Ighodalo.
Recent transactionalhighlights: •Advised as transactional counsel on the acquisition of an oil exploration and production company; a transaction in excess of £500 million.
•Advised an EPC contractor involved in the construction of a jetty for a value in excess of $100 million.
Practiceareas: Banking and finance
Corporate
InfrastructureOil and gas PowerRestructuring
Sector specialisations: Corporate/commercial and oil & gas Languages: English Bar Admissions: New York, England&Wales, and Nigeria
Association memberships: Nigeria Bar Association International Bar Association Law Society of England&Wales American Bar Association New York State Bar Association Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Academic qualifications: Barrister at law (Second Class Upper) Nigeria Law School LLB (Second Class Upper) University of Jos LLM, Harvard Law School
Market recognition: “Many capital markets practitioners place Adegboyega ‘Timi’ Austen- Peters of Austen-Peters & Co as one of the highest quality lawyers for capital markets advice and pension law.” IFLR1000 2014.
Biography: ‘Timi’Austen-Peters is the founder and principal partnerofAusten- Peters&Co. He is anotary public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria having qualified as abarristerand solicitor of the Supreme Courtof Nigeriain1986. He has worked as abarristerand solicitor in various jurisdictions;both in astrictlylegal capacity and advisoryroles.
He has been extensively involved in the activities of various capital markets and the pension industry. He specialises in the management and regulation of investment assets and has made several presentations and authored many works including the definitive work on the custody of investments.
He has worked as a lawyer for the United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland and for a leading commercial law firm in Lagos. He also worked as a Legal Consultant to the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
Recent transactionalhighlights: •Lead the team advising the establishment of a merchant bank. •Advised on the proposed acquisition of two telecommunication companies.
•Advising on acquisition of a major company in the downstream oil and gas sector.
•Advising private equity firms on transaction involving pension funds in Nigeria.
Practiceareas: Financial services Sector specialisation: Pension, Securities, International law Languages: English, French and Yoruba
Association memberships: Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) International Bar Association (IBA)
Academic qualifications: LLB, London School of Economics (LSE), University of London LLM, University of Cambridge Doctorate in law, the University of Oxford
Related articles by this lawyer: ‘Custody of investments: Law and Practice’ – Oxford University Press (December 2000).
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