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Aderemi Ogunbanjo

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Aderemi is the Energy and Natural Resources Partner at Tope Adebayo LP. Reputed for her commercial awareness and great subject matter expertise, she brings to the table over two decades of experience in the legal profession. She specializes in corporate and commercial transactions, particularly in energy (oil and gas, power & mining), project finance/infrastructure projects. She has led teams to advise indigenous companies, multinationals, government MDAs, and startups on various legal and regulatory issues relating to their operations. Her expertise extends to providing transactional/project advisory services to clients on acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, and project finance, assisting foreign investors on how to effectively navigate the Nigerian legal and regulatory landscape. She has also been involved in the development of legal, regulatory, and policy framework documents especially in the oil and gas and power sectors. Her background in dispute resolution and training in International Commercial Arbitration also gives her a unique viewpoint through which she looks at commercial transactions and an edge in providing wholistic legal advisory services to her clients.

Aderemi has been recognized by leading global legal research companies (ranking the world’s leading lawyers and law firms across various jurisdictions) such as Chambers and Partners Global and IFLR 1000 for her industry expertise. In 2015, Chambers and Partners Global highly recommended her as a Leading Lawyer in Energy and Natural Resources. Clients describe her as: “very supportive and proactive, … impressive… very responsive…” “… knows what the end game is from the start and has great subject matter expertise”. She was a member of one of the Working Groups that advised on the Doing Business in Nigeria Initiative of the Federal Government, member of the Policy and Advocacy Working Group of the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) and the Second Vice Chair of the Nigerian Bar Association – Section on Business Law (NBA/SBL) Construction Projects and Infrastructure Committee.

Prior to joining Tope Adebayo LP, Aderemi spent a great number of years working at one of the leading Energy Practice law firms and served a brief stint at Oando Plc.

Membership of Professional Association
  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Association of International Energy Negotiators
  • Energy Institute
  • Nigerian Bar Association – Section on Business Law (NBA/SBL) Construction Projects and Infrastructure Committee
  • Nigerian Gas Association
  • Supervised the team that provided legal advisory services to an international E&P company in the proposed acquisition of certain oil and gas assets. Advisory scope included Project Structure advisory, Legal Due Diligence and Transaction advisory
  • Advised two major international oil & gas trading outfits on matters relating to potential criminal & civil liabilities for crude oil, bunker fuel & LNG spillage in Nigeria and supervised & coordinated the provision of cross jurisdictional legal advisory services across various African jurisdictions
  • Supervised the team that advised Schlumberger on the key aspects of the Nigerian oil and gas legal and regulatory framework which may impact a proposed business model in Nigeria. This involved analyzing how the model may be tailored to fit within the legal framework and minimise investment risks and included the provision of a framework document which gave a review of the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the implementation of the model in Nigeria
  • Supervised the team that advised a Canadian company quoted on the TSXv. on its successful Reverse Takeover transaction with a Nigerian oil & gas company; Supervised the team that advised a Nigerian company and its Turkish partners on the successful acquisition of majority interest in the electricity distribution company serving middle belt Nigeria worth approx. US$ 82 Million
  • Advised an indigenous E&P company in respect of a farm-in transaction relating to a Marginal Field in the Niger Delta Basin of Nigeria. This included providing due diligence advisory, general transaction advisory services, negotiation of the Term Sheet between parties, drafting and negotiating all material contracts in relation to the transaction, including the Deed of Assignment, Farm-in Agreement and the Joint Operating Agreement
  • Advised a start-up international E&P company on the legal issues surrounding a dispute between an IOC and the Federal Government and the investment risks involved in a possible acquisition transaction
  • Part of the team that advised the Federal Government of Nigeria in structuring the private public participation framework for 3 hydro-electric dams in Northern Nigeria
  • Advised an indigenous E&P company in its negotiations with its technical and financial partner on the Joint Operating Agreement and Cost and Revenue Sharing Agreement in respect of the operations of Oil Prospecting Licence 310 in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Supervised the team providing legislative monitoring services and periodic reviews of Acts of the Nigerian National Assembly, proposed legislations and regulations made by government agencies and their possible impacts on the operations of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), an association of Nigerian indigenous oil and gas Independents. This included preparing and coordinating the collation of policy advocacy documents in respect of calls from the government and representation at public hearings;
  • Part of the team that acted as transaction counsel to an indigenous E&P company in respect of its financing and technical services arrangement with an international oil and gas service company for the development and exploitation of two (2) offshore Oil Mining Leases. Our services included: reviewing and negotiating all material contracts in relation to the project, including the Term Sheets, Master Service Agreements, Tripartite Financing Agreement, Upfront Payment Agreement, Crude Offtake Agreement, Field Management Agreement, Secondment Agreement
  • Supervised the team that advised an international oil and gas company on the legal and regulatory issues involved in licensing a Nigerian oil trading company as its exclusive offshore lubricants distributor
  • Assisted an Agro Allied company in obtaining a Captive Power Permit for its operations and supervised the obtaining of consent from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission for the commercial disposal of surplus captive power to its neighbouring companies via a Power Purchase Agreement
  • Part of the team that advised Lafarge WAPCO on legal matters pertaining to the construction of a 90 mw captive power plant in south west Nigeria
  • Involved in the provision of electricity advisory services to the lender, in a US$21.4 Million bridge facility for the successful acquisition of majority interest in the electricity distribution company serving parts of south western Nigeria
  • Supervised the team that advised Petrobras on the implications of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Content Development Act 2010 across its operations and developed a policy framework document and legal and regulatory compliance templates for its Nigerian operations
  • Advised Oando Plc. on the implications of the Petroleum Industry Bill and other current and proposed legislations and regulations made by government agencies and their possible impacts on its operations; Part of the team that advised the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on a variety of issues related to its regulatory oversight powers under the Electric Power Sector Reform Act
  • Advised an indigenous Exploration & Production company in respect of the interpretation of certain provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010 vis a vis their application by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board
  • Supervised the team that provided legal representation to a distribution company and a generation company during their proposed acquisition of majority interests in PHCN successor companies
  • Energy and Projects: Oil and Gas, Power, Mining
  • Corporate and Commercial Transactions
  • International Trade and Investments
  • Project Finance
  • Construction and Infrastructure Projects
  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators/Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
  • Foundation Training
  • University of Birmingham, United Kingdom – (LLM)
  • Nigerian Law School – (BL)
  • University of Lagos (LL.B)

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