Senior Associate, Energy and Natural Resources

Olawunmi Abiola is a Senior Associate in the Energy and Natural Resources Practice of Tope Adebayo LP. She advises indigenous and multinational clients across the energy sector on complex transactions, project development, regulatory compliance, and commercial arrangements. Her practice is focused on delivering commercially pragmatic and legally sound solutions that support clients in achieving their strategic and investment objectives.

She has significant experience advising on upstream acquisitions and divestments, operatorship transfers, project development, drilling and oilfield services arrangements, corporate restructurings, and strategic investments in the energy sector. Her work spans transaction structuring, legal and regulatory due diligence, negotiation of transaction documents, regulatory approvals, stakeholder management, and the implementation of complex commercial arrangements.

Olawunmi regularly acts for exploration and production companies, oilfield service providers, investors and energy infrastructure developers on high-value and strategically significant projects. She is recognised for her strong analytical capability, commercial awareness, and ability to navigate complex regulatory and stakeholder environments while delivering practical, business-oriented solutions.