Opeoluwa attended the University of Wales, Cardiff where he obtained an LL.B
and an LLM in International Commercial Law. He is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of
England and Wales having been admitted to the Roll of Solicitors. He is also a Barrister
and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Opeoluwa’s areas of practice cover the broad spheres of oil, gas, power, mining and
corporate finance. To this end he regularly advises clients on several aspects of transactions in the energy, power and mining value chain of the Nigerian and UK economy.
Opeoluwa was part of a team that represented a client in its bid for two Distribution
Companies ՄDiscos) and also represented a client in its bid for a Generation Company
ՄGenco) arising from the Federal Government’s unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria ՄPHCNՅ. Opeoluwa was also part of a team that advised a client in its
bid to acquire participatory interests in some of Shell’s assets in Nigeria. He has also
been involved in negotiating several Gas Purchase Agreements and Power Purchase
Agreements in respect of several operational independent power projects in Nigeria
such as the Island Power Project (now Marina Power), Ilupeju Power Project and
Ewekoro Power Project. Opeoluwa has advised a Greenfield cement manufacturing
company in the South Eastern region of Nigeria in relation to all aspects of set up and
also transaction documentation for EPC contracts in respect of the project. Opeoluwa
also has a keen interest in real estate law and to this end advises commercial and
residential real estate developers. He also regularly advises clients on financial
arrangements such as project finance. Opeoluwa has also been engaged in
conducting due diligence exercises on behalf of clients seeking to make
investments across various sectors in the Nigerian economy.
