Opeoluwa attended the University of Wales, Cardiff, where he obtained an LL.B and an LL.M 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 chains of the Nigerian and UK economies.
Opeoluwa was part of a team that represented a client in its bid for two Distribution Companies (Discos) and also represented a client in its bid for a Generation Company (Genco) arising from the Federal Government’s unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). He 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 been involved in negotiating several Gas Purchase Agreements and Power Purchase Agreements in respect of various 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 its setup, including transaction documentation for EPC contracts in respect of the project.
He also has a keen interest in real estate law, advising both commercial and residential real estate developers. Additionally, he regularly advises clients on financial arrangements such as project finance, and has conducted due diligence exercises on behalf of clients seeking to make investments across various sectors of the Nigerian economy.
