Abayomi
Akinjide
Partner
Abayomi (Yomi) Akinjide is a partner in Fasken Martineau LLP (London) and a member of the Corporate / Commercial and Energy practice group.
Yomi has practiced at leading City of London and US international law firms and has extensive corporate experience, with a particular emphasis on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He is experienced in private equity transactions and has acted for a number of well established UK and international private equity sponsors. He is particularly skilled in drafting commercial agreements as well as joint ventures. He has acted for investment banks in a range of London Stock Exchange related work, including placings, flotations (on the Official List and on AIM) and recommended take-overs.
Yomi has substantial transactional experience in the oil and gas sector, including acting for international oil companies, oil service companies and in respect of LNG related matters (in Nigeria). Recent experience has included acting for oil and gas companies in countries such as the UKCS (UK Continental Shelf), Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia. He has also been involved in transactions throughout Europe, Africa, the US, the Russian Federation and the C.I.S and has acted for international companies investing in Nigeria as well as Nigeria companies investing internationally.
Yomi is the AIPN's (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators) Regional Director for Europe and Africa and an expert on Nigerian corporate and oil and gas law with extensive contacts both in government as well as in the Nigerian private sector.
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Membership/Affiliations
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (Regional Director for Europe and Africa)
- Britain Nigeria Business Council
- Energy Institute
- International Bar Association
- Mentor of the Prince's Trust
- Nigerian Bar Association
- PetroAfricanus
- The Law Society of England and Wales
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