CAPITAL MARKET COMMITTEE
Ayodeji Oyetunde
Chairman
Ayodeji is a Partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions practice of the Firm. He provides advice to clients primarily on Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Divestitures, Corporate Restructuring, Debt & Equity Capital Markets and Competition Law.
He has provided advice on a significant number of complex commercial transactions, and provided advice to numerous clients on various landmark transactions with a cumulative value in excess of US$20 Billion.
Ayodeji is consistently ranked by the leading legal directories including Chambers Global, where he has earned considerable praise for his expertise in M&A and restructurings; and described as highly knowledgeable and professional, and noted for his ability to see the big picture and operate at a high commercial level and provide excellent results. He was singled out by Chambers Global as being technically sound, commercially savvy, calm and collected.
He has also been recognised in the other leading legal directories, including Legal 500 where he is consistently ranked and IFLR 1000, where he is ranked as a Leading Highly Regarded Lawyer and has been described as very knowledgeable, … efficient and always ready to assist.
Ayodeji is presently the Chairman of the Capital Market Committee of the Nigeria Bar Association Section on Business Law. He is also a member of the Nigeria Bar Association and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. He is a SEC-registered compliance officer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.