Yinka Edu
10th & 13th Floors, St. Nicholas House
Catholic Mission Street
PO Box 53123, Ikoyi
Biography: Banking
Yinka Edu co-heads the firms capital markets, asset management and collective investment practice teams.She is part of a team currently advising on cross border investment in a local pharmaceutical company and was part of the team that acted as legal advisers to UAC of Nigeria PLC, one of Nigeria's largest conglomerates in connection with its divestment of a 49% shareholding in UAC Foods Limited and the acquisition of the interest by Tiger Brands of South Africa. Mrs Edu also acted as legal advisers to international and local lenders in connection with the restructuring of existing facilities and provided Nigerian legal advice in respect of the US$2 billion medium term facilities provided to MTN Nigeria Communications Limited by a group of local financial institutions.
She was part of the team that advised Standard Chartered Bank in connection with the provision of a US$350 million loan facility to Obajana Cement Plc that was used to refinance existing loans and to fund the construction of the Ibese Power Plant owned by Obajana Cement Plc.
Mrs Edu was also part of the team that advised Standard Bank of South Africa and Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited in connection with the merger between IBTC Chartered Bank Plc and Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and the tender offer by Standard Bank of South Africa for shares of IBTC Chartered Bank Plc, the first take-over bid that took place in the Nigerian capital market. She is currently advising prospective investors in connection with investments in a number of the banks that were the subject of an intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2009 and she was part of the team that advised Rand Merchant Bank on its proposed investment in Sterling bank.
Mrs Edu has published articles in Getting the Deal Through - Securities Finance (Nigerian chapter) and The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mergers & Acquisitions. She presents papers and conducts seminars on security for bank lending and on capital markets' issues. She is secretary of the Capital Markets' Association and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association section on business law competition committee.
This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: Nigeria which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Biography: Capital Markets
Yinka Edu co-heads the firms capital markets, asset management and collective investment practice teams.She is part of a team currently advising on cross border investment in a local pharmaceutical company and was part of the team that acted as legal advisers to UAC of Nigeria PLC, one of Nigeria's largest conglomerates in connection with its divestment of a 49% shareholding in UAC Foods Limited and the acquisition of the interest by Tiger Brands of South Africa. Mrs Edu also acted as legal advisers to international and local lenders in connection with the restructuring of existing facilities and provided Nigerian legal advice in respect of the US$2 billion medium term facilities provided to MTN Nigeria Communications Limited by a group of local financial institutions.
She was part of the team that advised Standard Chartered Bank in connection with the provision of a US$350 million loan facility to Obajana Cement Plc that was used to refinance existing loans and to fund the construction of the Ibese Power Plant owned by Obajana Cement Plc.
Mrs Edu was also part of the team that advised Standard Bank of South Africa and Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited in connection with the merger between IBTC Chartered Bank Plc and Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and the tender offer by Standard Bank of South Africa for shares of IBTC Chartered Bank Plc, the first take-over bid that took place in the Nigerian capital market. She is currently advising prospective investors in connection with investments in a number of the banks that were the subject of an intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2009 and she was part of the team that advised Rand Merchant Bank on its proposed investment in Sterling bank.
Mrs Edu has published articles in Getting the Deal Through - Securities Finance (Nigerian chapter) and The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mergers & Acquisitions. She presents papers and conducts seminars on security for bank lending and on capital markets' issues. She is secretary of the Capital Markets' Association and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association section on business law competition committee.
This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: Nigeria which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Yinka Edu co-heads the firms capital markets, asset management and collective investment practice teams.She is part of a team currently advising on cross border investment in a local pharmaceutical company and was part of the team that acted as legal advisers to UAC of Nigeria PLC, one of Nigeria's largest conglomerates in connection with its divestment of a 49% shareholding in UAC Foods Limited and the acquisition of the interest by Tiger Brands of South Africa. Mrs Edu also acted as legal advisers to international and local lenders in connection with the restructuring of existing facilities and provided Nigerian legal advice in respect of the US$2 billion medium term facilities provided to MTN Nigeria Communications Limited by a group of local financial institutions.
She was part of the team that advised Standard Chartered Bank in connection with the provision of a US$350 million loan facility to Obajana Cement Plc that was used to refinance existing loans and to fund the construction of the Ibese Power Plant owned by Obajana Cement Plc.
Mrs Edu was also part of the team that advised Standard Bank of South Africa and Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited in connection with the merger between IBTC Chartered Bank Plc and Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and the tender offer by Standard Bank of South Africa for shares of IBTC Chartered Bank Plc, the first take-over bid that took place in the Nigerian capital market. She is currently advising prospective investors in connection with investments in a number of the banks that were the subject of an intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2009 and she was part of the team that advised Rand Merchant Bank on its proposed investment in Sterling bank.
Mrs Edu has published articles in Getting the Deal Through - Securities Finance (Nigerian chapter) and The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mergers & Acquisitions. She presents papers and conducts seminars on security for bank lending and on capital markets' issues. She is secretary of the Capital Markets' Association and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association section on business law competition committee.
This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: Nigeria which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
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