CHUKWUDI OFILI
Associate Partner
Chukwudi Ofili is a solution-driven transactional lawyer. He advises on a broad range of financing and commercial transactions including corporate and project finance, project development, public-private partnerships, private equity, derivative transactions, the tax implication of different financing structures and asset holding structures as well as the tax implication of providing cross border services. His experience also covers providing foreign investment advisory services; he advised offshore and onshore financial institutions, multi-lateral agencies, offshore counsel and general corporates in relation to the structuring of security packages and the extension of foreign currency facilities to Nigerian companies in different sectors.
Chukwudi actively assists investors as well as local and international financial institutions in navigating the unique terrain of investing, providing facilities and doing business in Nigeria. He was a Visiting Lawyer at one of the bespoke international law firms in London where he worked with the Finance and Projects team on several international transactions, with focus on projects across the African continent. Chukwudi also had a brief stint at the headquarters of The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, USA where he worked with the legal team on cybersecurity, imports and OFAC compliance issues.
Qualifications
Law Degree (Hons): Babcock University, 2011
Admitted to the Nigerian Bar, 2012
LL.M (Business Law & Finance): University of Georgia School of Law, 2018
Specialties
Projects & Infrastructure
Banking & Finance
Corporate and Commercial
Associations
Nigerian Bar Association
Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
CHUKWUDI OFILI
Chukwudi Ofili is a solution-driven transactional lawyer. He advises on a broad range of financing and commercial transactions including corporate and project finance, project development, public-private partnerships, private equity, derivative transactions, the tax implication of different financing structures and asset holding structures as well as the tax implication of providing cross border services. His experience also covers providing foreign investment advisory services; he advised offshore and onshore financial institutions, multi-lateral agencies, offshore counsel and general corporates in relation to the structuring of security packages and the extension of foreign currency facilities to Nigerian companies in different sectors.
Chukwudi actively assists investors as well as local and international financial institutions in navigating the unique terrain of investing, providing facilities and doing business in Nigeria. He was a Visiting Lawyer at one of the bespoke international law firms in London where he worked with the Finance and Projects team on several international transactions, with focus on projects across the African continent. Chukwudi also had a brief stint at the headquarters of The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, USA where he worked with the legal team on cybersecurity, imports and OFAC compliance issues.
Qualifications
Law Degree (Hons): Babcock University, 2011
Admitted to the Nigerian Bar, 2012
LL.M (Business Law & Finance): University of Georgia School of Law, 2018
Specialties
Projects & Infrastructure
Banking & Finance
Corporate and Commercial
Associations
Nigerian Bar Association
Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
CHUKWUDI OFILI
Chukwudi Ofili is a solution-driven transactional lawyer. He advises on a broad range of financing and commercial transactions including corporate and project finance, project development, public-private partnerships, private equity, derivative transactions, the tax implication of different financing structures and asset holding structures as well as the tax implication of providing cross border services. His experience also covers providing foreign investment advisory services; he advised offshore and onshore financial institutions, multi-lateral agencies, offshore counsel and general corporates in relation to the structuring of security packages and the extension of foreign currency facilities to Nigerian companies in different sectors.
Chukwudi actively assists investors as well as local and international financial institutions in navigating the unique terrain of investing, providing facilities and doing business in Nigeria. He was a Visiting Lawyer at one of the bespoke international law firms in London where he worked with the Finance and Projects team on several international transactions, with focus on projects across the African continent. Chukwudi also had a brief stint at the headquarters of The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, USA where he worked with the legal team on cybersecurity, imports and OFAC compliance issues.
Qualifications
Law Degree (Hons): Babcock University, 2011
Admitted to the Nigerian Bar, 2012
LL.M (Business Law & Finance): University of Georgia School of Law, 2018
Specialties
Projects & Infrastructure
Banking & Finance
Corporate and Commercial
Associations
Nigerian Bar Association
Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria