• Tonbofa Eva Ashimi

    English/Nigerian/New York Counsel

  • Elena Baranova

    English Counsel

  • Fatoumata D.DIARRA

    Counsel, Francophone Africa

  • Okoye Chinwendu

    Associate, Anglophone Africa

  • Toluwase Oladele

    Associate, Anglophone Africa

  • Amarachi B. Emedom

    Associate, Nigeria

  • Favour Deborah Iremia

    Associate, Nigeria

  • Chukwudi John Odii

    Associate, Nigeria

Tonbofa Eva Ashimi

English/Nigerian/New York Counsel

She is licensed to practice law in Nigeria, the State of New York, USA and is a Solicitor of England and Wales.

Tonbofa leads the TONBOFA Law Practice United Kingdom and Nigeria teams and has advised on Projects involving oil, gas, mining and power developments. Advising on industry project documents including PPA, EPC/M, operation agreements

She has also advised on corporate and project finance documentation of an aggregate value of US$3Billion

She has led corporate counsel teams providing in-house support services for companies and project vehicles

Elena Baranova

English Counsel

Elena has extensive experience advising oil, gas, power and infrastructure development projects located in EMEA region and Central Asia. She has negotiated and drafted EPC, PPA, LNG/Oil supply agreements, Operations and Maintenance Agreements amongst others.

She has structured deals in collaborations with major multinationals including Rio Tinto, Sivee-Ovoo, MAK Group, Gunvor Trade, Siemens Energy Solutions, Wood Group, Sidem, WH David, Green Energy Group, Worley Parsons, Jindal Steel & Power, British Steel

Elena has managed consortia with companies including UK (Rio Tinto, British Steel, Wood Group, Worley Parsons, Siemens Mobility), Japan (Marubeni, Sumitomo), EU (Siemens Energy), Turkey (Gama, ESTA Construction) and India (Jindal Steel & Power)

She has advised on project and corporate finance transactions of c: US$3bn.

She has advised on listings on the LSE, HKSE, HKEX of major multinationals of c:US$61Billion

She is a solicitor of England and Wales.

Fatoumata D.DIARRA

Counsel, Francophone Africa

Fatoumata holds a Masters in Business Administration and Taxation from INSEEC Business School Paris and Masters in Business Law, majoring in Merger-Acquisition and Financing from the University of Evry Val d’Essonne.

She specializes in the energy, mining and industry sectors in Africa. Her experience in these fields includes taxation as well as OHADA business law.

She has offered Professional advice and support in all areas of tax and corporate law throughout Africa.

She has advised foreign companies for their establishment and operations in West Africa

She has a Certificate of Practice as a Certified Tax Advisor in Mali and helped with tax audits in African countries.

Okoye Chinwendu

Associate, Anglophone Africa

Chinwendu has been part of teams advising clients in project finance transactions.

Chinwendu also advises various organizations on their various corporate and regulatory compliance requirements and provides company secretarial services to clients.

Toluwase Oladele

Associate, Anglophone Africa

Toluwase is part of the team advising on project documentation for West African natural resources development projects and infrastructure development projects. She has been part of teams advising on acquisition and development of oil and gas assets.

Amarachi B. Emedom

Associate, Nigeria

Amarachi is an experienced and dedicated lawyer with extensive experience in dispute resolution.

Amarachi has advised and represented clients in several civil matters spanning the financial and taxation sectors.

She is an Associate of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.

Favour Deborah Iremia

Associate, Nigeria

Favour has been part of teams advising clients on project finance transactions and on project documents in energy and mining projects

Favour also advises organizations on their corporate and regulatory compliance requirements and provides company secretarial services to clients.

Chukwudi John Odii

Associate, Nigeria

Chukwudi has advised and represented clients on their real estate issues, Family law issues, dispute resolution matters spanning breach of contract, company law, debt recovery.