Africa Legal Podcast - 'Integrity. Diligence. Respect' with Detail Commercial Solicitors

Integrity. Diligence. Respect. Commercial law and how to keep clients ahead of the game and productive when doing business in Africa is the topic of this week’s podcast with the team from Lagos law firm, DETAIL. Managing Partner Dolapo Kukoyi is joined by partners Chukwudi Ofili and Abiodun Oyeledun in this conversation with Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson. Dolapo Kukoyi is the Managing Partner at Detail Commercial Solicitors and leads the firm’s Energy, Infrastructure & Power Practice. She is one of the leading lawyers in Nigeria’s Power sector with extensive experience advising clients in the private sector, government agencies and regulators on a wide range of complex transactions. “She stands out as perhaps the most knowledgeable lawyer in the country on the Nigerian power industry.” Chambers & Partners, global commentary 2019. Dolapo combines her strong legal background and industry knowledge to add value to each transaction. Her attention to the intricacies of every brief sets her apart as a pillar of support to clients. With over 15 years’ experience, Dolapo is an avid speaker and thought leader, passionate about increasing energy access in Nigeria and across Africa by leveraging private finance with the use of viable business and project models. Abiodun Oyeledun is an intelligent, creative and resourceful lawyer who leads the Finance & Capital Markets Practice and the Real Estate & Construction Practice at DETAIL. With a sterling reputation as a versatile finance lawyer able to handle complex structures, Oyeledun received the “Nigerian Rising Star Award” as one of the top 40 Nigerian lawyers under the age of 40 at the Nigerian Legal Award 2018. Abiodun has also authored several articles including a contribution to the “2018 Project Finance Report” by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR). Chukwudi Ofili is a Partner at DETAIL Commercial Solicitors and leads the Technology and Digital Economy practice area as well as the Legal Tax Advisory practice area. He is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and in the State of New York. With his background as a finance lawyer, he has also advised on a broad range of financing and commercial transactions such as 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 includes providing foreign investment advisory services.

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