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Comfort Agboola-Adekunle

Jackson Etti & Edu

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Position: Senior Associate
Rating:
  • Rising star
Bar Admissions:
Nigeria
Practice Areas:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Biography

Comfort is a Senior Associate and team lead of the Firm’s mergers, acquisitions and private equity team. She has significant experience advising local and international clients on M&A, corporate and regulatory matters and corporate restructurings. She also advises a broad range of private equity investors on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised FrieslandCampina WAMCO Plc on its acquisition of the dairy manufacturing business and associated assets of Nutricima Limited
  • Advised on the merger of Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc and Obu Cement Limited into BUA Cement Plc
  • Advised Celplas Industries Limited of its divestment of its pen manufacturing business to BIC S.A
  • Advised Actis on its acquisition of majority stake in Rack Centre Limited
  • Advised a leading West-African private equity investor on its acquisition of a first-generation insurance company
Practice areas
  • Competition
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
Sector specialisations
  • Agriculture
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Food and beverage
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
Bar admissions
  • Nigeria
Association memberships
  • Nigeria Bar Association
Academic qualifications
  • B.L, Nigeria Law School (2008)
  • LL.B, Lagos State University (2007)
Address:
Lagos