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Position: Managing Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Nigeria
Practice Areas:
Banking
Project finance
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Energy
Transport
Oil and gas
Languages:
English
Yoruba
Biography

Ken is the Managing Partner of the Firm. He has vast knowledge and understanding of the oil & gas and power industries and considerable experience in commercial litigation and arbitration. Ken routinely advises governments, oil majors, independent contractors and all other participants in the oil & gas and power industries.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Renaissance Africa Energy Holding Limited and its Shareholders acquisition of the entire shareholding in The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited - the largest and most complex acquisition transaction in the Nigerian oil and gas industry to date.

  • NNPC Limited & NNPC Pipelines and Storage Company Limited rehabilitation and refurbishment of pipeline infrastructure, distribution and storage facilities, jetties and other infrastructure owned by NNPC Limited and NNPC Pipeline and Storage Company Limited, for concessioning.

  • Eyrie Energy Limited offtake arrangements and funding participation under a US$1,040,000,000 pre-export financing arranged by African Export-Import Bank and made available by a syndicate of lenders to NNPC Limited.

  • NNPC/Chevron JV domestication of the Escravos Gas-To-Liquids Diesel produced from the Escravos Gas-To-Liquids plant.

  • Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation divestment of equity interest in the Stubb Creek Marginal Field to Savannah Energy SC Limited.

  • ENI International BV /Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited spin-off, carve-out of five percent (5%) participating interests in 18 onshore OMLs and 3 offshore oil blocks and related interests and assets, and transfer of same to Agip Energy and Natural Resources Limited.

  • ENI International BV /Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited divestment of 19% participating interest in OMLs 60, 61, 62 and 63 to Oando Petroleum and Natural Gas Company Limited.
Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Project finance

Sector specialisations
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Oil and gas
  • Shipping

Bar admissions
  • Nigerian Bar
Association memberships
  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
  • Nigerian Maritime Law Association
  • Commercial Law &Taxation Committee of Lagos Chamber of Commerce &Industry
  • Energy and Environment Sub-section of the Section of Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association (Secretary)
Academic qualifications
  • BL., Nigerian Law School, 1991
  • LL.B (Hons) University of Uyo, 1990
Address:
Lagos
Tel:+234 9060003561-2; 8050875883 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.banwo-ighodalo.com/people/ken-etim