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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Nigeria
Practice Areas:
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Energy and infrastructure
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Energy
Industrials and manufacturing
Transport
Utilities
Oil and gas
Social infrastructure
Languages:
English
Biography

Reginald is a partner and co head of Aluko & Oyebode (the “Firm”) banking and finance practice and a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Finance Practice.  He has over 20 years’ experience in international financial transactions and has advised sponsors, lenders, issuers, underwriters and borrowers in a number of complex cross border financing transactions.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised the Guaranty Trust Bank Limited in connection with a US$110,000,000 facility granted to a Maltese asset company and a Nigerian project company for the construction of a 48km crude evacuation pipeline, the procurement and installation of a Floating, Storage & Offloading Vessel as well as other ancillary facilities for the production, monetization and evacuation of hydrocarbon reserves from OML 18 and other fields.
  • Advised Guaranty Trust Bank Limited in connection with a US$ 214,117,647 term loan facility provided to Amni International Petroleum Development Company Limited, for the purpose of refinancing an existing debt extended by a multilateral financial institution and utilized for funding the work programme in respect of the Okoro field.
  • Advised an indigenous oil and gas company in connection with its bid for the assets of a renowned international oil company valued at over US$1,000,000,000.
  • Advised DnB Nor Bank ASA and Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (the “Lead Arrangers”) in connection with the US$1.8bn financing of four deep-water drilling vessels, to be utilised for drilling contracts with Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (an affiliate of Chevron) and Total E & P Nigeria.
  • Advised Guaranty Trust Bank Limited in connection with a US$ 214,117,647 term loan facility provided to Amni International Petroleum Development Company Limited, for the purpose of refinancing an existing debt extended by a multilateral financial institution and utilized for funding the work programme in respect of the Okoro field.
Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Oil and gas
  • Real estate
Association memberships
  • Nigerian Bar Association

  • Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
  • Nigeria Leadership Initiative
Academic qualifications
  • University of London, LL.M. (2006)

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    University of Lagos, Lagos, LL.B. (Hons), (2000)

Address:
Ikoyi, Lagos State
Tel:+234 806 118 5105 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.aluko-oyebode.com