Gbenga Oyebode

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Described by IFLR 1000 as one of Nigeria’s most prominent lawyers, Gbenga, the founder and Chairman of Aluko & Oyebode, holds over 35 years of experience in corporate and commercial practice, and he has been involved in the negotiation of complex commercial agreements for a wide variety of transactions. Chambers Global has called him a “consummate dealmaker who has received plaudits from clients and peers alike for his corporate expertise.”

With a background that includes an advanced law degree at the University of Pennsylvania, legal experience at the global law firm White & Case LLP in New York City, and an in-house position at the Gulf Oil Company (later merged with Chevron), Gbenga possesses a genuine and deep understanding of his clients’ needs in every sector and practice area. The same entrepreneurial spirit he brought to the founding of an elite, full-service corporate law firm in Nigeria is the same energy and dynamism he brings to his client matters.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Gbenga’s extensive experience includes advising several top-tier Nigerian, international and multinational clients on energy and natural resources, project/infrastructure finance, privatisation and telecommunications. He is currently advising on the Brass LNG project, a joint venture between NNPC, Total, ConocoPhillips and Agip for the construction of a US$3.5 billion liquefied natural gas plant.

He has also advised on the US$1.275 billion financing of the ExxonMobil Natural Gas Liquid II project; the US$1.06 billion financing of trains four and five of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Expansion project; the implementation of the first private Independent Power Production (IPP) project in Nigeria by a major international electricity corporation; and the US$3.5 billion financing of the NNPC and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited Satellite Oil Field project.

Education

Elizade University, LLD (Hons), 2017
Ekiti State University, LLD (Hons), 2016
Certificate in Corporate Governance, INSEAD, 2014
Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, 2007
University of Pennsylvania, LLM, 1982
 University of Ife, LLB (Hons), 1979

Bar Admissions Outside Nigeria & Special Certifications

New York State, 1983

Awards & Recognitions

Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (MFR), 2000, one of Nigeria’s highest honours
Belgian Royal Honour of ‘Knight of the Order of Leopold’, 2007
Chambers Global, Band 1 in Banking and Finance, Corporate Commercial, Energy and Natural Resource
The Legal 500
IFLR 1000

Memberships & Professional Associations