KEMI AWOBIYI

Phone no: +**(*)*.**.**.**.**.

Date of Birth: 13 April 1983

Email - acfe0c@r.postjobfree.com ;

http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/oluwakemi-awobiyi/36/863/a08/

International Commercial lawyer with six years' experience in Litigation,

Profile Oil and Gas Contracts, Public Private Partnership Transactions, Legal

Financial Advisory Services and Corporate Governance Roles. MBA in strategy

and Finance. Called to the Nigerian Bar, ICSA (UK) Certified and Currently

licensed to work in the EU

Work

Experience

Member, EDHEC Business School Consulting Project Team, L'Oreal, Paris,

France (May - June 2014)

Conducting market research on Products expansion strategy in Francophone

Africa. Ensuring Delivery and Presentation of report to Senior Business

Development Executives of L'Oreal, (for Francophone Africa)

Senior Associate, Solola & Akpana (Barristers & Solicitors), Port Harcourt

City, Nigeria (2009-2012)

Appointed as corporate counsel on a USD 170million dollar real estate multi

use facility development between a State Government and a South African

investor. Implemented the contract strategy of the project and supervised

the tender procedure.

Led the team that structured major PPP and petroleum contracts. Led the

negotiation of drilling construction and procurement contracts. Handled

legal and regulatory compliance issues, implementing corporate governance

reporting procedures.

Integrated and directed a multi-cultural team of 13 professionals for an

international investment company and acted as the middleman between the

client and the service providers to achieve the client objective of

Business Development and Transformation Strategy in Nigerian market

Managed a team of 8 lawyers that provided legal and financial research to

service providers of the financial services industry raising the firm's

rankings as a financial service firm within the African Market.

Drafted, reviewed and negotiated various legal documents, including service

level agreements, merger agreements, registration statements, data

protection arrangements, confidentiality agreements and letters of intent.

Associate, Ikeyi & Arifayan (Barristers & Solicitors), Lagos, Nigeria

(2007-2008)

Supervised the incorporation, registration and continued regulatory

compliance of Companies, Joint Ventures and Special Purpose Vehicles

Received initial instructions from clients on structuring of businesses,

and gave legal opinions to corporate clients and individual clients on of

small and medium start-ups in Nigeria.

Education

Global MBA (Finance Track), EDHEC Business School, Nice, France

(2013-2014)

Bachelor of Laws, (BL, Second Class Upper Division) Nigerian Law School

Nigeria (2005-2006)

Bachelor's Degree in Law, (LLB, Second Class Upper Division) University of

Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria (1999-2005)

Languages

English; French; Yoruba (language predominantly spoken in South-West

Nigeria)

Certificat

ions

Member - Institute of Public Private Partnerships Washington DC, having

completed a course on the "Proficiency and competence; skills in managing

Public Private Partnerships" (2011)

Member - Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (UK) (2008)

Member - Nigerian Bar Association, Solicitor and Advocate of the Federal

Republic of Nigeria (2006)

References Available on request

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