KEMI AWOBIYI
Phone no: +**(*)*.**.**.**.**.
Date of Birth: 13 April 1983
Email - ****.*******@*****.*** ;
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