OBA OLUFON & CO.
Senior Associate · Commercial & Transactions
Solicitor & Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria — Senior Associate in the firm’s commercial practice — contract structuring and transactional work drafted for the day the deal is tested, not the day it is signed.
Practice focus
Sectors, in figures
Energy & mining
4 concession-scale transactions
Infrastructure
3 PPP structuring mandates
Manufacturing
12 M&A and joint-venture files
Technology
9 IP & licensing briefs
Foreign investors
18 entry structures closed
Illustrative figures — updated on engagement.
Tunde carries the firm’s commercial and transactional desk — the contract-by-contract work of structuring, negotiating and closing deals so they hold under stress.
His practice runs from term-sheet through closing: structuring the deal, conducting the due diligence, drafting the operative documents and managing the regulatory layer. The brief he writes to is that every clause has to survive its first dispute — and most do not, unless someone has imagined the dispute before the signatures.
Each engagement begins with the commercial objective and a candid map of the counterparty’s incentives. From there, the work is unhurried: clause-by-clause drafting, sector licensing and regulatory clearances, and a disciplined closing process with a written checklist the client can audit at any point.
For cross-border matters, he co-ordinates with foreign counsel and structures the Nigerian leg so it does not become the brittle link in the chain — entry vehicles, NIPC, sector licences, real-estate due diligence and the operative agreements all worked together as a single instrument.
Representative experience
Anonymised in line with the firm’s confidentiality obligations. Specific matters are discussed under engagement.
Transactions · Energy
Structured the Nigerian holdings ahead of closing, co-ordinated NIPC and sector-regulator clearances, and drafted operative documents intended to survive a change-of-law event on the concession side.
M&A · Manufacturing
Due diligence, share-purchase agreement and post-closing integration steps for a sponsor consolidating a fragmented manufacturing supplier. Closed on the original commercial timetable.
FDI · Entry structure
Advised a European industrial investor on the Nigerian entry: holding structure, NIPC registration, sectoral licences, and the operative agreements linking the local vehicle to the group treasury.
Infrastructure · PPP
Structured the concession, allocation of risk between the state party and the sponsor, and the payment-security package. Drafted to survive the first change of administration.
IP & Technology
Structured a licensing programme for a technology sponsor entering Nigeria and neighbouring markets — trademark filings, licence architecture, and enforcement pathways against infringers.
Regulatory · Financial services
Advised on the regulatory pathway for a fintech reorganisation touching two supervisory regimes. Cleared without a supervisory intervention on the operating entity.
A contract that doesn’t survive its first dispute was never really a contract — it was a wish. Our work begins with the dispute we want to never have.
Tunde A. Bakare · Senior Associate
Credentials & admission
Admission
Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Role
Heads the firm’s commercial and transactional desk; accountable for structuring, drafting and regulatory clearance.
Notarial
Notarial capacity for diplomatic, corporate and individual instruments.
Conduct
Practice maintained under the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners.
Reach
Representation before federal courts, state high courts and specialised tribunals nationwide.
Cross-border
Coordinated counsel for foreign investors, diplomatic principals and cross-border enforcement.
Selected writing
