Lawrence is a founding partner who heads the Transportation, Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Practice Groups. He has extensive experience in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Aviation, Shipping and Energy. He is qualified to practice law in three jurisdictions and has a strong multi-disciplinary background in law, economics, management and fiscal policy. He represents major state-owned and private oil and gas production, marketing and distribution companies in a range of matters. He acted for Dubri Oil in the first marginal field acquisition in Nigeria and advised on the acquisition of the first IPP at Egbin. He also advises clients from around the world on foreign direct investment in Nigeria and on related tax issues. He advised two investment banks on their external restructuring and eventual listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He advised a syndicate of banks on a US$800 million reserve based lending facility in respect of the acquisition of a participating interest in an OML. He advised a syndicate of banks on a US$141 million facility in respect of the acquisition of a power plant.
He was invited to participate in the Presidential Policy Advisory Committee where he was a member of the subcommittee on finance and investment. He wrote the committee’s policy paper on foreign investment and privatization. He has been involved in project finance, banking and capital markets transactions for several years.
