Oluwadara Omoyele
Senior Associate, SimmonsCooper Partners
Oluwadara is a Senior Associate at SimmonsCooper Partners, where she plays a key role in legal strategy and business risk management. Oluwadara specializes in corporate, commercial, and competition law. Her legal practice covers a wide range of fields including Corporate, Commercial & Finance, Anti-trust & Competition Compliance, Energy, Projects & Transport, Family & Wealth Management, and Legislative Instruments & Policy. This diversity enables her to offer tailored and strategic advice to clients, addressing their specific needs.
Oluwadara Omoyele's approach to legal practice is marked by innovation and a forward-thinking mindset. She leverages her experience to provide clients with advanced legal solutions, adapting to the dynamic nature of the legal environment to help ensure their success.
As a member of the Management Committee, she contributes to policy development and oversees legal and business matters.
Membership of Professional Associations
• Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
• NBA Section on Business Law.
• Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN).
Background
Oluwadara holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Exeter, UK, and was admitted into the Nigerian Bar in 2016. In August 2020 she obtained an LLM in Competition Law with Distinction from Queen Mary University of London. Oluwadara Omoyele joined SimmonsCooper Partners in 2017 and was promoted to Senior Associate in February 2023.
Experience & expertise
Selected Matters
Some of Oluwadara's key projects and contributions include:
• Development of World Bank legislative drafting & policy projects on merger review regulations, guidance notes, and competition regulations, including restrictive agreements, block exemptions, leniency, abuse of dominance, and market definition in Nigeria.
• Key member of the team working on the FCCPC-mandated competition compliance monitoring program for a multinational company, focusing on a company-wide competition compliance audit and developing a comprehensive competition-sensitive policy framework.
• Key member of the team advising a global private equity firm on the divestiture of its stake in a major oil and gas industry asset.
• Advised an FMCG company on its US$14,000,000 acquisition of a non-alcoholic beverages brand.
• Advised on minority acquisition for a financial/private equity investor in a telecommunications company, resulting in a 40% reduction in completion time.
• Advised a new generation bank on its acquisition of up to 100% of the entire issued share capital of one of the oldest banks in Nigeria.
• Advisory on a merger between an online marketplace and a specialized online car marketplace.
Sectors
FMCG
Telecommunications
Energy
Financial Services
Private Equity
Public Sector
Services
Corporate, Commercial & Finance
Anti-trust/Competition Compliance
Energy, Projects & Transport
Renewable Energy
Legislative Instruments & Policy
Family & Wealth Management
Experience & expertise
Some of Oluwadara's key projects and contributions include:
• Development of World Bank legislative drafting & policy projects on merger review regulations, guidance notes, and competition regulations, including restrictive agreements, block exemptions, leniency, abuse of dominance, and market definition in Nigeria.
• Key member of the team working on the FCCPC-mandated competition compliance monitoring program for a multinational company, focusing on a company-wide competition compliance audit and developing a comprehensive competition-sensitive policy framework.
• Key member of the team advising a global private equity firm on the divestiture of its stake in a major oil and gas industry asset.
• Advised an FMCG company on its US$14,000,000 acquisition of a non-alcoholic beverages brand.
• Advised on minority acquisition for a financial/private equity investor in a telecommunications company, resulting in a 40% reduction in completion time.
• Advised a new generation bank on its acquisition of up to 100% of the entire issued share capital of one of the oldest banks in Nigeria.
• Advisory on a merger between an online marketplace and a specialized online car marketplace.
FMCG
Telecommunications
Energy
Financial Services
Private Equity
Public Sector
Corporate, Commercial & Finance
Anti-trust/Competition Compliance
Energy, Projects & Transport
Renewable Energy
Legislative Instruments & Policy
Family & Wealth Management
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