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Temi Koya

Associate, SimmonsCooper Partners

Temiloluwa is an Associate at SimmonsCooper Partners, Lagos Nigeria.

Temiloluwa’s diverse background encompasses Regulatory Compliance, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Business Strategy. Temiloluwa is a part of the firm’s Corporate Commercial & Finance, Anti-trust & Competition Compliance, General Contracts, Media & Technology, as well as Legislative Instruments & Policy practice area. Temiloluwa’s ability to apply her versatile skill set to a wide range of sectors and projects underscores her dynamic approach to legal practice and her ability to deliver customized legal guidance to clients, addressing a wide spectrum of business-related matters.

Membership of Professional Associations
• Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
• International Bar Association

Background
Temiloluwa holds both a B.A. in Economics and a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Oswego, which she completed in 2015. She also obtained her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, in 2018, she passed the New York Bar Exam. Temiloluwa joined SimmonsCooper Partners team in Lagos, Nigeria, in March 2023.

Temi Koya brought her extensive academic background and legal expertise to the SimmonsCooper Partners team in Lagos, Nigeria, when she joined them in March 2023.


Experience & expertise

Selected Matters

Some of Temi's key projects and contributions include:

• Key member of 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.

• Developed innovative strategies for regulating digital financial markets through sector monitoring and review.

• Conducted an international investigation for a major multinational company on competition and consumer protection law violations, including customs and excise laws.

• Analyzed the largest FinTech Merger Transaction worth X in Nigeria.

• Investigated FinTech sector trends across Africa and monitored Nigeria's FinTech industry for competition efficiency.


Sectors

FMCG

Finance and Private Equity

Energy

Private Equity

Media and Technology

FinTech

Telecommunications


Services

Corporate, Commercial & Finance

Legislative Instruments & Policy

Renewable Energy

Public Finance

General Contract, Media and Technology

Mergers and Acquisitions



Experience & expertise

Selected Matters

Some of Temi's key projects and contributions include:

• Key member of 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.

• Developed innovative strategies for regulating digital financial markets through sector monitoring and review.

• Conducted an international investigation for a major multinational company on competition and consumer protection law violations, including customs and excise laws.

• Analyzed the largest FinTech Merger Transaction worth X in Nigeria.

• Investigated FinTech sector trends across Africa and monitored Nigeria's FinTech industry for competition efficiency.


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