Lawyer Rankings / Power Players
Meridian Lawyer Rankings · Edition 2
Tomiwa Ogunbanwo
Managing Associate, Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
Power Players#11Overall of 278
#1Power Players
21Scored matters
US$2.6bnDisclosed value
- Meridian Lawyer Index
- Score 40.9 · Index 43.8 · Breadth 1.2
- Markets
- France, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States
- Practice areas
- Private Equity and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Project Finance and Infrastructure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial, Restructuring and Insolvency, Energy and Natural Resources, Fintech and Payments, Banking and Finance, Technology, Media and Telecoms
- Public profile
- Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
Supporting matters
| Matter | Role | Value | Date | Points | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Industry USD75 million Afreximbank healthcare financing facility Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$75m | 2026-01 | 5.57 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Project BRIDGE: Nigeria’s US$2bn fibre optic PPP with the World Bank, AfDB and EBRD Nigeria | Named (title not stated) | US$2bn | 2026-10-01 | 5.48 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Fairmoney group USD10 million cross-border financing from Cauris Series LLC France | Senior associate or counsel | US$10m | 2026-02 | 4.74 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Bank of Africa UK USD37 million acquisition financing for Marine Platforms vessel France, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Senior associate or counsel | US$37m | 2025 | 4.02 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Aruwa Capital Management invests US$1.5m in OmniRetail Nigeria, United States | Senior associate or counsel | US$1.5m | 2025-04 | 3.93 | Secondary source or partially verified record |
| Rinehooke Investment advised on Grand Litora (Calabar-Obudu) Railway PPP Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$350m | 2025 | 3.78 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Acquisition of a minority stake in a Nigerian upstream oil company by an asset manager Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2026-02 | 3.3 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Acquisition of embedded combined heat and power assets by a Nigerian manufacturer Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025-11 | 3.3 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Fountain Havens advised on sale of residential units at Fountain Haven Towers Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$33m | 2025 | 3.18 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| G&C Real Estate and Tiny Tee advised on property development agreement Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$26m | 2025-06 | 3.13 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Avenix Technology advised on Minister’s Hill joint venture, Maitama, Abuja Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$9m | 2025 | 2.86 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Waltersmith and Aradel consortium acquires Port Harcourt petroleum storage assets Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$8.7m | 2025 | 2.85 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Beacon Power Services USD7.5 million financing (Series 574) Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | US$7.5m | 2025 | 2.82 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| 5554 Technologies sells Bankly Microfinance Bank to C-One Ventures Nigeria, United States | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025-04-29 | 2.66 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Investment by an asset manager in a Nigerian film project Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025 | 2.31 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Joint venture for a mixed-use development within a Nigerian free trade zone Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025 | 2.31 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Transaction counsel to a credit guarantor on a solar mini-grid infrastructure debt issuance Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025 | 2.31 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Multi-phase corporate restructuring and strategic investment ahead of a Nigerian stock exchange listing Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025 | 2.31 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Debt-to-equity conversion across a group of related Nigerian companies Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025 | 2.31 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| REFFA USD500,000 facility to AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025-04 | 2.31 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |
| Radiant Money CBN International Money Transfer Operator licence Nigeria | Senior associate or counsel | Undisclosed | 2025-01 | 1.73 | Firm submission or external research, not yet independently confirmed |