Adeola Sunmola

Adeola is a Partner in the firm’s banking and finance, power, projects and infrastructure and compliance and investigations teams. Her specialisations include syndicated lending; debt restructuring; financing for power; manufacturing, real estate and infrastructure projects; Islamic finance and compliance and investigations.

• Advised a syndicate of lenders on a US$530m financing to an indigenous exploration and production company for the refinancing of facilities obtained to acquire a majority interest in an oil mining lease.
• Advising the sub-concessionnaire in connection with the development, operation and maintenance of the container terminal and related infrastructure of the Lekki Deep Sea Port Project in Lagos State, Nigeria.
• Advising an energy and infrastructure conglomerate with operations in Africa and Middle East on the phased project development of a greenfield 500MW Independent Power Project in an East African country. 
• Advising a project developer on its acquisition of a stake in a 500MW gas fired independent power plant in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 
• Advising a project developer in the renewable energy sector on the development and financing of distributed solar power solutions to clients in the financial services sector.

• Banking
• Project development
• Project finance

• Banking
• Energy
• Financial services

• Nigeria

• Nigerian Bar Association

• 2015 Middlesex University, PGC Project Finance
• 2005 Nigerian Law School, B.L
• 2004 Olabisi Onabanjo University (formerly Ogun State University), LLB