Profile
Adenike has over 21 years’ experience as a Legal Practitioner. She has practiced law both as an external solicitor as well as in-house counsel and Company Secretary, gathering experience in business set-up, M&As, various commercial transactions, loan and other financing, and Organizational Restructuring.
She started her career at Odujinrin & Adefulu as a Legal Officer and went on to work in both their Lagos and Abuja offices. Her interest in Litigation as well as working with and for the Public Sector was gained from here. She has also worked at Messrs. Austen-Peters and Co. where she gained experience with working with Corporates, and developed interest in Merger and Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring and Pensions.
In the last 14 years, she has worked with one of the top 5 Nigerian Insurance companies, Custodian and Allied Insurance Limited, and participated at a senior level in the last 10 years. She gained experience in commercial loan financing and deals actively with various regulators.
Given her passion for Alternative Dispute Resolution methods, she became a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK (Nigeria Branch) and is an Accredited Mediator with the Lagos Multi-door Courthouse. She has handled cases spanning various areas including insurance, general disputes on tenancy, wills, tort, Contract and so on, with over 90% settlement rate.
Recently, she earned the Global Sanctions Specialist certification from the prestigious Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) where she has been a certified member since 2020.
Adenike is a Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.