Adeola Sunmola

Adeola Sunmola is a Partner at Udo Udoma and Belo-Osagie, with a primary focus on Infrastructure Law. She specialises in banking and finance, power, projects, and infrastructure.

She advises on cross-border lending, syndicated lending, non-interest finance, debt restructuring, and financing for complex power, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects in Nigeria. She leads legal teams advising on project development and project finance in the power sector.

She counsels local and international banks, corporate entities, regional and global energy corporations, development finance institutions, and private equity funds. Her advisory expertise extends to multifaceted initiatives involving oil and gas assets, port developments, road infrastructure, power generation plants, steel mills, cement production facilities, and real estate development.

She is recognised as a 'Highly Regarded' Lawyer by IFLR1000 for Banking and Finance and Project Development and Project Finance, and by Legal500 for Energy and Natural Resources. She was named in the IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2022 and received the 'Nigerian Rising Star: 40 under 40' award in 2019.

She serves on the boards of FGN Sukuk Roads PLC and Syarpa, and is a member of the Steering Committee and Board of Trustees for Women in the Profession (Nigerian Chapter) and the African Regional Forum Liaison Officer of the International Bar Association's Women Lawyers' Committee.