Azeez Akande

Azeez Akande is a commercial lawyer focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions. He has acquired significant experience in several large-scale, big-ticket mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets transactions across various sectors of the economy.

He has provided legal advice and opinions to both foreign and local clients on several corporate commercial transactions in those sectors.

Azeez also has deep experience in litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory and compliance, and company secretarial work, which he brings to bear in advising clients on corporate commercial transactions. He pays attention to detail in providing legal advice to clients and has in that respect created a niche for himself in the legal market and among his peers.

His practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital market, and general corporate commercial. He holds an LL.B from the University of Ibadan and a BL from the Nigerian Law School, and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the Capital Market Solicitors’ Association.