Dan Agbor

Dan Agbor is Of Counsel and served as Senior Partner of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie until 7 January 2025. His primary practice area is Banking and Finance Law.

During his tenure, he led the Banking & Finance, Private Equity, and Taxation teams, advising on complex corporate transactions and strategic legal matters. His extensive corporate advisory experience spans mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, derivatives transactions, debt restructuring, debt-to-equity conversions, and fund establishment.

He has played a pivotal role in groundbreaking transactions in Nigeria, including the country's earliest global depositary receipt programme, its first independent power project, the establishment of its first discount house, its inaugural Eurobond transaction, and the structuring of an international debt fund listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

He is recognised as a Senior Statesperson in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, and Corporate/Commercial law by the Chambers Global Directory, and is also featured in the International Financial Law Review (Expert Guides), The Practical Law Company "Which Lawyer" Guides, The Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal. He has contributed to the International Law Office Energy and Natural Resources Newsletter.

An accomplished speaker and writer, he regularly delivers presentations and publishes articles across his practice areas, covering topics such as banking, secured credit transactions, the Nigerian debt conversion programme, global depositary receipts, foreign investment, international joint ventures and guarantees. Beyond his legal practice, he serves as chairman and board member of various companies in Nigeria and internationally.