Toyin Bashir

Toyin Bashir is a Partner and heads the Firm’s corporate office in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, focusing on Corporate Law. She is result-driven, diligent and intelligent, with extensive experience in dealings with government and regulatory agencies.

Since she joined the Firm in November 2005, Toyin has been involved in several of the firm’s commercial transactions. She has relevant expertise in general legal advisory, company formations and restructuring, company secretarial, regulatory compliance and government relations, policy formulation and corporate commercial legal practice. She is actively involved in most of the firm’s corporate commercial transactions by leading the review of the regulatory and compliance aspects of such transactions, and also leads on most of the firm’s interactions with government ministries, departments and agencies. She advises local and international corporate clients on the regulatory aspects of their businesses towards achieving optimal compliance and performance.

She superintended the regulatory and compliance aspects of the transaction relating to the merger of Access Bank with Diamond Bank.

Toyin has continued to provide technical support to the Federal Government of Nigeria on its initiative to review the legal and regulatory framework for doing business. In this regard, she was a key member of a committee constituted to review a Bill for the repeal and re-enactment of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, the principal legislation governing the formation and operations of companies in Nigeria. In recognition of her contributions to the review of the Bill, she received commendation from the Vice President of Nigeria.

Her practice areas include corporate and commercial law, restructuring and insolvency, legal advisory, company secretarial and regulatory compliance, immigration and employment law, and data privacy and protection. She holds an LL.B from the University of Lagos and a B.L from the Nigerian Law School, and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria, the Business Rescue & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria, the Employment and Labour Lawyers Association of Nigeria, and INSOL International.