Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie is delighted to have been a recipient of the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award together with other awardees, Clarke Gittens Farmer, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law, and Romulo Law Offices, our fellow Lex Mundi member firms at the 14th Annual Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award which was held in San Francisco on Thursday, 4 May 2023. Our firm was lauded for our exceptional pro bono contributions and support in providing critical pro bono legal services and support to social impact organisations.

Our Managing Partner, Aniekan Ukpanah, who received the award on behalf of the firm, notes that at UUBO, pro bono service is an integral part of our firm’s culture because we believe that we have a vital role to play in strengthening and developing our nation and society; and one of the ways we can achieve this is through our pro bono work that supports various non-profits and social enterprises who are playing an important role in improving the quality of lives of millions of Nigerians.

Congratulations to our pro bono team, partners, and lawyers, who worked on various pro bono matters. For more information about our pro bono practice and other practice area service offerings, please get in touch with us at probono@uubo.org and uubo@uubo.org, and visit our website at https://lnkd.in/gTPDxr_g.

Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie is honoured to have been nominated for the TrustLaw Collaboration Award, one of the awards to be presented at the 2023 TrustLaw Awards organised by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The Collaboration Award showcases highly effective working relationships between pro bono providers and recipients that exemplify the power and best practices of pro bono.

UUBO was nominated for its collaborative work with counsel in Colombia (Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría Colombia), Kenya (ALN), Uganda (TASLAF Advocates and Consultants), Zambia (Mweshi Banda & Associates), Brazil (Machado, Meyer Sendacz e Opice) and India (F5 Networks, Inc) on a comparative research project on firearm ownership and safety laws for Gun Free South Africa. The research project focused on the legal framework of firearm ownership and safety laws, as part of Gun Free South Africa’s objective to strengthen gun control policy in South Africa.

The 2023 TrustLaw Awards will take place on May 16th 2023 in London and will celebrate remarkable pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams with NGOs and social enterprises around the world.

UUBO is proud to support the efforts of Gun Free South Africa and similar organisations working tirelessly to reduce gun violence. For more information about Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie’s pro bono and full service offerings, please email us at probono@uubo.org and visit www.uubo.org.

UUBO has performed exceptionally in this year’s IFLR Africa Awards 2022, receiving a total of 5 awards across 3 jurisdictional and 2 deal categories, namely: Nigeria – Law Firm of the Year; Loans Firm of the Year; M&A Firm of the Year; Loans Deal of the Year; and M&A Deal of the Year.

The #IFLRAfricaAwards provide a unique opportunity to celebrate leading firms and individuals behind the most innovative and challenging legal work.

The @IFLR1000 states that, in selecting category winners for these awards, and in addition to reviewing the role of each individual firm in the deal, it looks for new legal structures, deals that overcome new regulatory hurdles, and regional ‘firsts’ that ‘adapt existing technology to local regulation’, assessing the ‘’intricacy of that innovation…as well as likely market impact’’.

A full list of categories and shortlists for the @IFLR1000 Africa Awards 2022 is available to view here: https://lnkd.in/dF8H5APi.

We are grateful to the @IFLR, our multi-jurisdictional collaborators, and especially for the continuing trust of our clients. We are also delighted that our teams’ depth of talent, consistent hard work, and dedication continue to be independently recognised and celebrated.

We are honoured that UUBO has been ranked Number 1 in West Africa for Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions by Deal Flow Activity in 2021 in the just announced DealMakers Africa Awards 2021.

Please click on this link to view a full list of awards and awardees for the DealMakers Africa Awards 2021: https://bit.ly/3hJh9fw.

We are honoured that UUBO has been ranked for West Africa in the DealMakers Africa West Africa General Corporate Finance – Legal Adviser Rankings in 2021 in the just announced DealMakers Africa Awards 2021.

Please click on this link to view a full list of awards and awardees for the DealMakers Africa Awards 2021: https://bit.ly/3hJh9fw.

We are honoured by the recognition that has been accorded to various female members of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie by the IFLR1000 in its annual #IFLR1000WomenLeaders shortlists from 2018 to date.

In its latest (5th edition) announcement, we are delighted that a group of UUBO honorees named as IFLR1000 Women Leaders for 2022, represents one of the highest numbers of recognised lawyers, per firm, in Nigeria to date, and includes partners Folake Elias-Adebowale, Yinka Edu, Ozofu Olatunde Ogiemudia and Adeola Sunmola.

The publication identifies the most ”prominent female lawyers working on financial and corporate transactions and contract, licensing, and regulatory project work within their markets” who meet the eligibility criteria of having ”outstanding reputations within their markets, have expertise and experience of working on complex deals, or who have risen to hold leadership roles with their firms or their practices”, or combine these attributes, based on submissions, market research and client and peer feedback in each of the IFLR1000’s 120 featured jurisdictions across the world. Read more about the IFLR1000 Women Lawyers 2022 here: https://lnkd.in/d_DFsBXc.

For more information about #UUBO, its people and our full-service offerings, please email us at uubo@uubo.org, visit www.uubo.org, and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

We are honoured that UUBO has been ranked Number 1 for West African Mergers & Acquisitions Deals by Transaction Value in 2021 in the just announced DealMakersAFRICA Awards 2021.

Please click on this link to view a full list of awards and awardees for the DealMakers Africa Awards 2021: https://bit.ly/3hJh9fw.

For more information about our Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets (Equity & Debt) and other market leading corporate and commercial practice areas, please contact us at uubo@uubo.org and visit www.uubo.org.

UUBO’s Mergers & Acquisitions team is very proud to be recognised as an Industry winner for our role in the West Africa Deal of the Year 2020, as ranked by DealMakers Africa.

The Merger of Tangerine Life Insurance and ARM Life, which had a total acquisition value of ₦4.66 billion, created a consolidated entity which is the fourth largest life insurer in Nigeria.

UUBO has also been ranked as a Tier 1 firm by DealMakers Africa, having worked on 10.26% of the total market share of deals made in 2020.