YINKA EDU
PARTNER
Yinka Edu is a Partner in the firm’s Banking & Finance team, and heads the firm’s Capital Markets team. She has been involved in a range of financial and capital markets transactions, including advising on the first global depositary receipts programme, the first Eurobond issuance by a Nigerian Corporate, and the establishment of the first ETF to be listed in Nigeria.
She regularly advises on the establishment of mutual funds, derivatives transactions and public Merger & Acquisition transactions. She also advises on issues relating to the Nigerian bond market, and on compliance issues in connection with banking and capital market assignments, many of which, being innovative or new to Nigeria, often require skilled liaison with our regulatory authorities. She was a core member of the team that advised several local banks with the 2008 banking consolidation mergers.
Yinka has published articles in Getting the Deal Through – Securities Finance – Nigeria, and in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mergers & Acquisitions. She presents papers and conducts seminars at the IBA Conferences on security for bank lending and on capital markets’ issues. She chairs the Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria, and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law Competition Committee.
Yinka is the only Nigerian lawyer to be ranked Tier 1 in Chambers and Partners for fintech work. She is also ranked by Chambers Global for her expertise in banking & finance and corporate/commercial practice, and is commended for her banking and finance and capital markets work in Who’s Who Legal. She sits on the board of several companies.
| 2015 to date | Chairman, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
| 2013 -2015 | Vice Chairman, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
| 2010 -2013 | Secretary, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
| 2007 -2010 | Treasurer, Capital Markets’ Solicitors Association of Nigeria |
| 2012 -2015 | Member, Capital Market Rules and Regulatory Committee (CMC) |
| 2007 to date | Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
| 2002 – 2007 | Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo- Osagie |
| 2011 to date | Member, Committee on Demutualisation |
| 1996-2002 | Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
| 1994-1996 | Legal Executive, Cameron Markby Hewitt (later Cameron McKenna) |
| 1996 | BL, Nigerian Law School |
| 1994 | Bar Finals, The Inns of Court School of Law |
| 1993 | CPE, The College of Law (Store Street) |
| 1992 | B.A, Law and Society, University of Exeter |
| 1996 | Nigeria |
| 1994 | England & Wales |
| Nigerian Bar Association |
| Bar of England and Wales |
| Bar Association of Commerce, Finance and Industry (BACFI) |
| Capital Markets Association |
Nigeria Fintech 2024 Review and 2025 Outlook
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Is your business ready for the unexpected? A dawn raid by regulatory authorities can be sudden and overwhelming. Knowing how to respond effectively is crucial for protecting your business and ensuring compliance. In this article, we outline the ten crucial steps every organisation should take during a dawn raid. From managing communication to cooperating with […]
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UUBO Contributes to Chambers and Partners’ Securitisation (Trends & Developments) Global Practice Guide 2024
UUBO is pleased to have contributed to the Securitisation (Trends & Developments) Global Practice Guide 2024 published by Chambers and Partners. Yinka Edu, Joseph Eimunjeze, Itoro Uwemedimo Etim, and Joseph Olaogun of our Banking and Finance team explore securitisation, the opportunities it presents, the challenges facing its development in Nigeria, and the Nigerian legal and […]
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Smart Contracts: Assessing Some Legal Implications of its Use in the Nigerian Capital Market
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IBA Banking & Financial Law Committee – Fintech Report, September 2024
Our Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, and Fintech Partners, Yinka Edu and Joseph Eimunjeze, contributed to the second edition of the International Bar Association’s special project, Fintech: How is the World Shaping the Financial Innovation Industry? (2024), conducted by the IBA Banking & Finance Law Committee. Our contribution, featured on pages 34 to 42, provides an […]
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Chambers Fintech Global Practice Guide
Key trends and developments in the Fintech Sector have been identified and analysed by the UUBO Fintech team in an article published in the latest edition of the Chambers Fintech Global Practice Guide. The publication is a great resource for practitioners and investors in the ecosystem and highlights recent regulatory developments – including regulatory sandboxes, as […]
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