ADVISORY Legal Consultants is pleased to announce that it has been ranked and recommended by the International Financial Law Review (“IFLR1000”) in its 2015 Guide to Energy and Infrastructure. The 2015 Guide also ranks Chief Consultants ‘Gbite Adeniji and Ike Oguine as Leading Lawyers in energy and oil and gas. Additionally, ‘Gbite Adeniji was ranked as Leading Lawyer in mining.

ADVISORY Legal Consultants is pleased to announce that Ike Oguine has now returned from a leave of absence from the Firm during which he served as the Coordinator, Legal Services (General Counsel) and Company Secretary at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Ike was appointed to this position by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2014 and he served in this capacity until May 2015.

His experience overseeing the legal affairs of one the largest national oil companies in the World and advising on a multiplicity of complex projects, transactions and disputes involving NNPC brings a unique perspective to our specialism.

We congratulate Ike on his accomplishments at the NNPC and are very pleased to welcome him back to the firm.

ADVISORY Legal Consultants is pleased to have received the “Africa M&A Deal of the Year” Award in recognition of the firm’s representation of ConocoPhillips (COP) in the $1.5 billion divestment of COP’s Nigerian upstream business to Oando Energy Resources. The award was presented at an annual gala organized by Global M&A Network that held at the Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum in New York on March 31, 2015.

The M&A Atlas Awards, Global Major Markets exclusively honours excellence for deals valued above 1 billion USD in the categories of deals, dealmaker teams and outstanding firms. Winners are selected independently based on the deal performance metrics.

ADVISORY Legal Consultants is pleased to have advised Notore Chemicals Industries Plc (“Notore”) on a gas sale agreement with Accugas Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven Energy, and a gas transportation agreement with the Nigerian Gas Company, to ship the gas. Under the terms of the gas sale agreement, Accugas will supply gas to Notore’s fertilizer plant at a rate of 25 mmscf/day.

The formal commencement of gas deliveries to Notore’s fertilizer plant was announced here.

Chief Consultant, ‘Gbite Adeniji was a panel speaker at an event jointly hosted by the Center for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA) and the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRA) tagged “Policy Dialogue on Implications of the Falling Oil Price on Policy for Nigeria.” The event, which held on March 10, 2015, brought together leading industry experts and stakeholders to discuss the impact of the falling oil prices on Nigeria’s oil industry and Nigeria’s macroeconomics.

CPPA is an independent, non-partisan public policy think-tank that is committed to rigorous research to support development initiatives and improve governance. NNRA is the Nigerian arm of the Natural Resource Charter – a global initiative that aims to support governments and societies of resource-rich countries harness the economic opportunities of extractive industries.

‘Gbite serves on the Expert Panel of the NNRA and on the Advisory Board on Energy at the CPPA.