Rino Ogedegbe

Rino Ogedegbe – Lawal-- PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists ● Institute of Chartered Secretaries Association ● The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK ● Nigerian Bar Association ● International Project Finance Association. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AMERICAN TOWER (ATC) 2020 – Present (Legal Manager) (Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk Reporting for 3 ATC subsidiaries ● Head of ATC Africa Group Compliance & Risk Team ● Member of the Global Compliance Council overseeing compliance and ethics matters for all ATC entities in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America) Reporting Sanctions ● Risk ● REIT (NYSE) ● Data Protection ● Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) ● Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ● Corporate Affairs Commission ● Nigerian Communications Commission ●Financial Reporting Council ● Corporate Governance Compliance ➢ OFAC, FCPA, Ethics, AML & CFT and Data Protection Training ➢ OFAC Checks ➢ Vendor due diligence ➢ Company Secretarial and Board Matters ➢ Corporate Governance Advisory services Commercial ➢ Drafting, reviewing and negotiating service contracts, ground lease agreements, master lease agreements, forward contracts, derivatives, consultancy agreements, supply agreements, software service agreements etc. ➢ Part of the core commercial team that advised on special projects like Project Zagreb (acquisition of over 691 telecommunication towers) and Project Firefly (where I acted as the sole commercial legal representative). CSR ➢ Procured the Attorney General of the Federation’s approval to register the first ATC Nigeria Foundation. ➢ Provides general legal advisory services to the Foundation ➢ Oversees the Foundation’s compliance and governance requirements. DLA PIPER 2018 – 2020 (DLA Piper is a multinational law firm with offices in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East) Key Roles ➢ Contributor to the World Bank Group’s yearly article on Benchmarking Public-Private Partnerships Procurement, Protecting Minority Investors in Nigeria and starting a Business in Nigeria. ➢ Advised Amazon (AWS) on the regulatory and operational requirements for doing business in Nigeria which ultimately led to the opening of the AWS Lagos operations. Rino Ogedegbe – Lawal-- ➢ Advised several foreign international financial institutions on the applicability of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement to Nigerian counterparties. ➢ Advised a foreign investment bank on the close-out netting and title transfer provisions of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement. ➢ Advised BASF a German chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world in respect of the corporate reorganization of their subsidiary - BASF West Africa Limited. ➢ Advised Eko Pearl Nigeria Limited on the proposed $250,000,000 equity investment by a private equity firm for the construction and operation of two luxury apartment towers in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, Nigeria. ➢ Advised Nampak International Limited in respect of its divestment from Nampak Cartons Nigeria Limited and Nampak Properties Limited to A&R Carton Austria GMBH. ➢ Advised Societe Generale Re in respect of its proposed acquisition of 49% of the share capital and voting rights of a reinsurance company in Nigeria. ➢ Advised Swissport International Limited in respect of the sale of its 51% equity interest in Checkport Security Nigeria Limited to ASL Nigeria Limited. ➢ Advised Helios Investment Partners in respect of the incorporation and licensing of a Fund Management Company to manage a Real Estate Investment Trust valued at about N15,000,000,000 (Fifteen Billion Naira). ➢ Provided legal advisory services to the Mastercard Foundation on doing business in Nigeria AIICO CAPITAL LIMITED 2016 – 2017 (Assistant Manager) (AIICO Capital Limited is the investment arm of the AIICO group created by AIG (American International Group) and was at that time, the fourth largest asset manager (by portfolio size) in Nigeria) Key Roles ➢ Acted as Company Secretary and General Legal counsel under the supervision of the Group head of legal, AIICO Group. Due to the close proximity of our roles, I was opportune to provide legal advisory services to all companies in the group including AIICO Insurance Plc (one of the largest insurance companies in Nigeria), AIICO Pension Managers Limited (a pension fund administrator) and AIICO Multishield Limited (a health management organisation). ➢ Drafted the Trust Deed and procured the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval for the creation of AIICO Balanced Fund. ➢ Procured the repayment of a N500,000,000 (Five Hundred Million Naira) loan (sought to be written off as bad debt). ➢ Singlehandedly liaised with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE”) to ensure the release of AIICO’s N200,000,000 (Two Hundred Million Naira) equity investment from a delisted broker. ➢ Drafted the company’s Staff Handbook, Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Policy, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Corporate Governance code, and other relevant policies. ➢ Served as liaison officer to regulators, coordinated compliance trainings for staff, provided general corporate governance and legal advisory services and organized AIICO Capital Limited’s board, committee and annual general meetings as well as AIICO Insurance PLC’s investment committee meetings. Rino Ogedegbe – Lawal-- BANWO & IGHODALO 2014 – 2016 (B&I is constantly listed as a 1st Tier law firm in Nigeria by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and several other rankings across the globe) Key Roles ➢ Contributor to the World Bank Group’s yearly article on Benchmarking Public-Private Partnerships Procurement. ➢ Represented Banwo & Ighodalo as Legal Adviser/Company Secretary to various multinational entities. ➢ Provided opinions and general legal advisory services to clients on government regulatory related issues, private placement, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, private equity, shareholding structure, aircraft leasing and financing, incorporation of company, acquisition of oil mining leases, general compliance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Local Content Development Act, trademark registration, banking license acquisition, registration with the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion and expatriate quota returns. ➢ Advised a private equity firm on its proposed investment and acquisition of interest in an American company with subsidiary investment funds and companies in Cayman Islands, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mauritius and Delaware. ➢ Advised on the celebrated US$1,200,000,000 forward sale and financing transaction by the NNPC / Chevron joint venture (the transaction won the Thomson Reuters/Pfi Magazine “Africa and Middle East oil deal of the year award). ➢ Advised a syndicate of lenders in the provision of a N50,000,000,000 (Fifty Billion Naira) facility to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company Plc ➢ Advised Ropeways Transport Limited, a special purpose vehicle established to develop, finance, construct, own, operate and maintain cable propelled transit lines as a means of public transportation in Lagos State, Nigeria. ➢ Provided opinions and general legal advisory services to clients on government regulatory related issues, expatriate quota returns, private placement, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, aircraft leasing and financing, incorporation of company and general compliance with local laws. ➢ `Advised a private equity firm on its proposed investment and acquisition of interest in an American company with subsidiary investment funds and companies in Cayman Islands, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mauritius and Delaware. CREEK AND SAVANNAH PARTNERS – 2013 (Paralegal) Assisted in trial preparations ● Assisted in providing Company Secretarial services ● Assisted in drafting incorporation documents ● Incorporated companies at the CAC ● Filed returns at the CAC ● Assisted in conducting Legal research. INTERNSHIPS Olaniwun Ajayi LP (Abuja, Nigeria) September – October 2013 Creek and Savannah Partners (Abuja, Nigeria) summer of 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. EDUCATION Law School (B.L) 2013; Madonna University (LLB) 2012;