Education
King"s College, Lagos.
King"s College, Lagos.
Asue Ighodalo is a product of Kings College, Lagos. He obtained B.Sc degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan in 1981, an Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1984) and a B.L from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (1985). The firm today is consistently ranked as a leading Nigerian law firm in the areas of Capital Markets, Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions.
His Mr.
Ighodalo’s core areas of practice include Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Energy. Natural Resources, Mergers. Acquisitions, Banking.
Securitization and Project Finance.
Ighodalo in 2014, successfully advised Zenith Bank Plc in connection with a United States$500 million eurobond issuance and Diamond Bank Plc in connection with a United States$200 million eurobond issuance respectively. Boards, Memberships and He sits as a director on the boards of public and several companies and Non-governmental organizations, including the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Dangote Flour Mills Plc, Christopher Kolade Foundation, FATE Foundation, Lagos State Lottery Board, Main Street Technologies Limited (sponsor of MainOne Cable Company), Union Bank (United Kingdom) Plc and Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI).
Ighodalo has presented several papers on capital markets issues both within and outside Nigeria, and also authored many articles in leading law publications. He sometimes lectures on corporate governance, directors' duties and responsibilities, and entrepreneurship at the Institute of Directors, Lagos Business School and FATE Foundation entrepreneurial training sessions, respectively.
He is a member of Nigerian Bar Association (National Basketball Association), and chaired The National Basketball Association – Section on Business Law (National Basketball Association SBL) since August 2014. He is also a member of Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), United States of America, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, International Bar Association (International Business Alliance), Nigerian Maritime Law Association, Commercial Law & Taxation Committee of the Lagos Chamber Of Commerce & Industry, London School of Economics Lawyers" Group and Associate Member Chartered Institute of Taxation.