London - Private Equity in Africa - the case of financial institutions with Bayo Odubeko, Partner Africa practice at Norton Rose Fulbright

The Africa club at ESCP Europe Alumni is delighted to invite you to the next event taking place on Tuesday 10th March at 7pm. It will be a keynote speech on “Private Equity in Africa - Financial Institutions” by Bayo Odubeko, Partner Africa practice at Norton Rose Fulbright followed by Q&A session and networking.

It follows on the talk on 'Africa Rising' organised last October, with Lanre Akinola, editor of This is Africa at The Financial Times and the second in a series of themed talks we plan to run.  

Date and time: Tuesday March 10th, 2015 at 7:00PM

Venue: Underbar at Hardy’s Brasserie and Wine Bar, 53 Dorset Street, London, W1U 7NH

Registration: Because places are limited, registration to this event is compulsory on the right hand side, using your Alumni login and password (if you have forgotten your login or password, please click HERE).

Cost: £5 for subscribing members / £10 for non-subscribing members and others. Friends and relatives are welcome. Please note, any remaining tickets will be sold at the door at the increased price of £20.

During this event, everyone pays his or her own drink at the bar, but canapés will be provided; Please feel free to forward this invitation to your fellow alumni interested in this topic.

We look forward to seeing you there;

Sara LEMNIEI (04) and Nassim CHERCHALI (07)

Please click here to pay your 2015 Alumni membership.

Our guest speaker, Bayo Odubeko, Partner Africa practice at Norton Rose Fulbright; Topic: Private Equity in Africa – the case of financial institutions.

Bayo Odubeko is a Corporate Finance lawyer based in London. Bayo specialises in cross border acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and investments. Bayo has advised extensively in the emerging markets with a particular focus on Africa. Bayo has advised across different sectors including in the oil and gas, energy, financial services, telecoms, real estate and FMCG sectors.

Bayo has advised many of the leading Africa focused private equity and infrastructure funds investing into Africa, including Helios Investment Partners, Development Partners International, AfricInvest Capital Partners – Tuninvest, Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund and the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund as well as development finance institutions such as Africa Finance Corporation, Norfund, DEG, PROPARCO and FMO.

Bayo has advised on some of the leading private equity transactions in Africa in recent times including advising:

• Development Partners International, AfricInvest Capital Partners, PROPARCO, DEG and FMO on the €198 million sale of a 79% interest in Mansard Insurance Plc to Axa Plc, by way of a competitive auction process
• Norfund and Norfinance on the acquisition of a 12.23% interest in Kenyan Bank, Equity Bank Limited from Helios Investment Partners
• Norfund on the upsizing of its investment in Ugandan Bank, DCFU
• Helios Investment Partners on the US$170 million investment in Equity Bank Limited of Kenya
• Scandinavian private equity fund, Maj Invest and the Emborg family on the US $400 million sale of Fan Milk International, the leading West African frozen dairy business,  by way of a competitive auction process
• Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund on its acquisition of a majority interest in Zimbabwean and Mozambique logistics group, J&J Group