Mr. Ishmael Ebhodaghe
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ebhodaghe is the Managing Partner at Bernateva Partners, a leading commercial law firm based in Lagos. Ishmael holds a Bachelor of Law degree (Second Class Upper Division) from Obafemi Awolowo University and a Barrister at Law (B. L) (Second Class Upper) from the Nigerian Law School and has significant commercial and litigation experience working in leading law firms in Nigeria such as Paul Usoro & Co and Templars where he rose to the position of Associate Partner.
His area of expertise includes Financial Regulatory compliance, Corporate Governance, Securities Law, Corporate Finance, Structured Finance, Project Finance, Mergers, Acquisition, Securitization, Commercial and Civil litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
With over 23 years’ experience at the Bar, Ishmael has played key roles in providing professional legal advisory services to multinational companies spanning a variety of sectors and handle numerous civil and commercial disputes both at the High courts and Appellate courts.
He currently sits on the Board of several companies ranging from the financial services sector to the oil & gas sector. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Bar Association (IBA). He is happily married with children.
Mr. Ebhodaghe was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in December 2022.