Ms. Kenechi Ezezika
Chairman
Kenechi is the Managing Partner of OAKE Legal, a mid sized business law firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja. Kenechi also leads OAKE Legal’s Corporate & Investments practice group. Her core specialisations are Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Private Equity. She has led several acquisition engagements (including cross border acquisitions) from preliminary deal structuring through to post-completion support. She routinely advises on financing transactions. She has worked on other significant transactions ranging from corporate restructuring, contract structuring/ restructuring, to divestment structuring and has advised on loan, private equity and other investment transactions with a value in excess of US$5 Billion. She has also advised on the debt financing of several infrastructure development projects.
Kenechi’s relevant experience also includes corporate restructuring, contract structuring or restructuring, and acquisition and divestment structuring. She provides routine general commercial and corporate law services including start up support services and advisory services on infrastructure project transactions including real estate. Her financing experience includes the healthcare, real estate, power and agricultural sectors where she has advised on investment in, and acquisition of, several companies in those industries.
Kenechi is registered by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a compliance officer. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and is recognised by IFLR1000 as a highly regarded leading lawyer in the areas of Banking and M&A (https://www.iflr1000.com/Lawyer/Kenechi-Ezezika/Profile/39964#profile).
She is also a co-founder and director of ImpactHER Limited/Guarantee, a non-profit organization established to help bridge the financing gap for African women-owned small businesses, through trainings, business support and networking channels.
Mrs. Ezezika was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in November 2022, and was recently appointed Chairperson of the Board on September 14, 2026.