Folarin Odunubi

Folarin Odunubi advises clients across a range of sectors on cross-border private and public M&A transactions, as well as on general corporate and listed company matters. He particularly focuses on advising financial sponsors, including sovereign wealth funds, private equity investors and their investee companies.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Odunubi was based in the London office of a Magic Circle firm for three years and in its Dubai office for over two years.

His experience prior to joining Skadden includes advising:

• Holcim on the sale of its 83.81% shareholding in Lafarge Africa Plc to Huaxin Cement Ltd at an equity value of $1 billion on a 100% basis
• Saint-Gobain on the $1.025 billion acquisition of the Fosroc Group from the JMH Group
• The Maghami Family on the acquisition of 100% of Gulf Energy Maritime PJSC (GEM) from Emirates National Oil Company, International Petroleum Investment Company and OQ (formerly known as Oman Oil Company)
• Catalyst Investment Management on the disposal of its interests in solar and wind farm plants in Jordan and Egypt to China Three Gorges International Limited, a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation (one of the world’s largest energy companies)
• Development Partners International and Amethis on their acquisition of a significant minority stake in Marcyrl Pharmaceutical Industries
• Ted Baker plc on the £211 million takeover by Authentic Brands Group, LLC
• SSE plc on its acquisition of an 80% ownership interest in an offshore wind development platform from Pacifico Energy for $208 million. The transaction involved the acquisition of an operating company and 10 project companies across Japan
• Entain plc on its defence in response to a possible $22.4 billion offer from DraftKings Inc.