I'm Olayemi Anyanechi

ABOUT ME

Olayemi Anyanechi is an astute lawyer and effective manager with an outstanding academic background. Endowed with prolific speaking and writing abilities, she is the Managing Partner of Sefton Fross, one of the leading full-service law firms in Nigeria with a team of fine, well rounded lawyers in its employ. Her consistently excellent work ethics and in-depth experience contribute to the commendable quality of advice that she provides to her highly esteemed clients. Trusted by Federal Authorities in Nigeria, and recognized as a forward-thinking pacesetter by some of the most reputable international legal directories, Olayemi is a recipient of well-deserved accolades. With over a decade of experience in Law Firm management, coupled with an additional decade of practice, Olayemi has led several teams that successfully handled high value, sophisticated transactions in diverse industry sectors across the world. Olayemi is the Facilitator of the Finance Working Group of the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER), a platform for the legislature and the private sector to engage in improving Nigeria’s business environment as well as the current chairperson of the Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Reorganisations Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Business Law. A Chevening Scholar and a Pegasus Scholar of the Inner Temple, U.K. Olayemi has been recognised as a leading Corporate & Financial as well as Energy & Infrastructure Lawyer in Nigeria by IFLR1000, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners since 2006, and is internationally commended for her “exceptional service delivery” (Legal 500, 2015), as “one of the very few astute commercial lawyers who [asks] what [is the] economic objective the transaction seeks to accomplish" (IFLR1000, 2014), and as “very smart, and intellectually creative if you need to find a solution and sort things out” (IFLR1000, 2013). EXPERIENCE: Sefton Fross Managing Partner, 2013 – Present Te