Bukola Bankole

Partner, TNP

Bukola is a Partner at TNP, an Andersen Global collaborating law firm in Nigeria. She leads the firm’s Private Equity, FinTech, e-Commerce & Technology Teams, amongst other roles in Corporate Finance & Capital Markets. 

Her extensive and proven wealth of experience in advising on financing and investment deals cuts across various industries in multiple jurisdictions and aids her ability to always provide industry-specific expertise in multiple aspects of commercial transactions. This helps to give her clients the assurance that she is a revenue enabler and adds value to their bottom line.

As a solution-oriented adviser, she advises a range of financial institutions and investment firms, including private equity fund managers, venture capitalists, and banks; she also advises governments, private and publicly quoted companies, family offices, and individuals. Bukola has a strong commitment to promoting investment in Africa and has facilitated the entry of international companies into the continent, finding them the most suitable local partners. She is also particularly committed to working towards finding solutions that address and lead to the scale-up of FinTech companies in Africa, with a broader view on the impact of their services in growing the African economy and reaching underserved communities.

Bukola is currently the 1st Vice Chairman of the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Reorganisations (MACR) Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL).