Adekunbi Makinwa

About Adekunbi Makinwa

I am a foreign-trained attorney and senior legal professional with over 20 years of…

Experience

1. Senior Legal Manager

   American Tower

   Sep 2017 — Present · Lagos, NG

   Building a culture of compliance by providing expert legal advice to support business stakeholders and ensuring compliance with business and industry processes.• Coaching, training and change communication to staff on any legal developments impacting the business. • Drafting and review of transactional documentation, and legal instruments to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations while maintaining group standards• Performing legal analysis and due diligence on various real estate documents, including ground leases and title deeds with a high level of detail• Conducting research and providing legal opinions, evaluation of relevant facts with applicable laws and providing recommendations to the business• Heading the land management contracting team responsible for all ground leases for existing sites and new builds including any land grab contract documentation• Coordinating alternative dispute resolution with the company’s lessors to ensure that there is reduced escalation and disruption to the company’s operations• Providing and executing support on a range of legal, functional and ad hoc projects within the business.• Working closely with other executive offices such as Finance, Legal Operations, Sales, Business Process Management etc towards achieving business objectives. • Collaborating with the departmental leadership teams to translate the legal inputs into the business monthly and annual mobilisation plans.• Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures in dealing with internal and external customers including compliance with the company’s set policies.• End-to-end management of external counsel vis a vis the selection, management, monitoring, appraisal, engagement, and disengagement• Learning and development training on material contracts, company policies such as Ethics and Code of Conduct, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to drive enterprise-wide compliance among employees and business partners.