Adebola Akisanya is an associate in the Corporate practice of Clifford Chance's Houston office with a focus on energy and infrastructure matters. His experience includes advising clients on strategic mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures, cross-border transactions and general corporate matters.
Prior to practising in the US, Adebola worked at the Nigerian office of a global law firm and at a leading Africa-focused private equity firm sponsoring funds and managing investments in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- DistribAire, Inc, in its sale to Impact Climate Technologies, a portfolio company of Ardian, a French private equity firm
- Aligned Climate Capital in the acquisition of multiple distributed solar projects across the US
- TotalEnergies in its ~US$300 million investment for a 10% equity stake in the fourth liquefaction train (Train 4 project) of the Rio Grande LNG joint venture, in Brownsville, Texas
- Aurelia Technologies in connection with its capital raise, restructuring and migration of business operations from Finland to the US
- TotalEnergies in its agreement to acquire a 49% interest in natural gas producing assets, owned and operated by Continental Resources in the Anadarko Basin
- A Partners Group portfolio company in a joint venture for the acquisition and development of a renewable natural gas project in the US
- A Texas-based oilfield services and water supply company in connection with a complex cross-border equity investment from an Israeli bank
- A UK independent power producer in the acquisition of a Texas-based oil and gas upstream producer
- An independent Texas-based midstream oil and gas company in the sale of a Section 45Q Tax Credit package to Cadence Bank
- YSG Solar in a joint venture with Meadow Partners in connection with the acquisition and development of solar battery storage and other energy infrastructure projects in the US
- An unmanned aircraft company with its private placement and subsequent merger with the US affiliate of a Singaporean investment firm
- The largest 503B drug compounder in the US in its $100,000,000+ private placement
- A comprehensive wealth management, retirement planning, and estate planning services provider in its $100,000,000 private placement
- A real estate-focused fund of funds in its $50,000,000 private placement
- An energy-focused fund of funds in its $30,000,000 private placement
- Redi-Carpet, Inc., and its affiliates, in its acquisition by HD Supply Inc., a subsidiary of The Home Depot
- A Texas-based midstream energy process solution and engineered equipment provider in (1) the negotiation of agreements with a Nigerian investment advisory firm, and (2) its subsequent strategic acquisition by Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG)
- A California-based electric engineering firm, in its acquisition by KV Power, a private equity-backed electrical infrastructure solutions company
- A leading manufacturer of thermal insulation coatings, anti-condensation, and sound damping coatings, in its acquisition by Seal For Life Industries, the global industrial platform of Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm
- A UK private equity group in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a Houston-based oil and gas services company
- A technology-recycling company in the sale of its assets to a private equity group*
- An energy storage provider on various matters related to its development, construction and operation of a cold storage facility
- A private equity backed drug and alcohol testing corporation in a series of acquisitions of workplace safety solution and third-party administrator businesses in the US, with an aggregate transaction value of over $400,000,000
Includes matters handled at prior firm
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Houston
- +17138608693
- Email me
- Speaks English
Career & qualifications
- Morehouse College (B.A. Hons., magna cum laude) 2011
- New York University School of Law (J.D.) 2015
- Admitted as an Attorney and Counselor at Law in New York 2015
- The Nigerian Law School (B.L.) 2018
- Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria 2018
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Texas 2019
- Joined Clifford Chance 2024