Chike Obianwu is the Deputy Managing Partner of Templars, Head of the Finance Practice Group, and a leading authority in finance and corporate law in Nigeria. With over two decades of experience, he specialises in corporate and project finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and investment banking.

Chike’s distinguished career includes serving as joint deputy head of corporate finance and legal counsel at Zenith Capital Limited, where he led landmark transactions in loan syndications, M&A, and infrastructure financing. At Templars, he has advised on some of the most complex and high-value deals in Nigeria, including the US$3 billion multi-source financing of NLNG’s Train 7 project, the US$1.34 billion Lekki Deep Sea Port development, and Access Bank’s merger with Diamond Bank.

A respected thought leader, Chike sits on the Legal & Regulatory Council of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and has advised the SEC on the demutualisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.