Asue Ighodalo is a founding partner of Banwo & Ighodalo, a multidisciplinary firm which provides first-class legal advice on numerous aspects of corporate and commercial Nigerian law.
He obtained his first degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan, a law degree from the London School of Economics; and was admitted into the Nigerian Bar in July 1985.
His core areas of practice are Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Securities and Capital Markets, Energy & Natural Resources, and Mergers & Acquisitions.
Asue Ighodalo is a member of; the Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association (Chairman) International Bar Association (Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law), Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Institute of Directors Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (Board member), Commercial Law and Taxation Committee, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Edo State Economic Strategy Team.
Asue Ighodalo is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sterling Bank Plc and also sits on the boards of other public and private companies and Non-Governmental Organizations ( NGOs ) including the Christopher Kolade Foundation, FATE Foundation (an NGO committed to the development of entrepreneurial skills in Nigeria), Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc (hitherto Dangote Flour Mills Plc), Mainstreet Technologies Limited (sponsor of the Main One subsea cable project), Cardinal Stone Partners, Okomu Oil Palm Plc and Global Mix Limited (a Property Development Company, which he also chairs).
He has delivered several papers on corporate governance and capital markets related topics and also authored many articles in leading law publications. An ardent Manchester United fan, his hobbies include golfing, watching football, reading, traveling and participating in political discourse. He is married and blessed with a daughter.