Efe is a corporate attorney with a practice focus on investment management. Efe currently serves as a Vice President of Legal and Compliance at Kuramo Capital Management, an investment management firm, where she manages the firm’s legal initiatives. At Kuramo, she advises on structuring cross-border private equity transactions, negotiates transactions, and drafts transactions agreements. She has worked on diverse transactions in emerging markets ranging from consumer goods to financial services. Her role at Kuramo also includes fund formation and negotiation of associated deal terms.
Efe also advises the firm and its portfolio companies on compliance, employment law, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters.
Prior to joining the Kuramo team, Efe worked as an Associate Attorney at two boutique law firms in New York City where she represented corporations in commercial law and employment matters.
Efe received her A.B. from the University of Chicago where she was a Jeff Metcalf Fellow and her J.D. in 2011 from Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she was a Case Editor for the Journal of Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment. Efe is a member of the New York State and New Jersey State Bars. She was an elected member of board of the University of Chicago Black Alumni Association and currently serves as a board member of the Association of Black Women Attorneys NYC. She is also a legal contributor for She Leads Africa.
Specialities: Fund Formation, Private Equity Investments, Cross-Border, Emerging Markets, Capital Markets, SEC Compliance, Frontier Markets, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Governance, Funds of Funds, Co-investment Funds, Funds-of-ones
