ROTOYE, Martha Ozohu-Ronuola

Areas of Expertise: Governance, Risk & Compliance

ROTOYE, Martha Ozohu-Ronuola

Martha is a Partner at Pentagon Partners Legal Practitioners, where she leads the Governance, Risk and Compliance team of legal experts in consistently dispensing multi-disciplinary and specialist solutions to clients.

With close to two decades of governance and compliance experience as well as in-house corporate experience, she handles portfolios in corporate governance, company secretarial services, board evaluation, intellectual property, media and entertainment law, compliance, regulatory licensing, Estates and Probates, data protection, Executive Compensation, Business Integrity, Employee Benefits, and Share Incentives etc.  

As a Governance Professional, she has the uncanny ability to pay attention to details while proffering legal solutions to clients’ needs. She is a member of the Capital Markets Association, a member of the Section on Business Law and In-House Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association, an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, and a Designate Compliance Professional of the Compliance Institute of Nigeria. 

Professional Associations & Membership

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria
  • Compliance Institute of Nigeria

Transactions

  • Lead, Team that provided Company Secretarial Service to an indigenous oil servicing company ensuring its Board met quarterly, and legal advice on the appointment of Independent Directors of the Board.

  • Lead, Team that provided support to a Non-governmental Organization to enable them to secure funds from donors and successfully run several seasons of a show for women in leadership.

  • Lead, Team that conducted governance audit and assessment for a client’s business to enable the business owner to restructure the business, ensuring continuity and enhance service delivery.

  • Lead, Team that provides compliance services to a key healthcare service provider, ensuring its operations are carried out with minimal risk. Facilitated the recovery of fees for services owed to the company.

  • Lead, Team that advised on the Toll Manufacturing Agreement involving two key players in the FMCG sector, ensuring favourable terms for the manufacturing company of a unique snack.

  • Lead, Team that facilitated the increase of shares for an aviation company to meet the deadline given by the NCAA.

  • Lead, Team advising on Capital Raise for a financial service company through increase of its shares while maintaining each shareholder's stake in the company.

  • Part of the Team advising a major insurance company on corporate restructuring to become part of a holding company structure.

  • Lead, Team that advised companies on the registration of their marks to protect their intellectual property, especially for beauty products.

  • Lead, Team that advised on the administration of the estate of an individual who died intestate and handled the probate process to obtain the letter of administration. Providing advice to the administrators of the estate to carry out their duties as administrators.

  • Acted as Legal Adviser to a Federal Government health regulatory agency and monitored cases handled by external solicitors.

  • Provided Secretarial services to the Governing Board of a Federal Government health regulatory agency.

  • Part of the Team that drafted and gazetted the rules of professional conduct for Medical Laboratory Scientists, and the Medical Laboratories Inspection, Approval, Monitoring and Certification Regulation.

  • Advised on several registrations, transfers, and perfection of land properties for several clients, including Imperial Homes Mortgage Bank and The Vesting Company.