Fillmore Riley welcomes Folake Alabi

Folake Alabi has joined Fillmore Riley as an articling student-at-law.

Prior to embarking on the process of becoming accredited to practise law in Canada, Folake was a partner in a top commercial law firm in Nigeria. She brings a wealth of experience advising clients on banking and finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate commercial matters. Folake has garnered recognition from IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 in the areas of banking, finance and capital markets.

Folake has a stellar record of academic excellence. She graduated top of her undergraduate law class and received the Hauser Global Scholar award to study for a Master of Laws degree at the New York University School of Law, where she focused on development finance, corporate and securities law.