Ika Raymond Any-Gbayere
Partner in Charge

PoBox: 22 BP 1283 Abidjan 22 
Côte D’Ivoire

Cell     : (225) 09606008
Phone : (225) 22444524
Fax     : (225) 22449120

Ika Raymond Any-Gbayere has more than fifteen years of experience out of which five were spent with PricewaterhouseCoopers and eight years with Unilever Cote d'Ivoire.

With PwC Ika R. Any-Gbayere respectively held the position of senior tax consultant and Tax manager responsible for oil, mining and financial activities. He supervised several mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, tax reviews and compliance works for a number of multinational companies. He advised international clients on investment projects and cross borders corporate and financial deals.

With Unilever, he supervised the merger of three companies (out of which was one listed Company), handled liquidations, take over and disposals within the group. Being the Executive board Secretary of Unilever Francophone Africa and the corporate counsel of the group, he advised the company officers on several corporate and tax matters and participated in the company general strategy.

Ika R. Any-Gbayere graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (USA) and from the University of Queen Marry in London (UK) where he received respectively an LL.M degree and a PgDip in International Commercial Arbitration. He also holds a post graduate degree in Business law from the University of Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire and a Certificate in English law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ika R. Any-Gbayere received his first law degree in 1993 (Master of private law) from the Francois Rabelais University of Tours in France.

Ika R. Any-Gbayere is currently member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London and tax lecturer at the University of Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire.

Paul Ephrem Gnaleko
Partner

PoBox: 22 BP 1283 Abidjan 22
Cote d'Ivoire

Cell     : (225) 09606007
Phone : (225) 22444524
Fax     : (225) 22449120

Paul graduated from the University of Coventry, England in 2004 where he received a LL.M. degree in International Law and Human Rights and from the University of Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire in 1998 (Master of Business Law).

Paul started his career in 2003 with Atkinson Spence (Sollicitors office) in Birmingham and joined AnyRay&Partners in 2006 as Senior Associate. He became Partner with AnyRay&Partners in 2008.

Paul specialized in project finance and crossborder transactions.