About
Lumi Mustapha is a strategic advisor and general counsel at Pareto Mosca Elite Advisory, where he develops analytical and legal infrastructure for African and frontier market transactions. He has created proprietary market-sizing and capital-structuring frameworks for general partners, development finance institutions, and sovereign entities, and provides legal architecture and transaction advisory services focused on fund governance and valuation of intellectual property and creative economy assets.
Experience
- Pareto Mosca Elite AdvisoryStrategic Advisor & General Counselcurrent2025 — presentGlobal
- The Music Publishers Association of Nigeria (MPAN)Member Board of Trusteescurrent2018 — presentLagos, Nigeria
- Technolawgical PartnersFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentLagos, Nigeria
- Utopia Capital ManagementGeneral Counsel2021 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
- Ogun State GovernmentSpecial Assistant to the Governor of Ogun State, Legal Matters2020 — 2021Nigeria
- Spatial Matrix LimitedNon Executive Director2017 — 2019
- Lords And TempleSenior Associate2014 — 2015Lagos
Education
- Nigerian Law SchoolBL (Hons) - Law, Corporate Law & Practice2012 — 2013
- The University of LawLPC (Commendation) - Law, International Business2010 — 2011
- The University of LawGraduate Diploma in Law (GDL), Law2002 — 2003
- University of ReadingBachelor's Degree, Sociology: Organisations1998 — 2001
Skills & more
Strategy1Data Privacy Law1Alternative InvestmentsEthical Finance StructuringEthical FinanceLegal ManagementGeneral Counsel ServicesVenture Deal StructuringCross-Border Legal StrategyIntellectual Property StrategyIslamic Finance StructuringPrivacy Law1
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Executive ManagementLawManagement AccountingTaxInvestmentsCorporate Venture CapitalVenture CapitalContract NegotiationMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Copyright LawBusiness StrategyContent Licensing- Member — The Chartered Institute Of Directors, Nigeria - CIoD Nigeria
- Associate Member — CITN
- Associate Member — Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Nigeria Branch
From Lumi's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Morris
Product Designer at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Wakefield
Managing Editor at Founders Factory Africa
Adelaide Njoki Muthang'i
Investment Associate at Founders Factory Africa
Alina Truhina
Board Member at Founders Factory Africa
Amara Muoneke
Venture Design Lead at Founders Factory Africa
Andile Masuku
Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa
Andrew Obuoforibo
Head of Product at Founders Factory Africa
Ayotunde Aladejana
Head of Partnerships at Founders Factory Africa
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Lumi Mustapha work?
- Lumi Mustapha is Head of Legal at Founders Factory Africa.
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Also attended The University of Law30
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Also attended University of Reading47
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