Mr. Callistus Udalor graduated from the University of Lagos in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Degree in Political Science (Second Class Upper Division) – in the top 10%.
He later studied law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctor Degree in June 1997.
He joined the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Barlett (a firm with over 800 lawyers) in 1997 as an Assoiate in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He worked in New York and London offices of the firm. He worked on many transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, joint ventures, initial public share offerings and bond offerings.
He left the firm in 2005 to return to Nigeria. Prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Barlett, He worked with Hewlett Packard in Mountain View, California and the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Atto, also in California.
In 2005, he co-founded Constant Capital Partners Limited, based in Lagos. At Constant Capital, he executed a broad range of advisory transactions for clients in various industries, including corporate finance and restructuring transaction for banks and other companies. He was with the company from 2005 to 2011.
Since 2011, hes has worked as a Principal and Consultant with Vine Capital Partners Limited, a leading emerging markets private equity firm with initial focus on Sub-Sahara Africa.