Ayodeleolugbenga & Co
Law Firms
iarb
Nigeria office
THE LAW FIRM AYODELE, OLUGBENGA & CO. The Law Firm emerged from the working association of three other Law Firms; Ayodele Adejuyigbe & Co, Olugbenga Fabilola & Co and Oluyinka Onamade. It runs a general commercial practice with three (3) Partners and about 10 (10) other Lawyers. The Law Firm is situate UBA HOUSE (9th Floor), 57, Marina, Lagos, the heart of Lagos; Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre and with presence in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
PRACTICE AREAS
The Practice Areas of the Law Firm which centre around general Commercial Practice and Private Law can be further subdivided as shown hereunder.
1. Admiralty and Maritime Law
2. Oil, Gas and Energy/General Engineering
3. Banking Law, Investment and Finance
4. Corporate and Commercial
5. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation
6. Trust and Administration of Estate
7. Insolvency Practice
8. Capital Market
9. Real Estate
10. Intellectual Property
11. Labour Law and Employment Matters
12. Aviation Law
OTHERS SERVICES
– Taxation and Tax matters
– Environmental Law.
CONTACT PERSONS:
1. OLUGBENGA FABILOLA, ESQ. Tel: 08033021296 Email: olugbengaruphus@yahoo.com
2. OLUYINKA ONAMADE, ESQ. Tel: 08023130784 Email: yinonam@yahoo.com
Lawyers
MOHAMMED BELLO SALIHU
OLASUPO SHASORE
OYINKANSOLA BADEJO-OKUSANYA
info@ayodeleolugbengaandco.com
Web
http://www.ayodeleolugbengaandco.com
Tel
+234 (01)4613049
Address
UBA HOUSE (9TH FLOOR), 57, MARINA, LAGOS
Nigeria
Africa Law Practice
Law Firms
iarb
Lagos / Abuja Nigeria offices
As increased investment and rapid private sector growth in Africa transforms its economies, the need for home-grown, regionally-oriented and excellent quality legal services has become increasingly imperative. This has led to the establishment of ALP, a Nigeria-based, Africa business-focused firm that delivers the very best of African legal and advisory services.
ALP is the result of a carefully cultivated 25 years vision. A strategic merger of four distinct practices bringing together legal, business and policy expertise that underscores Africa’s growth. We have partnerships across the continent, that help provide seamless legal and advisory services to clients, wherever their actual or intended personal and business operations exist.
We deliver solution-driven services which only local expertise and regional connections can provide. We work in partnership with our clients to understand their needs and ensure we provide them with business-driven results. We have first-hand experience of being the ‘client’, setting-up, operating and growing businesses in Nigeria and beyond, and so we are well placed to truly understand and anticipate our clients’ needs. Additionally, our significant experience in the public sector and government relations services gives us an advantage in helping our clients to navigate Nigeria’s often complex regulatory and public sector landscape.
Our knowledge is the wealth of our expertise and this is at the core of our service offering. We are ‘what we know’ and ‘who we know’ – we draw upon our sector and industry experience, as well as our extensive network of contacts to deliver innovative solutions to clients. We are the law firm that wants to continue to innovate, to exceed client expectations and contribute to the development of African commercial markets and the legal services sector.
ALP is Nigeria’s first truly African law firm. Afrocentric and client-centric: we represent the future of legal practice in Africa.
SPECIALTIES
Corporate & Commercial Transactions, Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Company Secretarial & Corporate Compliance, Intellectual Property, Risk Management, Business Advisory, Private Client.
Lawyers
MOHAMMED BELLO SALIHU
OLASUPO SHASORE
OYINKANSOLA BADEJO-OKUSANYA
Web
Address
15 MILITARY STREET
ONIKAN
Lagos / Abuja
Nigeria
AELEX
Law Firms
iarb
Nigeria Office
ǼLEX is a full service commercial and litigation law firm and one of the largest law firms in West Africa with its head office in Lagos, Nigeria and other offices in Port Harcourt and Abuja in Nigeria and in Accra, Ghana.
Our Dispute Resolution Practice is one of Nigeria’s largest and most experienced, boasting an exceptional practice group of about 24 dedicated lawyers. The department is headed by Mrs. ’Funke Adekoya, SAN a Senior Advocate of Nigeria with over 40 years active litigation experience and comprises other highly skilled practitioners who have very strong reputations in Nigeria’s dispute resolution terrain and are experienced in resolving disputes whether by way of litigation, mediation, arbitration or expert determination. In addition to qualifying in law, lawyers in the firm have qualifications in disciplines such as political science, economics and engineering which supports the dispute resolution practice. In addition to acting as arbitration counsel, lawyers in the firm are regularly appointed as arbitrators in both local and international disputes in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US
- ǼLEX “gives us well researched and broad-based advice” (Chambers Global 2017)
- ǼLEX “provides an industry perspective to issues and are well-resourced with experienced partners and associates.” (Chambers Global 2017)
- ǼLEX is “very efficient, creative and professional – a pleasure to work with.” (Chambers Global 2017)
- ǼLEX is “very co-operative. If we needed an answer and the question was urgent, they would reply to us promptly. There have been many times they went beyond our expectation.” (Chambers Global 2017)
- ǼLEX is “top-notch. They are very efficient and professional with good depth of resources.” (Chambers Global 2017)
- ǼLEX was ranked by Who’s Who Legal as firm of the year for Nigeria in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011 & 2009
Lawyers
IBIFUBARA BERENIBARA
NGOZI EFOBI
Web
Tel
(+234-1) 4617321-3, 2793367-8, 7406533,
Address
4th floor,
Marble House
1 Kingsway Road
Falomo, Ikoyi
Lagos
Nigeria
Adepetun Caxton Martins Agbor Segun
Law Firms
iarb
Lagos,Nigeria office
Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun (“ACAS-LAW”) is a leading commercial law firm with a culture built on the idea that sustainability in business derives from consistently providing technically excellent and creative legal solutions against the background of the highest standards of integrity.
The firm consists of 11 visionary partners recognised by the leading ranking agencies as first class in their respective areas of practice and 40 brilliant lawyers who embody the best of the profession. With offices in three strategic locations and a support staff complement of 22 highly experienced individuals, the firm operates as a single, integrated practice enabling the seamless delivery of legal and business advisory services to our clients.
In over 25 years of existence, ACAS-LAW has developed considerable legal expertise and accumulated a wealth of knowledge in various sectors of the Nigerian economic landscape including energy and natural resources, mining, electricity, telecommunications, infrastructure, shipping, aviation, real estate and banking to name a few.
The firm also operates ADCAX Nominees Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary which provides dedicated service in the area of company secretarial services, corporate governance and compliance to the clients of ACAS-LAW.
Lawyers
FUNKE AGBOR
Web
Tel
+ 234 (1) 462 2094
Address
9th Floor,
St. Nicholas House
Catholic Mission Street
Lagos
Nigeria
Adedoyin Rhodes Vivour
Lawyers
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Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co.
ADEDOYIN RHODES-VIVOUR, LLB, LLM (LAGOS), M.A. (LONDON), FCIARB
Chartered Arbitrator
CEDR (UK) Accredited Mediator
Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, a British Chevening Scholar is the Managing Partner, Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co (Legal Practitioners and Arbitrators) a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK). Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981 and is a Notary Public of Nigeria. Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour has very significant experience in Arbitration and ADR mainly under the UNCITRAL, ICC and LCIA Rules. Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour’s expertise has been recognized in publications such as the arbitration chapter of Who’s Who Legal Nigeria and Guide to the World’s Leading Commercial Arbitration Experts [Expert Guide] as one of the preeminent professionals in the world. She is listed on the panel of various international and domestic arbitration and ADR institutions.
She is the Chairperson, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Nigeria Branch. She is a member of the International Law Association (ILA) International Committee on International Commercial Arbitration and the Pioneer Chair, Committee on International Commercial Arbitration of the International Law Association (ILA) Nigerian Branch.
She has held significant roles in various international and domestic arbitral organizations including being a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague, Netherlands pursuant to her nomination by Nigeria (2010 – 2016) and was a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Paris (2011 – 2018). She is a member of ArbitralWomen and a member of the International Steering Committee of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge. She was the Vice-Chairman, Board of Governors Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC) and was also pioneer president of the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (2005 – 2010). She was the pioneer Chairperson of the Section on Business Law Nigerian Bar Association Arbitration/ADR Committee [2005 – 2010].
She has written several articles on Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution and regularly delivers papers at international and domestic conferences and training events. She is an approved tutor for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Regional Pathway Leader for Africa. She recently authored a book titled: ‘Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria through the Cases’ published by LexisNexis.
Adedolapo Adewole
Lawyers
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STRACHAN PARTNERS
Adedolapo Adewole is an experienced legal practitioner who majors in civil litigation, research and alternative dispute resolution practices. She has garnered over 5 years of litigation experience spanning different areas of Nigerian Law. A graduate of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Universtiy, Nigeria, she was admitted into the Nigerian Bar in 2012 and has since undergone several trainings and participated in workshops to further hone her skills.
Dolapo, as fondly called by colleagues was introduced to the practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution in her college days and developed an unwaning interest in the various mechanisms involved. Little wonder she chose to write her final year thesis on the subject – The Alternative to Dispute Resolution in Modern Times: A Critical Appraisal.
Adedolapo has spent the last five years of her professional life under the tutelage of the renowned international arbitrator – Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson SAN and has garnered a world of legal and arbitration knowledge and experience working with him. Apart from having undergone trainings on the mechanisms of alternative dispute resolutions, she has also participated in a number of both civil and commercial arbitration, mediation and negotiation proceedings over the years. Notably she was involved in the proceedings of a high profile international arbitration among major oil companies in Nigeria. She also coached the team from her firm to win three out of the five prizes in the 2017 moot arbitration competition of the Lagos Court of Arbitration Young Arbitrators Network (LCA-YAN), going ahead to emerge first runner up.
Dolapo loves visiting new places and is happily married with kids.
Abubakar Anafi
Lawyers
iarb
G. Elias & Co.
Abubakar Anafi is a strong member of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Unit who advised on various dispute resolution matters cutting across real estate, capital markets, banking, consumer products, share price manipulation, among others. He played a significant role in the recently concluded arbitration of over USD5mm involving a leading company in Africa and is defending the suit seeking to set aside the arbitral award made in the arbitration. He was a key member of the team that advised Lutin Investments Limited on the enforcement of an arbitral award of US$447mm.
Abubakar is advising clients, inter alia, (a) in arbitration involving the Federal Government of Nigeria for a claim of USD80mm for breach of contract for the construction of hydro-electric power plant, (b) on the enforcement of an arbitration agreement in a claim of over N1.2bn and (c) in an appeal seeking to set aside an Arbitral Award of over N200mm. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) Nigerian Branch, The London Court of International Arbitration and the Lagos Court of Arbitration. Abubakar is also Commonwealth Professional Fellow.
Aaron Onyebuchi
Lawyers
iarb
STRACHAN PARTNERS
Aaron Onyebuchi is a dispute resolution expert and a Senior Associate in the law firm of Strachan Partners. He heads the Dispute Resolution Team of the firm. He received his LL.B in 2007 and his B.L in 2008. He is involved in civil litigation and has participated in various court cases of significant importance in the High Courts and Appellate Courts in Nigeria. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Aaron has worked on several commercial arbitration disputes and represented both domestic and foreign clients in arbitral proceedings. He has acted as counsel to parties in arbitration, including representing an automobile company in arbitration proceedings to determine its rights under a dealership agreement by which it appointed another company as a non-exclusive dealer of its luxury brand. He has also represented an international oil company in an oil and gas dispute to determine parties’ rights and entitlements in respect of a jointly developed oil block.
Aaron has also been involved in civil litigation in respect of challenge of arbitral awards. He has also represented parties in several mediations and has acted a mediator in an employment dispute. He is interested in international conflict resolution and has completed courses with the United States Institute of Peace on Conflict Analysis and Negotiation and Conflict Management. He is a member the Lagos Court of Arbitration-Young Arbitrators Network, Young-ICSID, Young-ICCA, among others.
Email
aaron.onyebuchi@strachanpartners.com
Contact
+234 803 231 2883
Address
10, Waheed Eletu Street
Osapa London, Lekki
Lagos
Nigeria
C Vs. D1, D2, D3 [2015] EWHC 2126
iarb
Algeria
The claimant was a Nigerian subsidiary of Z, an oil and gas company. D1 and D3 were affiliated companies, based in Nigeria, which were engaged in the production of crude oil. D2 was the parent company of D1 and D3 and was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. C commenced LCIA arbitration proceedings against D1 and D2; seeking performance of their payment obligations under the Sale and Purchase agreement. The Claimant sought to challenge two out of the five findings of the Partial Award rendered in October 2014 under sections 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The claimant was challenging the fact that the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear disputes in relation to the Production Sharing Contract and to join D3 to the arbitration without the consent of all existing parties. The court considered the four following issues:
1) Whether C has lost the right to challenge the Award;
2) Whether the Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear disputes in relation to the Production Sharing Contract;
3) Whether the Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine claims made by D3 (rather than on his behalf);
4) Whether the Tribunal has the power to join D3 to the arbitral proceedings.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Vs. Mr Thierry Tanoh [2015] EWHC 1874
iarb
Algeria
Mr Tanoh was an employee at Ecobank and the terms of his employment contract specified that disputes should be referred to arbitration in London under the UNCITRAL rules. A dispute arose in relation to termination of the contract and Mr Tanoh commenced litigation in the Republic of Cote D’Ivoire and also in the Togolese Republic. Ecobank contested jurisdiction but was unsuccessful. It then commenced its own arbitration proceedings but did not seek an anti-suit injunction from the English courts. Mr Tanoh was successful in both sets of proceedings and was awarded approximately US$24 million. When Mr Tanoh sought to enforce the foreign judgments, Ecobank applied to the English court for an anti-enforcement injunction. The court rejected Ecobank’s application on the grounds that there had been a delay in seeking the injunction.
The English High Court confirmed that it has the power to grant anti-enforcement injunctions, but refused the claimant’s application due to unnecessary delay.