NIGERIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Olasupo Shasore, Mofiyinfoluwa Enitan, Ibukun Fasoro and Bamidele Ikusika, Africa Law Practice NG & Company
Africa Law Practice NG & Company is an integrated full-service aggregated practice, with offices in Nige - ria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, Namibia, Angola, Cote D’Ivoire and Mauritius. The Ni - geria-based, Africa-focused firm provides the highest quality of legal, business advisory and related servic - es to the local business community and a network of continental and international clients. Africa Law Practice NG & Company (ALP NG & Co) is connected across the continent and internationally, as a result of extensive support capabilities and correspondent
relationships with law firms in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. This complements its ability to provide an efficient and cost-effective service to its clients. Over the years, members of the firm have provided a diverse range of legal services to numer - ous corporate clients, who range from multinational corporations, national and international banks, pri - vate and public companies, sovereign governments and government agencies, to family businesses and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Authors
Olasupo Shasore is a senior advocate of Nigeria, a partner at
Ibukun Fasoro is a senior associate in the commercial litigation and dispute resolution department of Africa Law Practice NG & Company. She has extensive experience in handling complex litigation in several areas of
Africa Law Practice NG & Company and leads the firm’s dispute resolution team. He is a seasoned arbitrator and strategic litigator with 30 years of experience acting for sovereign, sub-national and private international parties in international commercial and investment arbitration/litigation and other advisory capacities. He has a significantly deep experience in investor–state arbitration, and he is the leading African counsel in ICSID experience, investment-related disputes, shipping and maritime law, project and risk advice in mining, natural resources, energy and infrastructure. He is a seasoned arbitrator and is frequently appointed arbitrator or expert on Nigerian law in both domestic and foreign arbitration proceedings.
law including banking and finance, real estate, intellectual property, criminal and civil litigation, commerce, trade, construction law and contracts, and regularly appears before trial and appellate courts. She has also been involved in many successful resolutions of disputes through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as arbitration and mediation. She has represented clients in both domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
Bamidele Ikusika is an associate at Africa Law Practice NG & Company, working across litigation and dispute resolution, business advisory and corporate commercial practice. He was chairperson of the Moot and
Mofiyinfoluwa Enitan is a partner in Africa Law Practice NG & Company’s litigation and dispute resolution department, with over a decade of experience advising on high-value commercial disputes, regulatory
Mock Committee at Obafemi Awolowo University and founded the All Nigerian Universities National Advocacy Championship. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Young International Arbitration Group, and has won several arbitration advocacy awards, including Best Advocate at the NBA-YLF/LACIAC/Nigeria-VYAP Arbitration Moot. His publications include work on arbitration, competition and consumer protection law, public– private law, and cybersecurity law in Nigeria.
compliance and contract matters. He has represented multinational and local clients before Nigeria’s superior courts, including defending a client against a freezing injunction on a USD7.5 billion construction project, disproving insurer liability in a EUR2 million aircraft insurance dispute, and securing a USD1 million exit package for a wrongfully dismissed executive. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and holds a certificate from the Lagos Court of Arbitration Master Class.
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