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Mr Adeola Oyinlade

Work Department

Taxation, IP, Corporate/Commercial, International Trade and Company Secretarial Practice Group

Position

Adeola is a Senior Partner and leads the Taxation, IP, Corporate/Commercial, International Trade and Company Secretarial Practice Group.

He advises a wide range of national and foreign clients including several companies, intergovernmental organizations, foreign governments’ agencies, multinationals, financial institutions, universities, international charities, and technology companies and a vast range of manufacturers in over a decade. He also serves clients from individual through small businesses to public and private companies, foreign law firms and international consultancy firms while providing litigation, advisory and other support services.

As the Senior Partner of Adeola Oyinlade & Co, a leading law firm known for providing competent, innovative, cost-effective and well-timed responsive services from the commercial hub of Lagos, he has received several national and global recognitions in his human rights work including the 2018 International Bar Association (IBA) Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in Rome, Italy and the 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) International Human Rights Award in Chicago, United States.

He has drafted several shareholders and joint venture agreements and regularly advises on multinational and Nigerian companies’ tax issues, corporate structures, shareholder rights and other corporate governance related issues.

Career

Senior partner of the firm. Previously associate at Bello Kazeem & Co; Member, Volunteer Sub-Technical Committee, World Economic Forum Africa 2014, Abuja, Nigeria; Member and Representative of NBA President, National Committee against Torture, Abuja, Nigeria (2020 – 2022), Consultant, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Reforming national laws by African Union member states in compliance with the African Youth Charter (2011 – 2013); Chairman, Board of Trustee, Constitutional Rights Awareness and Liberty Initiative.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member, International Bar Association (IBA)

Member, International Bar Association Human Rights Committee

Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)

Member and Representative of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the National Committee Against Torture

Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch

Education

University of Lagos (LL.B Hons., 2011; LL.M 2013), Nigerian Law School (Certificate of the Council of Legal Education, 2012);

 

Leisure

Chair, Board of Trustees, Constitutional Rights Awareness and Liberty Initiative (CRALI)