AELEX
Arbitrators
Adedapo Tunde-Olowu SAN
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Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
MANAGING PARTNER
Career
Dapo is AELEX's Managing Partner and heads the Dispute Resolution Practice.
He was admitted to practice law in Nigeria in 1988 and in England and Wales in 2009. He has over 36 years’ experience in commercial litigation and arbitration and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in several international and domestic arbitral proceedings for over three decades. He has practised extensively before all the superior courts of record in Nigeria.
His practice is focused on the resolution of complex disputes and rendering advice to clients from around the world on matters relating to Oil and Gas, Maritime, Tax, Transportation, Construction, FMCG, Mining and Banking and Finance matters. He also renders advisory services to international financial and lending institutions, commercial and merchant banks, leasing companies, insurance companies, investment companies and other financial institutions.
Dapo was appointed a Notary Public in 2006, was elevated to the prestigious rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2020 and was appointed as a Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR in 2022.
He is recognised as a Global Thought Leader and Africa Thought Leader in Commercial Litigation and as a Global and National Leader in Commercial Litigation and Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal. He is also ranked ‘highly regarded’ in Tax Controversy by IFLR1000 and recognised as a respected litigator in the Chambers Global Directory.
Adedapo heads the editorial team of the Aviation Law Reports of Nigeria (AVLRN), a specialised report covering judgments of the Nigerian Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court on aviation matters.
Languages
English
Memberships
Nigerian Bar Association International Bar Association Chartered Institute of Arbitration (UK) Chartered Institute of Taxation Institute of Construction Arbitrators London Court of International Arbitration (African Users’ Council) Lagos Court of Arbitration
Education
LL.M, University of Lagos. BL, Nigerian Law School. LL.B, University of Benin.