Olukayode Dada > Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie > Lagos, Nigeria > Lawyer Profile

Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
ST NICHOLAS HOUSE (12TH FLOOR)
CATHOLIC MISSION STREET
LAGOS
Nigeria
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

2021 Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
2018 Managing Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
2015 Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
2013 Senior Associate, Consolex Legal Practitioners
2012 Senior Counsel, Mike Igbokwe (SAN) & Co.
2011 Senior Associate Counsel, Grange Link Partners
2010
Senior Legal Officer/Company Secretary, Royal Exchange Plc/Royal Exchange Healthcare Limited
2006 Associate, Chris Ogunbanjo & Co.
2005 Trainee Associate, ABFR & Co.

Languages

English

Memberships

Nigerian Bar Association
Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics

Education

2018 Compliance Certification Board, Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)
2005 Nigerian Law School, BL
2004 Lagos State University, LL.B.

Personal

Olukayode Dada is a Partner in Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie’s Dispute Resolution, Compliance and Investigations and Intellectual Property teams. His core specialisations are commercial litigation, white-collar crimes, ethics and compliance, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering/combating terrorist financing (AML/CFT) laws, cybersecurity and intellectual property. Olukayode has extensive experience in commercial litigation, intellectual property and in conducting fraud, anti-corruption, other ethics-related internal investigations, and general and/or criminal background checks for ongoing or potential business relationships.

Olukayode has spoken at global conferences including at the 35th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Maryland, USA and at the National Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Conference in Orlando, Florida. He is a contributor to the Lex Mundi Global Anti-Corruption Compliance Guide. His work has been recognized by The Legal 500.

Lawyer Rankings

Nigeria > Dispute resolution

At Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, the practice is home to ‘a very experienced team of litigators‘ with ‘excellent dispute resolution skills‘. The group is well-versed in representing high-profile clients in international disputes. Uzoma Azikiwe heads up the department, in which arbitration expert Festus Onyia and Mesuabari Mene-Josiah garner praise as ‘accessible and detail-oriented‘ practitioners. Olukayode Dada advises on commercial litigation and white-collar crime matters, while Olamide Aleshinloye is an expert in asset and debt recovery claims.  Michael Ugah is a key contact for contentious tax work;  Shakirudeen Mosobalaje is well-versed in oil and gas litigation; and Mesuabari Mene-Josiah handles commercial, employment and real estate disputes.