Profile
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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
Memberships
Education
LL.M, University of Lagos.
BL, Nigerian Law School.
LL.B, University of Benin.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team is abreast with all in-country legislation and they provide relevant advice. They are agile in the way they operate and manage their clients.’
‘AELEX has a good appreciation of our issues; they have a knack for delivering innovative solutions to complex legal disputes.’
‘Adedapo Tunde-Olowu, SAN is a grandmaster in the dispute resolution space. He has a thorough understanding (both front and back ends) of the litigation process. He values feedback and has a learner mindset.’
'AELEX has an experienced team of ADR experts who promptly and satisfactorily attend to their clients' instructions.'
'They provide prompt responses to letters of engagement from clients, regular briefs to clients on case progress and reliable legal advice to clients.'
'The firm provides bespoke legal service in a manner that is easy to understand, with the client's best interest and objective in mind.'
'Adedapo Tunde-Olowu SAN is a state of the art expert. I have confidence in the advice that he gives and his leadership of the team is commendable.'
Key clients
- Baker Hughes
- Systems Applications Products (Africa Region) Proprietary Limited
- General Electric
- The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
- GE Oil and Gas
- Amni International Petroleum Development Company Limited
- Embraer SA
- Nokia Siemens Nigeria
- Exxon Mobil
- British American Tobacco Ltd
- Sproxil Nigeria Limited