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Theophilus Emuwa

SENIOR PARTNER · AELEX

NigeriaTax, Corporate / M&AEnglish

About

Founding senior partner at AELEX who heads the firm's Taxation, Intellectual Property, Corporate/Commercial and Company Secretarial practice groups. Widely acknowledged as one of Nigeria’s leading tax practitioners and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.

Practice areas

TaxCorporate / M&AIntellectual PropertyCompany SecretarialEnergy & Natural Resources

Office

Expertise

Corporate taxation (including petroleum profits tax)Shareholder and joint venture agreementsPrivatization strategy and advisoryM&A due diligence and transaction advisoryPetroleum sector advisory; environmental and oil-spill compensation issuesCorporate governance

Education

  • BL, Nigerian Law School
  • Dip. Law, Polytechnic of Central London, England
  • M.Sc. Eng., Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London
  • B.Sc. Eng., Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London

Admissions

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
  • Member, Nigerian Bar Association

Languages

English