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Adeola Oyinlade

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. · Adeola Oyinlade & Co

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About

Adeola Oyinlade is Senior Partner at Adeola Oyinlade & Co and leads the Taxation, Intellectual Property, Corporate/Commercial, International Trade and Company Secretarial practice group. He advises a wide range of national and international clients across companies, governments, intergovernmental organisations, financial institutions, universities, charities, technology companies and manufacturers, and has received the 2018 IBA Human Rights Lawyer of the Year and the 2021 ABA International Human Rights Award.

Practice areas

TaxationIntellectual PropertyCorporate / M&AInternational TradeCompany Secretarial

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Expertise

Multinational and Nigerian corporate taxCorporate governance and corporate structuresShareholders and joint venture agreementsHuman rights advocacy and litigationAdvising governments and intergovernmental organisations

Education

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

Languages

English