REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Lead Transaction Adviser to the Oyo State Government on a proposed Gas Transmission and Distribution Network
Project to be undertaken by Shell Natural Gas in Oyo State.
Lead legal advisor to Segilola Gold Project, the original promoters of the only successful gold mining
project in Nigeria. These promoters have become a minority stakeholder in the project following a successful
acquisition of their company by a Canadian based mining company.
Lead Legal Adviser to Duchess Hospital Limited- providing legal services to the hospital regarding multiple agreements entered into
with Health Management Organizations, Lease agreements and loan facilities.
Advised a major multinational oil company in an extra-jurisdictional suit over a dispute with host communities involving a
multi-billion dollar claim.
Represented an integrated oil and gas company in a multi-million dollar multi-jurisdictional matter, which arose from the
construction of a crude oil export terminal.
Deputy team lead of the legal team that secured a multi-million dollar plus judgement on behalf of one of
Nigeria’s leading oil and gas companies in a landmark tax dispute before the Federal Court in Nigeria,
against Nigeria’s maritime regulatory agency. The decision validated an important stabilization statute in
Nigeria, as well as guarantees and investment incentives granted to a consortium of international oil
companies by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Lead Counsel in a multi-million dollar arbitration claim arising from an engineering, procurement and
construction contract for the construction of a petroleum products depot and the associated infrastructure.
Lead Counsel in a multi-million-dollar arbitration claim arising from an engineering, procurement and
construction contract for the dredging and upgrading of navigational facilities along a river channel to
facilitate marine transportation of petroleum products.
Extracted a 95% reduction in the assessed tax liability of a major American Multi-National Corporation after a leading
international audit and tax consultant had advised that the corporation was liable for the Best of Judgment assessment due to
its failure to challenge the assessment promptly. The intervention led to parties executing terms of settlement.
Representative of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on
its fiscal obligations to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Lead a team of solicitors responsible for advisory, documentation, perfection of title and litigation in respect of the
largest and most successful private residential/commercial real estate development project in Nigeria.
Team lead of the group acting as Lead Legal Consultants to the Federal Government of Nigeria on the sale of
Federal Landed Property throughout Nigeria. The project has so far involved the sale of hundreds of millions
of dollars of real estate.
