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AELEX 6th Annual Lecture
AELEX held its 6th Annual Lecture titled “TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION” at the AGIP Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos on Tuesday, 20 July 2010.
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AELEX appoints new Managing Partner
AELEX announces that with effect from 1st January 2010 Mr. 'Soji Awogbade has assumed the position of Managing Partner at AELEX. He succeeds Mrs. Funke Adekoya (SAN), the firm’s first Managing Partner, whose tenure culminated in the firm receiving international recognition as ‘Firm of the Year’ in Nigeria by Who’s Who Legal for 2009.
‘Soji Awogbade, a lawyer for over three decades is a world renowned energy specialist. He has served in various professional associations including as International Director on the Board of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). He is listed in the International Who’s Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers 2007, 2008, 2009, and has been featured for many years in the Guide to the World’s Leading Energy & Natural Resources Lawyers. He is a pioneer environmental lawyer in Nigeria and consultant to international, federal and state government environmental agencies.
‘Soji Awogbade takes over the mantle as Managing Partner of one of West Africa’s largest, leading law firms with a mandate to take the firm to even greater heights.
AELEX Secretaries Limited
The company secretarial department of the firm recently experienced a complete overhaul. Formerly operating through either BST or CRANBROOK NOMINEES, both vehicles have been merged and renamed AELEX SECRETARIES LIMITED. In the same vein, Mrs. Bimbo Ekar-Fowler was appointed the Managing Director of AELEX SECRETARIES LIMITED and she multi tasks as a Managing Associate at the Firm. Mrs. Fowler is a seasoned lawyer with over fourteen years experience in offering Corporate Commercial and Business Regulatory advice. Before joining AELEX, she was the departmental head of the Business Regulatory and Advisory Service Unit in one of Nigeria’s leading law firms.
New Hires
The following lawyers joined AELEX this year:
AELEX: The People, the Power
Recently, AELEX recorded a first in the country by becoming the first Nigerian law firm to be recognised in Who's Who Legal when it was recognised as Nigerian Law Firm of the Year for 2009. In addition, three of its six partners were recognised as leaders in their fields: Soji Awogbade in Oil and Gas, Fubara Anga in Aviation and Gbite Adeniji in Mining Law. This week, the firm also celebrates five successful years of the merging of the practices of five of its partners to form ÆLEX. A sixth partner has since been admitted. The merger, at the time, was another first in the Nigerian legal community.
Culled from ThisDay Newspaper. Click here to download the full article .
Who's Who Legal: Nigeria 2009 Firm of the year
“Nigeria is featured for the first time in the (Who’s Who Legal) awards and AELEX has been named the Nigerian law firm of the year for 2009. Recognition is also given to some of our partners as leaders in their various fields: ‘Soji Awogbade was featured as a leading Oil & Gas lawyer; Fubara Anga was listed as a leader in the Aviation practice area while ‘Gbite Adeniji was named as a leading Mining lawyer.”
LSBIR v. NBC on Sales Tax
High Court of Lagos State dismisses claim for sales tax by Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue against Nigerian Bottling Company Plc. Read more ...
Appointment to the Executive Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Nigeria Branch
Mrs. ‘Funke Adekoya (SAN), was appointed as the 1st Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in June 2009. The Branch was established in Nigeria in 1998.
Firm News
The recent global financial meltdown has caused investors to be less than forgiving when reviewing allegations of corporate malfeasance. AELEX is currently providing legal advice to one of Nigeria’s leading conglomerates as well as other shareholders affected by share reconstructions in the banking sector that have resulted in the diminished value of its investments in publicly quoted companies.
The share reconstruction and its effects are a result of the recent restructuring of the Nigerian banking sector which resulted in the merging of many banks. The resulting recapitalizations and share capital reconstructions have generated controversies which may open a floodgate of hitherto unseen shareholder class actions in Nigeria.
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