The Court of Appeal has on 10 March 2017 confirmed that the jurisdiction of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, which is an administrative appellate body over tax disputes as set out in the Federal Inland Revenue Service [...]
The Nigerian Court of Appeal in Esso Petroleum and Production Nigeria Limited & Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited v. Federal Inland Revenue Service & Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [Esso v. FIRS] deviates from its [...]
Our Soji Awogbade of the Firm's Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group is attending the 20th Annual Africa Energy Forum presently taking place in Mauritius. The theme of the conference is "Reflections on the last 20 [...]
ǼLEX is proud to be one of the sponsors of the 12th Annual Business Law Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA SBL) scheduled to hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja from [...]
Private placement refers to the issuing of securities by a company to a small number of select persons. In Nigeria, where the company issuing the securities (the "issuing company") is a public company, the Securities and [...]
The Federal High Court Lagos ("FHC”), delivered a ruling in Suit No.: FHC/L/CP/540/2012 RRSAT Global Communications Networks Limited v Daar Communications Plc, affirming its jurisdiction to hear a petition for the winding up of a company [...]
Our Mrs Funke Adekoya SAN, of the Firm’s Arbitration Practice Group, will be making presentations at the 50th UNCITRAL & 60th New York Convention Anniversaries Conference being organised by the International Dispute Resolution institute [IDRI] on 14th [...]
AELEX is pleased to announce the elevation of Mr. Ishaya Amaza to the role of Senior Associate in the firm. Ishaya Amaza holds an LL.M in Petroleum Law & Policy which he obtained from the prestigious [...]
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in a judgment delivered by Honourable Justice Valentine B. Ashi in Suit No. FCT/HC/CV/2625/16 on 12th April 2018, declared as null and void the practice of collection [...]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved an amendment to the Excise Duty Rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco. The new excise duty, which took effect from Monday, 4th June 2018, will be implemented over a [...]
ǼLEX Senior Associate, Ngozi Efobi, is ThisDay Newspaper’s Legal Personality of the Week. Please see link below her interview titled “The Lawyers who win the Most, Prepare the Most”. Read more
Simply put, a domain name can be considered as the name that a person or business chooses for his/its website. It is used to identify a registered Internet Protocol (IP) address which online visitors can use [...]
Tax liability attaches to the assets and incomes belonging to or accruing to persons which may, within the context, include natural and corporate persons under the laws in force in Nigeria . What this means is [...]
As part of its corporate social responsibility towards the community, ǼLEX supports Child Life Line. Child Life Line is a voluntary, non-profit-making and charitable association catering for children in need. It opened its first residential rehabilitation [...]
ǼLEX Senior Associate, Kofoworola Bamgbose, is ThisDay Newspaper’s Legal Personality of the Week. Please see attached and link below her interview titled “A Good Lawyer Must Have The Ability To Empathise”. Read More
One of the Partners in the Firm's Intellectual Property and Brand Protection Practice Group, Davidson Oturu LL.M, will be attending the Annual Spring Conference of the International Anti-counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) scheduled to take place from 16th [...]
Kofoworola Bamgbose is a Senior Associate in the Firm's Energy & Natural Resources and Regulatory Compliance Practice Groups. In 2017, Kofo returned from an 18-month secondment to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC). During [...]
ǼLEX is a proud sponsor of the 2018 Annual Law Week of the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The event is scheduled to run from 5th – 11th May 2018 and it has the [...]
The Small Claims' Court was commissioned by the Chief Judge of Lagos State on Monday, 23rd April 2018. The Small Claims’ Courts are being established in all the Magisterial Districts in Lagos State. The essence of [...]
ǼLEX congratulates our Senior Associate, Tiwalola Osazuwa, on her appointment as the Social Secretary of the Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Nigeria (IPLAN). Her appointment was made at the IPLAN Annual General Meeting that held on [...]
