In a judgment delivered on December 29, 2017 in Toyota Motor Corporation v. Subaya Metalware Nigeria Limited & Anor , the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal held that the mere filing of a trademark [...]
ǼLEX has retained its top ranking in the 2018 Rankings by the Legal 500 for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). ǼLEX is ranked as a Tier 1 law firm in Commercial, Corporate and Merger & [...]
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) issued the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption (Fiscalisation) Regulation in December 2017. The Regulation was made pursuant to the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Law which gives the LIRS [...]
ǼLEX is proud to be one of the sponsors of the forthcoming Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) International Petroleum Summit. Our Mr. Soji Awogbade (Partner) and Mrs. Kofoworola Bamgbose (Senior Associate) will be in attendance at [...]
Aelex Partner, Mr. Lawrence Fubara Anga, and Associate, Mr. Ishaya Amaza, will be participating in the German-African Energy Forum taking place in Hamburg from the 23rd to 25th April 2018. The theme for the Forum is [...]
Aelex Senior Associate, Olufunmbi Olutoyosi Kehinde, is ThisDay Newspaper’s Legal Personality of the Week. Please see attached her interview titled “A Lawyer Should Never Stop Reading”.
ǼLEX is pleased to announce that Olufunmbi Kehinde, Tiwalola Osazuwa, Rafiq Anammah, Adefolake Adewusi and Kofoworola Bamgbose have been promoted to Senior Associates.
Mrs. Funke Adekoya SAN, Member of the Scottish Arbitration Centre’s Arbitral Appointments Committee, providing the keynote address on 6th March 2018 at the 3rd Annual London Centre for International Law and Practice Conference. The keynote address [...]
In October 2017, the National Identity Management Commission – which was established under the National Identity Management Commission Act 2007 (NIMC Act)– issued the Mandatory Use of the National Identification Number Regulations 2017 (NIM Regulations). The [...]
Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group of ǼLEX, Mrs Funke Adekoya, SAN, gave the keynote address, which focused on energy and arbitration in the Middle East and Africa, at the just concluded 3rd Annual London [...]
Nigeria, through the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit ("NFIU"), is a member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units ("the Egmont Group”). The Egmont Group is an international anti-corruption body consisting of the Financial Intelligence Units [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently issued a directive, dated 31st January 2018, barring Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Discount Houses (DHs) that do not meet the minimum Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) set by the [...]
Theophilus Emuwa, Chiyerugo Ugoji, Adefolake Adewusi, and Chioma Okonkwo recently made a contribution in the 8th edition of The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review 2018. “The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review is a yearly publication [...]
ǼLEX is pleased to announce the appointment of one of our Partners, Davidson Oturu, as a member of the Africa Global Advisory Council (AGAC) of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for a 2-year term commencing January [...]
As the sun gradually sets on the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS/Scheme), the Minister of Finance has reiterated government’s resolve to stick to the March 31st, 2018 deadline. The Minister, who stated this at [...]
As part of its efforts to commemorate the International Women’s Day, the Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute will be having a one day conference with the theme “The Role of Women in Peace and Development”. The [...]
In November 2017, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) released the Eligible Customer Regulations 2017 (‘the Regulations’). The Regulations seek to implement the May 2017 declaration of the Minister of Power on the categories of customers who [...]
The Federal High Court in a recent judgment has affirmed that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has the powers to regulate and control the exportation, importation, manufacture, distribution, sale and [...]
ÆLEX Partner, Mrs. Funke Adekoya, SAN, participated in the recently concluded Arbitration seminar organized by the Lagos Court Of Arbitration (LCA) in collaboration with Shearman & Sterling LLP. Her presentation was featured in 'The Guardian' newspaper of Tuesday, December 5, [...]
ǼLEX Arbitration Practice Group is delighted to have been awarded the exclusive right to provide updates on Nigeria for the International Law Office (ILO) Arbitration & ADR Newsletters. ILO delivers expert legal commentary, in the form [...]
