We are pleased to announce that Onyinyechi Iwuoha, an Associate in ǼLEX’s Banking and Finance Practice Group, has been selected for the ILFA Flagship Secondment Programme (IFSP). Under the IFSP, she will be seconded to [...]
His Royal Highness, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi visited our Lagos office today. During his courtesy visit, he spoke to our lawyers about the important roles lawyers have played historically in [...]
ǼLEX is delighted to announce that we have been nominated in three categories for this year’s African Legal Awards. These include: Competition & Regulatory Team of the Year, IP Team of the Year, and Partner of [...]
We are delighted to announce that ǼLEX has, once again, been recognised as Nigeria’s ‘Law Firm of the Year’ by Who’s Who Legal (WWL). The firm was recognised at the WWL’s sixth annual ceremony held on [...]
Dr. Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade, International Counsel at ǼLEX, has been appointed as a member of the World Trade Board. He joins twenty other global trade and finance leaders on this prestigious board, as the first [...]
Watch the full interview of ǼLEX Associate Adefoworola Tokan-Lawal discussing some trending legal issues on Arise TV.
Nigeria has seen remarkable growth in the technological sector, including exponential growth in FinTech companies, encompassing start-ups and more established businesses, attracting significant interest from policymakers in implementing new regulations for the FinTech industry. In [...]
Save the date for the 2019 edition of the Aelex Annual Lecture scheduled to hold on the 3rd of July 2019 at Agip Recital Hall, Muson Centre Lagos Nigeria. Watch this space for more details.
It has been a few months since the issuance of the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (‘NDPR’). The NDPR applies to the processing of the personal information of Nigerians and non-Nigerian residents, and the risks [...]
Davidson Oturu Introduction Cambridge Dictionary defines data as “information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making or information in an electronic form that can be stored and [...]
We congratulate Mrs. Funke Adekoya SAN for winning the the 'WOMEN IN LAW AWARD' at the 7 Wonder Women Awards Ceremony Ball. This award was facilitated through a partnership between Guardian Woman and Lexan Media Services [...]
In the second part of this series, our Ademola Adeyoju delves further into the union between Financial Technology (FinTech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). You may click on the link to access part 1 of the article: [...]
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade has joined the firm as International Counsel. He joins the firm after over 30 years of working in the legal profession and financial services sector. He was [...]
What Does “FinTech” Really Mean? FinTech is a portmanteau developed from the words “financial” and “technology”. It is used to describe technologically enabled innovations that are rewriting the rules of financial transactions. It is also [...]
ǼLEX is proud to have been ranked by Chambers and Partners as a 'Leading Firm' in Nigeria in its 2019 FinTech Guide. The Chambers Global directory, published every year by Chambers & Partners, is a [...]
On 30th January, 2019, The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage company, completed its acquisition of a 100% stake in C.H.I. Limited, one of Nigeria’s foremost fruit juice and drinks manufacturers. The transaction was structured [...]
Following its earlier expression of interest to go after alleged tax defaulters with huge funds in Nigerian banks, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) recently started issuing letters to commercial banks, appointing them as tax collection [...]
