FIRM NEWS
ǼLEX Senior Associate is ThisDay Legal PErsonality of the Year
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 [...]
AELEX Partner to Attend International Anti-counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) Conference
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 [...]
AELEX Senior Associate is Legal Personality of the Week
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 [...]
ǼLEX sponsors 2018 Annual Law Week
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 [...]
Lagos State Establishes Small Claims’ Court
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 [...]
ǼLEX Senior Associate, Tiwalola Osazuwa appointed as the Social Secretary of the Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Nigeria (IPLAN)
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 [...]
TOYOTA WINS COURT DISPUTE OVER INFRINGEMENT OF “LEXUS” TRADEMARK: THE DECISION IN TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION V. SUBAYA METALWARE NIGERIA LTD & ANOR
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 [...]
ǼLEX RETAINS TOP RANKING IN FOUR PRACTICE AREAS
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 [...]
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) issues Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption (Fiscalisation)
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 [...]
AELEX Sponsors Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
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) [...]
AELEX Participates in German-African Energy Forum
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 [...]
Olufunmbi Olutoyosi Kehinde – A Lawyer Should Never Stop Reading
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”.
Aelex Elevates Lawyers to Senior Associates
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) gives key note address titled Is international arbitration truly international – The role of diversity at the 3rd Annual London Centre for International Law and Practice Conference.
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 [...]
The possible effect of the use of National Identity Number in arbitration proceedings
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 [...]
Keynote Address by Funke Adekoya, SAN on Diversity in IA
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 [...]
NIGERIA – IN THE FACE OF EXPULSION FROM THE EGMONT GROUP
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 [...]
Powers of the CBN vis-a-vis Payment of Dividends
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 [...]
The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review – Nigerian Chapter
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 [...]
AELEX Partner, Davidson Oturu, appointed as member of the Africa Global Advisory Council (AGAC) of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
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 [...]