Biography

Soji is a founding Partner at the firm and heads the Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group. His area of expertise spans across Oil and Gas, Project Finance, Investment and Securities, Environmental and Company Law. Over the last 30 years he has either managed or directly participated in most of the major FDI transactions in the Nigerian electric power and petroleum sectors. These include financings and other projects such as the Mobil OSO Field Condensate Development Project, the Mobil Independent Power Plant Project, the ENRON Emergency Power Plant Project, the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) Project, several marginal field transactions (farm – ins and farm – outs, Joint Operating Agreements, Joint Venture and Operating Agreements).

As a pioneer practitioner of environmental law in Nigeria, Soji has been active over the last ten years in developing the legal, regulatory and policy framework for Nigeria and was largely responsible for the formation of the Nigerian Environmental Law Society. He is an international consultant to the UNDP on the environment. He has also consulted for the Nigerian Ministry of Solid Minerals Development on a legal and regulatory framework for minerals development and the National Forum for Sustainable Development.

He was on the Technical Working Group of the World Bank, assisted on the project for the development of Law on Response, Compensation and Liability for Environmental Damage in Nigeria, was a facilitator at US Eximbank capacity building services for West Africa in Project Finance Law and was a national delegate appointed by the President of Nigeria to understudy the American lobby system.

Rankings

Leading Lawyer 2017 IFLR 1000
Leading Lawyer 2016 IFLR 1000
Band 2- Energy and Natural Resources Chambers and Partners
Foreign Expert (Ghana) in Energy & Natural Resource Chambers and Partners

Certifications

BL, Nigerian Law School.
LL.B, University of Ife.

Professional Associations

Nigerian Bar Association
International Bar Association
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
American Bar Association
Environmental Law Society (UK)
Environmental Law Society (Nigeria)