Oluwatobi Kadiri
Oluwatobi, who is a graduate of the University of Lagos, is the Company Secretary and Legal Adviser at Avon HMO.
She is a Corporate Law expert with a demonstrated history of working in the Legal Services Industry. She is also skilled in Capital Markets, Corporate and Finance Law.
She had previously served for over 2 years as Company Secretary and Head, Legal subsequently at Platform Capital Investment Partners. She was also an Associate at Tokunbo Orimobi LP from February 2017 to March 2018.
Iyiola Alokolaro-Oyefeso
Iyiola is the Group Head Legal Services at AA&R Investment Group.
She is a Company Secretary and Legal Advisor with over 13 years proven experience in providing efficient company secretarial, legal, contractual, and regulatory compliance support to companies in various industries, particularly the oil and gas industry.
She possesses excellent people management and leadership skills with the ability to influence her colleagues positively. She confidently has a good knowledge of corporate governance principles and its applicability in organizations; possess outstanding negotiation and communication skills with the ability to explain legal issues in simple terms.
Ina Arome
Ina is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a focus on business advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and other significant business transactions. She has significant experience advising companies in telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology, ranging from early stage companies to established multinational corporations. Ina also has extensive experience managing deals in the energy and natural resources sector.
As a corporate/commercial lawyer, Ina enjoys the constant challenge of finding practical, commercial and innovative solutions to complex legal issues. She gains the most satisfaction from fostering and nurturing close client relationships – because that’s where the most effective, client-driven solutions start.
Ijezie M. Emedosi
Presently, Ijezie M. Emedosi occupies the position of Head-Legal at Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc
Folajimi Olamide Akinla ADIT
Folajimi represent businesses and the organised private sector by advocating for fair and favourable fiscal and tax regimes. He also works with government (federal and state) to come up with sustainable fiscal and tax policies. When not advocating or making policies, He leads the Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution Team in PwC Nigeria.
Fola Alade ESQ. (ASCMA, UK) (IADT, UK)
Fola Alade is a Notary Public and an Accredited Attorney-Mediator based in Lagos. He is the Founder/ Principal Partner at FOTEFA PARTNERS LP (MEDIATORS & MEDIATION ADVOCATES), a bespoke Mediation firm in Nigeria.
A voracious learner and erudite, Fola Alade boasts of several local and international certifications and training which include but are not limited to the following;
- Fellow, World Mediation Organization (WMO)
- Mediator of the Global Mediation Panel at the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes
- Certified Mediation Advocate with the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (U.K)
- Trained Mediator on the Panel of Neutrals of the Federal High Court (FHC), Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse (LMDC), Edo State Multi-Door Courthouse(EMDC), Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) and Lagos Chamber of Commerce and International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC)
- Online Dispute Resolution Expert
- Trained Negotiator from the Lagos Business School (LBS)
- Certified Emotional Intelligence Specialist
- Facilitator and Certified Trainer (International Award in Delivering Training (IADT) with the London Professional Training Centre UK.
- Founder, Fotefa Mediation Academy
- Executive Director, Incorporated Trustees of Attorney-Mediators Association (ATMA)
- Partner Member, NCMG International (Negotiation and Conflict Management Group International)
- Consultant/Training Facilitator, Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (SCMA Nigeria)
- Senior Consultant/Training Facilitator, Betaworka Cosmopolitan Partners Limited
- Training Facilitator, Au Courant Legal Research Firm
- Training Facilitator, Resource HQ Ltd
- Training Facilitator, Legally Engaged Academy
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
- Member, Section on Business Law (SBL)
A standing Member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA), Fola Alade runs an active social media page where he sheds enlightenment on legal issues majorly surrounding mediation.
He has facilitated several trainings on Negotiation, Mediation, Mediation Advocacy, Workplace Conflict and Emotional Intelligence. He has also published several articles across different cities in Nigeria
A passionate Advocate of Mediation and a lover of parties and life, Fola is married to Teju Fola-Alade, a senior HR Practitioner and Founding Partner of Tejuwrites, Betaworka & DiscusswithTeju.
Emmanuel Ohiri
Mr Emmanuel Ohiri is the Head of Legal Foreign Subsidiaries at the Guaranteed Trust Bank. He graduated with a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Law from the prestigious University of Lagos in 2013. Some of his achievements as a student are: President and Vice President of the Moot Society, Faculty of Law of the University; participant and Top Ten Best Memorials at the 22nd All African Moot Court Competition, University of Pretoria; the founder of Ohiri Tutorial for law students; the pioneer member of the Young African Research Arena (YARA); and Chairman Steering Committee, 2nd Chief Wole Olaonipekun Moot Court Competition. He acquired his Bachelor at Laws (BL) at the Nigerian Law School in 2014 and his Masters in Business Administration – MBA, Banking, Corporate, Finance and Securities Law from University of South Wales in 2020.
He began his legal career as a Paralegal at F.O Akindele & Co. within September and November 2011, then as a Research Associate at Brandsmith Consulting in October and November 2013, Paralegal at Kunle Sofola & Co. in June and July 2014, Associate at The New Practice (TNP) in December 2014 to February 2017, Legal Practitioner at Oando Plc in June to September 2017, Head of Business Development at Stark Legal between August 2017 to December 2018, Senior Legal Analyst at Condros Capital Limited within January 2019 and April 2020, until he got appointment at Guaranty Trust Bank as a Corporate Legal Counsel.
He got certified in the following; Regulatory Technology Foundation Class issued by the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2019, Financial Markets by Cousera in 2016, Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling by the Wharton School. He also volunteered as an Assistant Litigation Officer at Nigerian Legal Aid.
Elizabeth Ifeoma Uba-Onubogu
A consummate and commercially savvy General Counsel, Governance Professional and Company Secretary, assisting businesses clarify their strategic objectives by implementing structures and processes to help them run efficiently.
With over a decade’s experience in corporate/commercial law, corporate governance, company secretarial practice, regulatory compliance, project/corporate finance and capital market transactions. She is able to transform in-house legal teams from being cost centres to value providers.
Dindam Killi
Dindam has a penchant for dispute resolution and solving complex matters. He particularly enjoys untangling the most complicated issues, leaving his clients thoroughly satisfied. His practice typically involves regular appearances before several courts including the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Dindam is a key member of the Aluko & Oyebode’s Abuja office team. His practice areas include litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, oil & gas and intellectual property. Dindam is an experienced litigator who regularly represents a broad range of clients before different courts and tribunals.
In one particular dramatic case, Deyda Hydara Jnr & 2 Others v. Republic of The Gambia, he represented the family of a brutally murdered popular Gambian journalist in proceedings instituted before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice against the Gambian government. In a widely reported judgment delivered in 2014, the ECOWAS court granted the Applicants’ relief.
His representation of corporate clients includes a giant Spanish oil company in an arbitration resulting from the termination of a contract with a Nigerian oil company, and a global information and communications technology solutions provider and its local subsidiary in an action for the recovery of over N1.6 billion in proceedings before both the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Demilade Olaosun
Demilade leads the pack of brilliant and passionate people that insist on delivering only the best services with integrity and professionalism. He practiced law in one of the top law firms in Lagos State, providing various local and foreign clients with services in the areas of Electricity Law, tax forensic investigation, transaction support and general project advisory services. He left the firm to pursue his passion of providing strategic advisory services in the Nigerian entertainment industry and grooming the careers of emerging entertainers to achieving the greatest of heights.
Demilade graduated with the best result in the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos in 2008, winning several academic prizes including the Vice-Chancellor’s prize for the best all round performance in the Faculty of Law 2007/2008 and the Dr. Taslim Elias prize for the best student in Jurisprudence. He currently serves as legal coach to several media and entertainment practitioners. He can be reached via email at Demilade@rbmmng.comor demiladeolaosun@gmail.comon twitter @OlaosunD and linkedIn, via Demilade Olaosun.