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Aluko & Oyebode

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Aluko & Oyebode
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HeadquartersLagos, Nigeria
No. of offices3[1]
No. of lawyers100
Major practice areasCorporate and Commercial Practice
Key peopleGbenga Oyebode,[2] MFR
(Chairman of the Management Board)
Kofo Dosekun
(Managing Partner/Head of Transactions)
Babatunde Fagbohunlu, SAN
(Head of Dispute Resolution)
Olubunmi Fayokun
(Head of Firm Development)
Date founded1993
Company typePartnership
Websitewww.aluko-oyebode.com

Aluko & Oyebode is a full-service law firm headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with other offices in Abuja and Port Harcourt. The firm is noted for its work in banking and finance,[3] capital market practice, energy and natural resources,[4][5][6] intellectual property, dispute resolution,[7] mergers and acquisitions, and tax law. The firm was named the law firm of the year at the 2019 edition of the ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards.[8][9]

History

  • 1993 — Aluko & Oyebode was founded by Gbenga Oyebode and Bankole Olumide Aluko, SAN[10]
  • 2002 — Bankole Olumide Aluko, one of the founding partners, dies.[11]

Transactional focus

  • Advised AXA on its €198 million Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Mansard Insurance Plc.[12]
  • Advised Accugas Limited on its US$170 million 5-year medium-term Acquisition Finance Facility.[13]
  • Advised IFC on the Calabar Hospital PPP Project.[14][15]
  • Advised on Guinness Nigeria Plc's N10 billion Commercial Paper Programme.[16][17]
  • Advised SEPLAT on US$1.7 billion Credit Facilities.[18]
  • Advised Vitol S.A and Helios Investment Partners on Acquisition of the Downstream and Retail Businesses of the Oando Group.[19]
  • Advised 8 Miles LLP, African Capital Alliance Limited and DEG on their US$80 Million Equity Investment in Beloxxi Industries Limited.[20]
  • Advised the Joint Lead Managers in connection with the US$800 Million Eurobond Issuance by IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V.[21]

Notable case tried

Aluko & Oyebode represented the family of Deyda Hydara and Africa Regional Office of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ-Africa)[22] in an action against the Gambian government on its failure to investigate the murder of Deyda Hydara, a Gambian Journalist. In June 2014, the ECOWAS court found the Gambian government liable for failing to diligently investigate Deyda's murder.[23][24]

The Gambian government was also considered to be in violation of Article 66 of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Locations". Aluko & Oyebode. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "Gbenga Oyebode's Profile". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Chambers & Partners - Aluko & Oyebode Law Firm Profile". Chambers & Partners. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode's Profile". Legal 500. Legal 500. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Most Highly Regarded Firms: Oil & Gas 2010". Who's Who Legal. Who's Who Legal. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Most Highly Regarded Firms: Oil & Gas 2011". Who's Who Legal. Who's Who Legal. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Nigerian firm brought in more wins for international oil clients". Global Arbitration Review. Global Arbitration Review. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode triumphs as Law Firm of the Year at the ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards 2016". Aluko & Oyebode.
  9. ↑ "IFLR1000 - Aluko & Oyebode". IFLR1000.
  10. ↑ "Chambers & Partners - Aluko & Oyebode". Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria: NBA Mourns the Loss of Bankole Aluko". AllAfrica. AllAfrica. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "AXA has acquired Mansard Insurance Plc for €198 Million". Global Legal Chronicle. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  13. ↑ "FBN, Ecobank Seal $170m Financing Deal". THISDAY LIVE. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  14. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises on Healthcare Project of the Year 2014". ESQ Law Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  15. ↑ "Bridging the healthcare gap". World Finance. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Guinness Nigeria establishes N10b commercial paper programme". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises on Guinness Nigeria Plc's N10 Billion Commercial Paper Programme". Aluko & Oyebode. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  18. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode Advises SEPLAT on US$1.7 BILLION CREDIT FACILITIES". Aluko & Oyebode. Aluko & Oyebode. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  19. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises Vitol S.A and Helios Investment Partners on Acquisition of the Downstream and Retail Businesses of the Oando Group". Aluko & Oyebode. Aluko & Oyebode. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  20. ↑ "Geldof's Nigerian investment takes the biscuit". African Law & Business. African Law and Business. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  21. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises the Joint Lead Managers in connection with the US$800 Million Eurobond Issuance by IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V." Aluko & Oyebode. Aluko & Oyebode. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  22. ↑ "Deyda Hydara Jr. and Others v. The Gambia". Open Society Foundations. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "ECOWAS court awards Hydara family $50,000". The Point Newspaper (June 12, 2014). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode Obtains Justice for Murdered Gambian Journalist, Deyda Hydara at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice". NigeriaNewsWorld. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  25. ↑ "ECOWAS court rules Gambia failed to investigate journalist murder". Committee to Protect Journalists (June 10, 2014). Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 12 February 2015.


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