Adeola Oyinlade

Adeola Oyinlade advises a wide range of national and foreign clients on international legal matters. He has advised several companies, intergovernmental organizations, foreign governments’ agencies, multinationals, financial institutions, universities, international charities, and technology companies and a vast range of manufacturers in over a decade. He also serves clients from individual through small businesses to public and private companies, foreign law firms and international consultancy firms while providing litigation, advisory and other support services.

 

Adeola is the Principal Partner of Adeola Oyinlade & Co, a leading law firm known for providing competent, innovative, cost-effective and well-timed responsive services from the commercial hub of Lagos. He has received several national and global recognitions including the 2018 International Bar Association (IBA) Human Rights Lawyer of the Year and 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) International Human Rights Award.

 

Area of Practice

International contracts drafting and review, international distribution agreement, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign agency agreements, foreign investment, due diligence services, trademark licensing, registration of patent and copyrights, company registration and company secretarial services, entertainment and sports law, immigration law and cross-border litigation strategy.

 

As international law expert, Adeola has graced the African Union, the United Nations organizations’ UNESCO, and UNDP, UN-HABITAT speaking platforms across many countries of the world in the thematic areas of law, social innovation, human rights and rule of law. He has proffer solutions to humanitarian law issues in many African countries including sovereign immunity, state-to-state obligations and enforcement, treaty interpretation.