Press Releases

Chambers and Partners have recognised AELEX as a Leading Firm for its outstanding legal expertise and cross-border capabilities across West Africa in its 2025 Global Rankings.With 22 rankings across three jurisdictions, 8 lawyers and 9 practice groups ranked, AELEX remains a leader in the African legal landscape ...

 AELEX is pleased to announce the admission of Rebecca Ebokpo into its partnership. This elevation is the culmination of her 13 years of dedicated service, hard work, and exceptional contributions to the firm.Rebecca joined AELEX as an Associate and steadily rose through the ranks, demonstrating the AELEX ethos of nurturing talent and promoting excellence ...

In line with our commitment to making a positive difference in our communities, AELEX is proud to announce the successful execution of our recent Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, in which we provided meals to 1,000 underserved school children in low-income communities across Lagos, Nigeria. This is in collaboration with Lagos Food Bank Initiative (LFBI) ...

AELEX has once again solidified its position as a leading force in the Nigerian Tax landscape, emerging as the winner of the prestigious Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year (Nigeria) Award. The announcement was made at the ITR World Tax Awards ceremony in London, on 18th September 2024, celebrating the most exceptional firms and individuals in transfer pricing, tax controversy, tax disputes and indirect tax across various jurisdictions ...

AELEX, a leading full-service commercial law firm and a renowned leader in West Africa’s legal industry, marked the 20th anniversary of its establishment with a celebratory dinner held at The Hall, an upscale events centre in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday, 18th July, 2024. The event brought together esteemed clients, partners, and friends to commemorate two decades of legal excellence, innovation and dedication to client service ...

20 YEARS OF LEGAL BRILLIANCE: HONOURING OUR HERITAGE, EMBRACING TOMORROWAELEX, a leading full-service commercial law firm and a renowned leader in West Africa’s legal industry, proudly announces the 20th anniversary of its establishment. Formed in July 2004 by a merger of four leading commercial and dispute resolution law firms, AELEX has consistently set the benchmark for legal excellence, providing innovative solutions to complex legal problems and exceeding clients’ expectations ...

AELEX is proud to announce the well-deserved promotions of over 20 associates across various practice areas. These advancements, spanning across junior associate and senior associate levels recognise their exceptional legal skills and commitment to client service.“We would like to thank you for your contributions in making the firm outstanding and consistently exceeding the needs of our clients.” said Mr. Adedapo Tunde-Olowu, SAN, Managing Partner of the Firm ...

International Women's Day marks the period when the world forms the shape of a heart in celebration of the resilience and strength of women, especially at the workplace. The year 2024 stands as the year to inspire inclusion and AELEX as a torchbearer of gender equality and diversity, hosted its women to a luncheon to commemorate the day.The event held on March 11, 2024, and the women of AELEX stepped out in style with some clients and friends of the firm in attendance ...

The Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group at AELEX is pleased to invite you to its webinar billed to discuss “critical considerations for the implementation of domestic crude supply obligations under the PIA”. Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024Time:11.00am to 12.30pm (GMT +1)Click the link https://lnkd.in/dzUiK5wS to register. Attendance is free but registration is required ...

CongratulationsRafiq Anammah, MCIArb, ChMCon your appointment as the Chairman of the Aviation Committee of theNigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA SBL) ...

The Council is the highest decision-making organ of the Chamber and this return appointment, according to the Chamber, is in recognition of Fubara's "contribution to the development of the Nigerian private sector over the years", and the assurance that he will "contribute even more to enhance the image of excellence and service which the Chamber enjoys locally and Internationally". Fubara is also the Chairman of the Legal and Taxation Committee of the Chamber ...

AELEX is pleased to announce that our Tiwalola Osazuwa will be speaking at the Franchising in Africa and the Middle East plenary, at the IFA's 2024 IBA/IFA Joint Conference. The Conference which will hold in Washington DC on the 8th of May, 2024 provides a platform for experienced legal counsels to share invaluable information about the latest development in international law and its importance to franchising ...

Our Partners, Adedapo Tunde-Olowu SAN and Theophilus Emuwa have been recognised by Who's Who Legal (WWL) as Thought Leaders in Africa. Theo and Dapo are also ranked Global Leaders by WWL. This recognition reflects their outstanding work, robust cross-disciplinary experience and excellence in client service ...

In a remarkable achievement, AELEX has once again clinched the prestigious title of Law Firm of the Year – Nigeria at the 2023 Who's Who Legal (WWL) Awards, marking an impressive achievement as the only law firm in West Africa to win a Who's Who Legal Firm of the Year Award in 2023 ...

AELEX took home the coveted Law Firm of the Year – Nigeria award at the 2022 edition of the annual Who’s Who Legal (WWL) Awards. This was the seventh time AELEX has been recognized as Nigeria Law Firm of the Year by WWL. The firm also received the award in 2009, the first year the award was presented, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. The winners were announced at a black-tie awards ceremony at Plaisterers’ Hall in London ...

The ǼLEX Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice Group is pleased to be advising Hissbox as it launches its online streaming and content distribution platform. Hissbox is a streaming platform, film production and distribution company primarily focused on projecting untold and neglected stories ...

AELEX maintained its Tier 1 position in Dispute Resolution; Energy and Natural Resources; Shipping and Transport; and Corporate, Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas in The Legal 500 EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 2020 rankings. Nine of the firm’s lawyers were recognised as being proficient and exemplary in their various areas as they were either ranked as ‘Leading Individuals’ and ‘Next Generation Partners’ ...

AELEX is delighted to announce the admission of Ngozi Efobi and Perenami Momodu into its partnership, bringing the number of its partners to 11. The promotion of these new partners, both drawn from the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice, is in keeping with AELEX’s commitment to expanding opportunities for its people and providing first-rate representation for its clients ...

ǼLEX is delighted to announce that Funke Adekoya, SAN, was crowned winner of the Partner of the Year Award at the African Legal Awards 2019. The African Legal Awards recognises exceptional achievement in Africa’s legal services industry. The scoring criteria include the contestant’s track record of exemplary leadership, strong legal skills, resourcefulness which has led to successes, upright client management practices, and measurable contributions to the wider community ...

We are delighted to announce that ǼLEX has, once again, been recognised as Nigeria’s ‘Law Firm of the Year’ by Who’s Who Legal (WWL). The firm was recognised at the WWL’s sixth annual ceremony held on May 16, 2019 at the Gibson Hall in London. This is the sixth time the firm has won this award - recognition for its exceptional quality of work over the past year. Partner Davidson Oturu, received the award on behalf of the firm ...

Dr. Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade, International Counsel at ǼLEX, has been appointed as a member of the World Trade Board. He joins twenty other global trade and finance leaders on this prestigious board, as the first from Africa. The World Trade Board, initiated by Finastra, is made up of global leaders, innovative thinkers, industry influencers and subject matter experts from the different corners of trade, finance and commerce. Dr. Adesegun A ...

We are pleased to announce that ǼLEX received 3 nominations at this year’s African LegalAwards: Competition & Regulatory Team of the Year, IP Team of the Year, and Partner of the Year (Mrs Funke Adekoya, SAN). The African Legal Awards recognises exceptional achievement within Africa’s legal community ...

In Nigeria, traditional bank financing for projects is proving steadily more difficult to access as interest rates for Naira loans remain very high and obtaining US Dollar loans becomes increasingly difficult. This has led private investors and sponsors to a search for non-traditional sources of financing for their projects ...

We are pleased to announce that Onyinyechi Iwuoha, an Associate in ǼLEX’s Banking and Finance Practice Group, has been selected for the ILFA Flagship Secondment Programme (IFSP). Under the IFSP, she will be seconded to Latham & Watkins (London) from September to December 2019. Onyinyechi, a stellar and outstanding Associate, has been ranked as a Rising Star by IFLR 1000 ...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade has joined AELEX as International Counsel. He joins the firm after more than 30 years of working in the legal profession and financial services sector. Previously, Dr. Akin-Olugbade was General Counsel of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), and was a pioneer member of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Africa Finance Corporation. Dr ...