MR BAYO HAROLD SHODIPO

Profile
Bayo Harold-Shodipo is a partner and head of the Construction and Infrastructure Group of Advocaat Law Firm. He advises several local and international clients on major construction and infrastructure projects in Nigeria.

Specialisation
Corporate and Commercial, Construction and Infrastructure with emphasis on concessions, Public Private Partnerships (PPP).

Education:
Attended Holborn College UK and earned an LL.M degree from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.

Career
He started his career as a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and has since assumed various roles in the field of contract and procurement for several organisations, amongst which are UK Ministry of Justice and the 2012 Olympic Authority.

Professional Membership
Nigerian Bar Association

Languages:
English and Yoruba

OLA ALOKOLARO

Profile
Ola Alokolaro is the Senior Partner of Advocaat Law Practice and is internationally recognised as a “sound practitioner.. steeped in oil and gas" (Chambers Global 2008)

Specialisation
Energy and Natural Resources Law with special focus on the following areas: Oil & Gas, Power, Mining, Project Finance, Foreign Investment and Privatisation.

Education:
Attended University of Buckingham, U.K (LLB Hons), and also obtained a masters degree from the CEPMLP, University of Dundee, UK (LLM - Natural Resources Law and Policy).

Career
Associate, Law Union Barristers & Solicitors, Lagos;
Senior Associate, Templars Barristers & Solicitors Lagos;
Senior Partner, Advocaat

Professional Membership
Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association (SEERIL).

Languages:
English and Yoruba

Publications
Author: "Attracting foreign direct investment to the solid minerals sector in Nigeria," University of Dundee, 1997;

"Indigenous Participation and the Allocation of Marginal Fields," Euromoney International Oil and Gas Review, 2001;

" Reforming Public Mining Institutions in Nigeria," Memoranda to the Federal Government of Nigeria's Presidential Committee on the sustainable development of solid minerals in Nigeria," 2001;

"Reform of the Electricity Sector in Nigeria," Advocat Newsletter, 2005.

ADEKEMI SIJUWADE

Profile
Adekemi Sijuwade is a partner of Advocaat Law Practice and is identified in Who’s Who Legal 2009 as being one of Nigeria’s leading immigration lawyers.

Specialisation
Immigration, Corporate & Commercial, Shipping & Maritime, Charities & Non-Profit Organisations, Dispute Resolution.

Education:
Attended Kings College London, University of London (LL.B. Hons), and also obtained a masters degree with a focus on Maritime Law from the University of Southampton (LL.M.)

Career
Associate (Shipping & Maritime Group), Strachan Partners;
Legal Counsellor, Immigration Advisory Service (UK);
Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs, Sijuwade Group;
Partner, Advocaat.

Professional Membership
Lincolns Inn (UK); Nigerian Bar Association; International Bar Association.

Languages:
English, French and Yoruba

email
kemi.sijuwade@advocaat-law.com