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.

email
ola.alokolaro@advocaat-law.com

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

FARID ALGHALI
Partner & Country Representative, Sierra Leone

Profile
Farid Alghali is well versed in Commercial Law, and has acquired premier experience in Banking Law in his capacity as the Legal and Company Secretary for the United Bank for Africa (Sierra Leone) Limited. He continues to lecture in English Law at the University of Sierra Leone.

Specialisation
Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law.


Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB Hons) from the University of Westminster, London; Masters Degree in Law (LLM) from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (PgDLP) from the College of Law of England & Wales.


Career
Associate, Jenkins-Johnston & Co.
University Lecturer in English Law, University of Sierra Leone
Legal Consultant, Tigo Telecommunications Company
Legal Affairs Specialist, National Public Procurement Authority
Head, Legal Department, United Bank for Africa (SL) Limited
Partner, Advocaat and country representative, Sierra Leone

Professional Membership
Sierra Leone Bar Association, Law Society of England & Wales.

Languages:
English and Krio


email
farid.alghali@advocaat-law.com