Company:Aluko & Oyebode

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Template:Infobox Law Firm 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,[1] capital market practice, energy and natural resources,[2][3][4] intellectual property, dispute resolution,[5] 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.[6][7]

History

  • 1993 — Aluko & Oyebode was founded by Gbenga Oyebode and Bankole Olumide Aluko, SAN[8]
  • 2002 — Bankole Olumide Aluko, one of the founding partners, dies.[9]

Transactional focus

  • Advised AXA on its €198 million Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Mansard Insurance Plc.[10]
  • Advised Accugas Limited on its US$170 million 5-year medium-term Acquisition Finance Facility.[11]
  • Advised IFC on the Calabar Hospital PPP Project.[12][13]
  • Advised on Guinness Nigeria Plc's N10 billion Commercial Paper Programme.[14][15]
  • Advised SEPLAT on US$1.7 billion Credit Facilities.[16]
  • Advised Vitol S.A and Helios Investment Partners on Acquisition of the Downstream and Retail Businesses of the Oando Group.[17]
  • Advised 8 Miles LLP, African Capital Alliance Limited and DEG on their US$80 Million Equity Investment in Beloxxi Industries Limited.[18]
  • Advised the Joint Lead Managers in connection with the US$800 Million Eurobond Issuance by IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V.[19]

Notable case tried

Aluko & Oyebode represented the family of Deyda Hydara and Africa Regional Office of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ-Africa)[20] 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.[21][22]

The Gambian government was also considered to be in violation of Article 66 of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Chambers & Partners - Aluko & Oyebode Law Firm Profile". Chambers & Partners. http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Global/firm/2923/aluko-oyebode. 
  2. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode's Profile". Legal 500. http://www.legal500.com/firms/51438-aluko-oyebode/54374-lagos. Retrieved 21 May 2015. 
  3. ↑ "Most Highly Regarded Firms: Oil & Gas 2010". Who's Who Legal. http://whoswholegal.com/news/analysis/article/28420/most-highly-regarded-firms-oil-gas-2010/. Retrieved 14 May 2015. 
  4. ↑ "Most Highly Regarded Firms: Oil & Gas 2011". Who's Who Legal. http://whoswholegal.com/news/analysis/article/29118/most-highly-regarded-firms-oil-gas-2011/. Retrieved 14 May 2015. 
  5. ↑ "The Nigerian firm brought in more wins for international oil clients". Global Arbitration Review. http://globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/33393/aluko-oyebode/. Retrieved 14 May 2015. 
  6. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode triumphs as Law Firm of the Year at the ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards 2016". Aluko & Oyebode. http://www.aluko-oyebode.com/resources/aluko-oyebode-triumphs-as-law-firm-of-the-year-at-the-esq-nigerian-legal-awards-2016/. 
  7. ↑ "IFLR1000 - Aluko & Oyebode". IFLR1000. http://www.iflr1000.com/Firm/Aluko-Oyebode-Nigeria/Profile/1711#profile. 
  8. ↑ "Chambers & Partners - Aluko & Oyebode". http://www.chambersandpartners.com/global/firm/2923/aluko-oyebode. 
  9. ↑ "Nigeria: NBA Mourns the Loss of Bankole Aluko". AllAfrica. http://allafrica.com/stories/200203050030.html. Retrieved 14 May 2015. 
  10. ↑ "AXA has acquired Mansard Insurance Plc for €198 Million". Global Legal Chronicle. http://www.globallegalchronicle.com/index.php/africa/item/4336-axa-has-acquired-mansard-insurance-plc-for-198-million. Retrieved 21 April 2015. 
  11. ↑ "FBN, Ecobank Seal $170m Financing Deal". THISDAY LIVE. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fbn-ecobank-seal-170m-financing-deal/175274/. Retrieved 21 April 2015. 
  12. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises on Healthcare Project of the Year 2014". ESQ Law Magazine. http://esqlaw.net/magazine/aluko-oyebode-advises-on-healthcare-project-of-the-year-2014/. Retrieved 21 April 2015. 
  13. ↑ "Bridging the healthcare gap". World Finance. http://www.worldfinance.com/project-finance-deals-of-the-year-2014/the-calabar-specialist-hospital. Retrieved 21 April 2015. 
  14. ↑ "Guinness Nigeria establishes N10b commercial paper programme". The Nation Newspaper. http://www.thenationonlineng.net/new/guinness-nigeria-establishes-n10b-commercial-paper-programme/a. Retrieved 6 May 2015. 
  15. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises on Guinness Nigeria Plc’s N10 Billion Commercial Paper Programme". Aluko & Oyebode. http://www.aluko-oyebode.com/resources/aluko-oyebode-advises-on-guinness-nigeria-plc-s-n10-billion-commercial-paper-programme/. Retrieved 6 May 2015. 
  16. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode Advises SEPLAT on US$1.7 BILLION CREDIT FACILITIES". Aluko & Oyebode. http://www.aluko-oyebode.com/resources/aluko-oyebode-advises-seplat-on-us-1-7-billion-credit-facilities/. Retrieved 14 May 2015. 
  17. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises Vitol S.A and Helios Investment Partners on Acquisition of the Downstream and Retail Businesses of the Oando Group". Aluko & Oyebode. http://www.aluko-oyebode.com/resources/aluko-oyebode-advises-vitol-s-a-and-helios-investment-partners-on-acquisition-of-the-downstream-and-retail-business-of-the-oando-group/. Retrieved 21 July 2016. 
  18. ↑ "Geldof’s Nigerian investment takes the biscuit". African Law and Business. http://www.africanlawbusiness.com/news/6641-geldofs-nigerian-investment-takes-the-biscuit. Retrieved 23 August 2016. 
  19. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode advises the Joint Lead Managers in connection with the US$800 Million Eurobond Issuance by IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V.". Aluko & Oyebode. http://www.aluko-oyebode.com/resources/aluko-oyebode-advises-the-joint-lead-managers-in-connection-with-the-us-800-million-eurobond-issuance-by-ihs-netherlands-holdco-b-v/. Retrieved 3 April 2017. 
  20. ↑ "Deyda Hydara Jr. and Others v. The Gambia". Open Society Foundations. 9 June 2014. http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/litigation/deyda-hydara-jr-and-others-v-gambia. Retrieved 21 April 2015. 
  21. ↑ "ECOWAS court awards Hydara family $50,000". The Point Newspaper (June 12, 2014). http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/ecowas-court-awards-hydara-family-50000. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 
  22. ↑ "Aluko & Oyebode Obtains Justice for Murdered Gambian Journalist, Deyda Hydara at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice". https://nigerianewsworld.com/news/aluko-oyebode-obtains-justice-for-murdered-gambian-journalist-deyda-hydara-at-the-ecowas-community-court-of-justice/. Retrieved 14 September 2020. 
  23. ↑ "ECOWAS court rules Gambia failed to investigate journalist murder". Committee to Protect Journalists. Committee to Protect Journalists (June 10, 2014). https://cpj.org/2014/06/ecowas-court-rules-gambia-failed-to-investigate-jo.php. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 

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