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Professor Bayo Adaralegbe

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Position:

Partner

Expertise:

Energy and Extractive.
Dispute Resolution.

CAREER / HONORS

Appointed Adjunct Professor, Centre for Petroleum, Energy, Economies & Law (CPEEL), University of Ibadan, Oyo State with responsibility to teach postgraduate students and supervise PhD candidates.

Appointed Notary Public of Nigeria by the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Appointed as a representative of the Federal Government of Nigeria on the Governing Council of the University of Lagos.
Elected Vice Chairman, Energy Institute, Nigerian Branch.
Appointed Editor, Lagos Court of Arbitration Journal of Arbitration and Dispute Settlement.
Pioneer editorial member of Journal of World Energy, Law & Business- JWELB (Publication of Oxford University Press).
First Nigerian Legal Practitioner to be awarded Fellowship status of the Energy Institute, United Kingdom.
Approved by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out legal services in the Nigerian Capital Market.
Maintained a popular column in Thisday Newspaper called “Oily Briefs”.
Has been recognised consistently in Who is Who Nigeria ranking for Energy & Natural Resources Section, published by two separate international publishers, namely the Who is Who Legal (IBA); and Leading Expert Guides: the World’s Leading Lawyers Chosen by their Peers.
Appeared as an Expert for Nigeria LNG Ltd before the House of Representatives Committee on gas, on the implications of Bilateral Investment Treaties concluded by Nigeria.
Appointed Federal Government Representative on the Governing Council of the University of Lagos.
Elected to the Governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Advised the National Assembly on earlier version of Petroleum Industry Act.

Advised the National Assembly on the amendment to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act.
Advised the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board on the amendment to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act.
Drafted Regulations for the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board that are in use in the industry.
Advised on the framework for the Nigerian Content Funds.
Advised Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, including drafting agreements, providing opinions regarding transactions arising from investments made by its Fund to gas companies.
Advised Sinopec Corp. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC). on transactions in respect of upstream acquisitions in an IOC.
Regularly advise IOCs, Independents, foreign investors on different aspects of Nigerian upstream and downstream operations under, including divestments, compliance, fiscal regime, governance and financing.
Regularly advise electricity companies on various aspects of their operations.
Party appointed Co-Arbitrator; appointed Sole Arbitrator by Appointing Authorities in domestic and international Arbitration, especially in Energy, IT, Telecommunications, Construction and Real Estate disputes.
Acted as lead Counsel in several complex arbitral and court disputes with large claims.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

LLB (Hons)University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Osun State.

Awarded Certificate of Call to Bar by the Council of Legal Education.
LLM (with Distinction) in Petroleum Law and Policy, CEPMLP, University of Dundee, United Kingdom.
Ph.D (focusing on Investor-State Treaty Arbitration), CEPMLP, University of Dundee, United Kingdom.
Chartered Arb itrator and Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom.
Chartered Secretary and Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom.
Fellow, Energy Institute, United Kingdom.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, Energy Institute, United Kingdom.

Member, Institute of Energy Law, United States.
Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN).
Member, Society for Petroleum Engineers, Nigeria.
Member, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, Nigeria.
Member, Lawyers in Energy Network, Nigeria.
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom.
Member, Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom.
Member, International Bar Association.
Member, International Law Association.
Member, Nigerian Bar Association, Nigeria.