Dr Bayo Adaralegbe

Bayo is a Partner and Head of the firms’ Energy and Extractive Group. He is listed in the ‘’Who’s Who Legal’’ directory as one of the top Oil and Gas law specialists in Nigeria and by the ‘’Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa’’ directory as highly regarded for his scholarship and counsel. In addition to his legal background, Bayo also has some business training, having taken Corporate Finance Management, Financial Accounting, and Strategic Business Planning courses (to mention just a few), to qualify as a Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries & Administrators, United Kingdom (FCIS). Earlier in his career, Bayo was Legal Adviser and Company Secretary in a bank. He is a Notary Public for Nigeria.

Bayo speaks regularly at International and local conferences and has published articles in leading globally acclaimed journals, including “Journal of World Energy Law and Business” (JWELB,) a joint publication of Oxford University Press and AIPN), “Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law” (publication of the IBA), “International Energy Law Review Journal” (publication of Sweet & Maxwell), “Arbitration International Journal” and “Journal of International Arbitration” (publications of Kluwer Law International), the Arbitrator (publication of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK) and Journal of World Investment & Trade. His works have been cited with approval in leading International academic books.

Bayo also has editorial responsibilities. He is a pioneer member of the editorial team of JWELB, and part of the editorial teams of Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL), Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) and the Nigerian Monthly Law Reports (NMLR). He is also Energy Law columnist of ThisdayNewspaper, one of Nigeria’s widest circulating daily newspapers.

Notable Work Undertaken

Bayo’s diverse professional background and training in law, business and policy allows him to advise the public and private sectors in Nigeria’s Upstream and Downstream Petroleum Industry, regularly. He recently led a team of lawyers that advised the House of Representatives on legal as well as policy aspects of the Petroleum Industry Bill. He also provides advisory legal services to the House of Representatives (Sub-Committee on Local Content) on the newly enacted Local Content Act.

Bayo regularly advises Oil majors, independents, indigenous and foreign investors on various aspects of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas laws. He is also involved in the dispute settlement of Oil and Gas and foreign investments. He has been involved in a number of arbitral proceedings relating to Oil and Gas and infrastructure. Bayo has also served as an expert witness in an Aliens Torts Claims Act initiated litigation in a Federal District Court in the United States.

Education and Qualifications
• LL.B (Hons) University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University)
• LL.M (with Distinction) in Petroleum Law & Petroleum Policy, CEPMLP University of Dundee
• Ph.D in International Investment Law, the CEPMLP, University of Dundee
• BL, Nigerian Law School

Practice Areas
• Energy and Extractive Industry
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution