Oluwatoyin Bashorun

My name is Oluwatoyin Bashorun. I have been a member of the branch since November 1988 when I was called to the Bar. Oluwatoyin Bashorun was the second vice chair of the Nigerian Bar Association Lagos branch, as well as a council member of the Practice and Public Interest Division of the International Bar association  amongst other cognate professional body.

I am a legal practitioner practicing in Lagos Nigeria with Churchfields Solicitors, a Law firm which i set up and run. The offices of the Firm are situate in Lagos , Portharcout and Abuja . The Firm was founded in October 1998. I presently operate from the Lagos office of the Firm.

I have practiced as a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria since 1988 when I was called to the Bar in Nigeria. My initial training and pupilage with Chief F.R.A Williams for about a decade helped position me for the versatile practice which i now run.

I have sat on several committees and participated actively in the Nigerian Bar and other International bodies such as the International Federation of women Lawyers (FIDA), Advocates International, INTA an Intellectual Property Practitioners Association and of course the International Bar Association.

I have served on the committee on Environment, health and safety law of the IBA where i was the vice chair. I was the Editor of the African Regional Forum News Letter. Presently I am the Vice Chair West Africa of the International Bar Association. Recently, I served as a member of the recently inaugurated Magistracy and Justice Reform committee of the Lagos State of Nigeria. I have been nominated to the PPID Council of the International Bar Association.

My legal practice specializes in International economic law as well corporate law and commercial litigation. I have a flare for Environment Law and Intellectual Property law. My salad days with the legal luminary Chief Rotimi Williams have made me an astute litigation lawyer.
I have written and delivered papers on Environmental Law and sustainable development at various international law foras, Including the International Bar association, and the Teralex Association of Lawyers. Churchfields solicitors was selected in 2009 as the leading Environment Law firm and I was show pieced as a leading Environment and safety counsel in the field.

I hold a masters Degree in law with a special membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators U.K.