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Sesan Sulaiman
TEMPLARS · Nigeria
TEMPLARS
Tax · Nigeria
Sesan Sulaiman is a Partner in TEMPLARS’ Dispute Resolution & Tax Practice Groups. She has in-depth experience in both direct and indirect taxation, international taxation, tax planning and structuring for oil & gas financings, upstream and midstream development transactions, free-trade zone operations, tax incentives and concessions, market-entry considerations, negotiations and settlements with tax authorities, international tax dispute resolution, international arbitration, as well as the related compliance guidance.
To date, Sesan has been instrumental in teams that have won landmark judgements and settlements in international taxation controversies against the government, as well as supporting clients to structure transactions to achieve maximum tax efficiency in commercial situations. Her particular expertise is in supporting international clients to navigate cross-border taxation, while taking into account the operation of double tax agreements and fiscal incentives.
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar, has a Master’s in International Business from the University of Sheffield, and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma – the exclusive business honour society. Meanwhile, she is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation in Nigeria, and is recognised as a Notable Practitioner and Leading Lawyer in General Corporate Tax, Tax Controversy and Transfer Pricing by ITR World Tax Firm Rankings. She has written extensively on the topics of taxation and production sharing contracts within the oil & gas industry.
Selected Experience
● Advised several multinational giants in the digital economy space in the wake of the Nigerian digital service taxation laws;
● Successfully represented an international oil company in a circa N6billion PAYE tax dispute with two state revenue authorities concerning the IOC’s alleged non-remittance of personal income tax on behalf of its employees to the appropriate tax authority;
● Core member of the team that represented the USAN PSC Contractor Group in a PSC cost recovery arbitration of more than US$1.5 billion against the NNPC – successfully assisted the contractor in negotiating a favourable settlement of the dispute and obtaining a consent award;
● Core member of the team that successfully represented Emerald Energy Resources in an LCIA arbitration instituted by an international financial adviser over the payment of fees allegedly earned in procuring investors and debt financing for the development of its oil block;
● Advised an indigenous natural gas supplier in relation to claims made in arbitration (commenced under the American Arbitration Association), which arose out of the US$500 million contract to acquire two liquefied natural gas plants from a leading technology giant;
● Advised on the validity of US$79 million tax assessments on Phillips Oil, a ConocoPhillips subsidiary in Nigeria – successfully negotiated a 60% reduction on the tax liability;
● Represented and secured a landmark judgement in favour of TotalEnergies in a dispute concerning the application of NNPC’s official selling price in the calculation of Total’s liabilities – judgement was upheld on appeal.
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