'Gbite Adeniji
aeadeniji@aelex.com
 Education
LL.B Hons. London, 1985
LL.M Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC 2002 Certificate of Studies in Natural Resources and Environmental Law & Policy, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2005
Bar Admissions
Barrister and Solicitor, Nigeria 1987
Practice Areas
- Energy and Natural Resources Law
- Mining law
- Infrastructure development
- Corporate and Commercial law
- Environmental Law
Profile
Gbite's practice is focused on commercial matters in the energy and natural resources sectors. His clients include developers of thermal power, solar power, gas pipeline, gas gathering, gas processing, petroleum refinery, fertilizer and mining projects. He was a Consultant in the Oil, Gas, and Chemicals and Mining Department of The World Bank in Washington, D.C. where he was the sole legal expert in the multidisciplinary team established by The World Bank to advise Government of Nigeria on the reform and restructuring of the Nigerian petroleum sector. Subsequently retained by the Government to draft a new investment friendly Mining Code for Nigeria. In addition, currently drafting Nigeria's first gas legislation.
Appointed by the President of Nigeria (2004) to the National Stakeholders Working Group of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a new policy thrust of the Government aimed at fostering transparency in the management of revenues from oil, gas and activity.
He has addressed senior oil and gas executives and lawyers on diverse topics such as: "The Legal, Regulatory and Policy Issues in Natural Gas Sector Liberalization in Nigeria" (2002), "The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Natural Gas Development in Nigeria" (International Bar Association, 2000), "Emerging issues in Natural Gas Utilization in Nigeria" (International Bar Association, 1999); and "Transnational Pipeline Projects - issues facing the development of a regional pipeline infrastructure" (Offshore West Africa, 1999).
He has also authored several papers including: "What's new in country risk management" (2003), "Nigeria: Antitrust Imperatives For An Energy Sector In Transition" (2002), "Cross - Border Oil and Gas Mergers: Nigerian Impacts" (2002), "From Exodus to Renaissance - Sector Reforms in African Mining" (2001), "Natural Gas Regulation In Nigeria" (2000), "Nigeria, The Gas Province" (1998, revised, 2000), "The West African Gas Pipeline Project - An Aide Memoir" (1999), "Solid Minerals in Nigeria" (1996).
Professional Associations
Gbite Adeniji is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the International Bar Association (Officer of the Mining sub - committee of the Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law, Business Law) and the Nigerian Gas Association. Member of the Committee established by the Nigerian Government to develop a new legal, regulatory and policy framework necessary to attract private sector investment into Nigeria's mineral sector (2002); Member, Energy and natural Resources Committee Section on Business Law Nigerian Bar Association (2006). |
