The regulations came into force on March 27 2020. It is made pursuant to section 8 of the Quarantine Act and the Public Health Law of Lagos State. Accordingly, it has a total of 18 regulations [...]
On 29th January 2020, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (the “NSE”) constituted the Growth Board to provide a platform to enable MSMEs and other eligible entities to raise capital for their development and facilitate liquidity in the [...]
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE”), a company limited by guarantee, is currently in the process of being demutualised into a public company limited by shares (“Plc”). Upon conclusion of the demutualisation, the NSE will be [...]
Our, Davidson Oturu has been has been recognised as a "Recommended Expert" by the World Trademark Review (WTR) 2020. The WTR describes him as being "skilled in trademark registration, infringement disputes, anti-counterfeiting, licensing and franchising; [...]
"Love is 2 people looking at each other, marriage is 2 people looking together in the same direction.” An excerpt of Mrs Adekoya, SAN speaking at the session on “Partnerships that Struck Gold” during the [...]
Image rights, which extend beyond photographs, are beginning to gain prominence with numerous instances of their exploitations and infringements. In our article in the link below, we examine the scope of image rights, their commercialisation [...]
A trademark is a distinct sign, mark, design or expression which distinguishes goods and services. According to the Trademarks Act[1], a trademark is protected if registration is applied for in the [...]
The Court of Appeal recently held that failure to register a registrable agreement under the NOTAP Act is not a criminal offence and does not render the agreement illegal or unenforceable. On the back of [...]
His Royal Highness, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi visited our Lagos office today. During his courtesy visit, he spoke to our lawyers about the important roles lawyers have played historically in [...]
ǼLEX is delighted to announce that we have been nominated in three categories for this year’s African Legal Awards. These include: Competition & Regulatory Team of the Year, IP Team of the Year, and Partner of [...]
We are delighted to announce that ǼLEX has, once again, been recognised as Nigeria’s ‘Law Firm of the Year’ by Who’s Who Legal (WWL). The firm was recognised at the WWL’s sixth annual ceremony held on [...]
Here are some pictures from the AELEX Banking & Finance Roundtable last week.
Dr. Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade, International Counsel at ǼLEX, has been appointed as a member of the World Trade Board. He joins twenty other global trade and finance leaders on this prestigious board, as the first [...]
Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade, a legal expert in the financial services sector, will be coordinating the ǼLEX Banking & Finance Roundtable on Wednesday 24 July 2019. Portfoli0: 30 years of experience in the legal profession and [...]
ǼLEX is hosting a roundtable which brings together stakeholders and project sponsors with discussions centred around how to structure and pitch projects such that they attract funding from Development Finance Institutions. The theme of the [...]
The 3rd Edition of the LCA-YAN International Commercial Arbitration Commercial Moot Competition commences on 25 July 2019 and we are proud to be a part of [...]
ǼLEX Partner Mr ‘Soji Awogbade FEI, moderated the Industry Leaders Panel today at the Nigeria Oil & Gas Strategic Conference themed; "Maintaining Nigeria's Position as the Oil & Gas Investment Destination of Choice". It held [...]
To celebrate our 15th anniversary and as a build-up to our Annual Lecture holding from 2 pm on Wednesday, 3rd July 2019 at Muson Centre Onikan, AELEX is offering free high-level legal services in Taxation, [...]
In our article in the link below, we debate the issue of whether strong men or strong institutions will strengthen democracy in Africa. Please join us next Wednesday, 3rd July from 2 pm at Agip [...]
Our Mrs 'Funke Adekoya, SAN will be one of the panellists at the Inaugural Africa Arbitration Academy Lecture which will be hosted by SOAS University of London by 5 pm - 8 pm on 11 [...]
