The Lawyer Network is delighted to announce that Bankole Sodipo of 'Chief GO Sodipo & Co' has joined the Lawyer Network. Bankole has joined the Lawyer Network as our exclusive Intellectual Property member in Nigeria.
Professor Bankole Sodipo is a Nigerian lawyer that has been involved with advising on foreign direct investments matters in various sectors of the economy for over a quarter of a century. This includes obtaining licences and permits, privatisations, company re-organisations, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and competition, corporate finance, energy regulatory, oil and gas, environment, land and resources, intellectual property, finance, tax, anti-corruption advisory and regulation, takeovers and the like, in various sectors of the economy.
He is best known as a specialist in intellectual property, technology, communications and allied rights field. He has been involved in contentious and non-contentious cutting edge matters in many aspects of commercial law cases, which have been resolved during or after trial. He has been involved in lobbying for, drafting and advising on laws, regulations and policies. He is a professor of law at Babcock University. He has served as an adjunct research fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, a visiting guest lecturer at the Nigerian Law School, University College London and the Lagos Business School. He has written several articles and a couple of books, one of which was published by Kluwer Law International, he is a frequent speaker locally and internationally. He and his firm have won several awards including Copyright Law Firm of the Year in Nigeria - Corporate INTL Legal Awards 2010, Commercial Law Firm of the year - Nigeria Lawyer monthly Legal Awards 2011, IP Law Firm of the year - Nigeria ACQ Global Awards 2012, Lawyer of the year 2012-2013 - Commercial Law Leading lawyer 100, and Best Litigation and Arbitration Firm of the year - Who's Who of professionals.
Bankole Sodipo was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986. He holds a PhD degree in law from the University of London (1995). He is the senior partner of GO Sodipo & Co. He is married to Noma Sodipo FRSH (aka Auntie Noma) and they have 3 kids.
If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Bankole directly or with the Lawyer Network committee:
Bankole's Profile
info@thelawyer-network.com
We welcome Bankole to the network and look forward to working with him on future transactions.
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