- Our CHIEF BOLAJI AYORINDE SAN, OFR of BA LAW LLP is now acknowledged as the 2021 leading Cross-Border Litigation Lawyer of the year in Nigeria by the Prestigious Acquisition International in its 2021 leading Adviser Awards.
- CHIEF BOLAJI AYORINDE SAN, FCArb, OFR. Called to the Nigerian Bar 1986. Education- Government College Ibadan, International School Ibadan, University College Buckland, Oxfordshire, Holborn Law Tutors, Roupell Street, London. Member Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association, Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian Belgian Commercial Centre. Areas of Practice- General Civil Litigation, Commercial litigation, Company Law, Property and Land Law, Banking, Insurance & Liquidation law, Arbitration, Maritime and Shipping Law. Criminal Defense, Probate, Estate and Family Law. He is the author of various publications amongst which include: “Securing and Enforcing Maritime Claims: Juriscope 1st Edition-2001 Series”, “Wills and Testamentary Disposition”, “Sovereign Immunity and the Trials of Augosto Pinochet”, “Judicial Precedent, Law Reporting and the Need for Regulation”, “Judicial Bias and Justice Delivery”, A Commentary on the Independence of Electoral Umpire in Nigeria”, “Boko Haram, Terrorism and Fundamental Human Rights; the Challenges that concern us”, “Criminal Justice System in Nigeria”, “53, Years after Independence: the many facaes of Judicial Riot”, “Nigerian-Any Strength in Adversity”, “A Reformatory Approach to the Criminal Justice System in Nigeria”, and “The Rashidi Yekini Case and the State of Mental Health Law in Nigeria”, The Symbolism And Legality Of State Constitutions In Nigeria”, The Legality And Efficacy Of Regional Vigilantes”. Arbitration in Criminal Justice System”, The Scale of Arbitrator’s Fees. The Practitioners’
- Appointed Notary Public (1994). Elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (2005), Pro-Chancellor Chairman Governing Council Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State (2007-2011) Member Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (2011). In June 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria by the President.
- Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN, FCArb is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, Nigeria and he is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Aviation. He is involved in major arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
- Bolaji Ayorinde continues to receive instructions in very high profile cross border disputes such as the P&ID/Federal Government of Nigeria Arbitration, the international Arbitration over the Mambila Power Project Construction, Global Trade and Augusta/Leonardo of Italy Multidollar dispute over outstanding Commissions due on Military Equipment supplied to the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, the Els Doorhein claim against Arik Air amongst others.
- In September of 2014, he was conferred with the National Honour of “Officer of the Federal Republic” of Nigeria, [O.F.R] by Former President Goodluck Jonathan.
- In November 2014 he was appointed as a member of the Nigeria Bar Association National Executive Committee (NBA-NEC) and he currently chairs the Nigerian Bar Association Dispute Resolution Committee and the Committee on the Remodeling of the NBA Complex in Abuja.
Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN, FCArb., OFR.
He is a law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile- Ife and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990. He has been in active legal practice since 1990. He joined B.A LAW LLP in 2004 as an Associate Counsel now an Associate Partner. A seasoned litigator. Specializes in Election Petition, Arbitration, Debt Recovery, Commercial and General Litigation, Maritime Law, Banking Law, Taxation and Insurance Law. He has successfully represented a broad range of clients ranging from local to International Corporations in diverse matters. He is a member of the International Bar Association and the Nigerian Bar Association. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK).
Adenrele’s Litigation profile has been on the rise and he has recently been involved in the following Appellate cases:
• ALHAJI ABDUL RAUF TIJANI & ANORS VS. CHIEF BOLAJI AYORINDE SAN
Appeal No: CA/L/275/2013
Judgment delivered by Court of Appeal Lagos on 16th of February, 2017
• NEWSWATCH COMMUNICATIONS LTD & ORS VS. MR. NUHU WADAARUWA & ORS
Appeal No: CA/L/1072/2014
Judgment delivered by Court of Appeal Lagos on 23rd of March, 2017
• OMO OBA ADEDIRE ADETONA & ORS VS. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION & ORS
Appeal No: CA/I/10/2011
Judgment delivered by Court of Appeal Lagos on 24th of February, 2017
• TRANSPORT AND PORTS MANAGEMENT CO. LTD VS. NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY & 4 ORS
Appeal No: CA/L/447/2013
Judgment delivered by Court of Appeal Lagos on 18th of May, 2017
• ROTIMI WILLIAMS AKINTOKUN V. LEGAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
Judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Reported in (2014) LPER-22941 (Sc); (2014) 13 NWLR (Part 1423 At Pg 1)
• IBRAHIM OLOSUN & ORS V. LASISI AYANRINOLA & ORS.
Judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on 23rd April, 2008.
Reported in (2008) LPELR-CA/1/96/2006.
• REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS V. AKIPS NIGERIA LIMITED
Appeal No: CA/J/171/2005.
Judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal Ibadan on the 20th of February, 2015.
• MOBIL OIL NIGERIA PLC V. MRS. C.G. OGUNKEYE
Appeal No: CA/I/7/2012.
Judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal, Ibadan on 25th March, 2015.
• WEMA BANK V. MRS. MOSUNMOLA TONADE.
Court of Appeal.
Reported in (2009) 2 WRN 129.
• SENIOR EVANGELIST OSHODI V. MR TAJUDEEN BALOGUN
Appeal No: CA/L/1097M/11.
Judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal, Lagos on 22nd March, 2016.
• NIGERIA RE-INSURANCE CORPORATION V. LATIFAT DOSUMU.
Appeal No: CA/L/211/2015.
Judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on the 7th of December, 2015
Adegorioye Adenrele
Akinlabi Apara is Managing Partner and the Head of Chambers of the firm. He attended Olabisi Onabanjo University where he obtained his Bachelors Degree in Law. He is highly experienced in litigation, commercial law practice and labour Law and is versatile in land disputes. He is also a certified negotiator and mediator and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Nigeria.
Akinlabi Apara
Ajibola Ariba is a Senior Associate of the Firm. He attended Mayflower School, Ikenne, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun, Nigerian Law School, and the University of Lagos.
He joined the firm in 2011 as an Associate, although he had earlier done his internship with the firm in 2008 before he proceeded for his NYSC and the Nigerian Law School in 2009. Ajibola also acquired some experience with Chief Gani Adetola Kazeem SAN & Co. in his early days of his career in 2010 before joining the firm.
In 2007, he wrote on ‘The Nigerian Stock Exchange and its Legal Perspectives’. Ajibola has also published two (2) Law Books in 2012 and 2014 respectively, in contribution to the development of the Law in Nigeria.
He has his interest in Civil Law, Criminal Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Property and Land Law, Tax Law, Labour Law, Banking, Capital Market/ Investments and Securities Law, and has a passion for Lecturing. Ajibola has also worked as a junior Counsel on a few Pre and Post Election Petition Matters, Chieftaincy Matters, and Maritime Law Matters to mention a few.
Ajibola’s aspiration is to rise to the Inner Bar.
Ajibola Ariba
Ezenwa attended Premier Primary School and Township Comprehensive College, Orlu Imo State, for his primary and secondary school education respectively. Thereafter he proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus where he graduated in 2009 with Bachelor of Laws LLB (Hons). He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2010 having attended the Nigerian Law School, Enugu Campus for his Bachelor of Law (BL) same year. He did his mandatory National Youth Service in 2010-2011 in Kano at the law firm of C. A. Adolor & Co.
Upon the completion of his NYSC, he joined the law firm of Olumide Ayeni & Co from 2012 – 2014 before joining the firm of Messrs B.A. Law LLP in 2014. He is also an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (Unity Branch, Abuja). He has also many conferences of the Nigerian Bar Association including the NBA Session on Business Law.
He has wide experience and practice which stretches across large spectrum of fields in law with special bias in General Litigation, Property and Land law, Administrative Law, Industrial and Labour Law, Banking and Corporate matters, Civil and Criminal litigation, Arbitration, Taxation, Energy, Environmental law and Election Petition.
Ezenwa Ibegbunam
Graduated from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo Ogun State in 2011 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2012. He holds a Diploma in Security Studies (DSS) at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. He also attended Oriel College, Oxford University, United Kingdom in 2014 for an Advanced Summer Law Course (CBL International) in Selected Issues in Corporate and Tax Law and European Business Law.
He worked as an Intern in P.C.P Ezeani & Co in 2008, 2009 & 2010 until he was called to the Nigerian Bar and continued to work as a Junior Partner after he was called in 2012 and for which he left sometimes in December 2014. He also worked and practiced as a full Legal Practitioner from March, 2015 with the firm of Messrs. A. Muoka & Co. (An Intellectual Law Firm of the most Senior Legal Practitioner and a Former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association – Lagos Branch) – which he left in June 2016.
He joined the firm of Messrs. B.A. Law LLP in June 2016. He is a Member of the International Bar Association and the Nigerian Bar Association (Lagos Branch – The Premier Branch). His core expertise is in the areas of: criminal litigation, civil litigation, corporate and commercial law, banking and insurance matters, debt recovery, alternative dispute resolution matters and real estate documentation, property title perfection and undertakes due diligence searches.
Adedoyin Ologbenla
Gold studied Law in Madonna University, Okija, where she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in 2010 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013. She has since been in active practice. She has passion for Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution generally with interest in Criminal Litigation, Commercial Law, Company Law, Legal Drafting and Conveyance.
Gold Mgbeahuru ACArb
Francisca Oluremi Dawodu
Emmanuel Elijah
She graduated from Madonna University,Okija,Anambra State and was called to the Nigerian Bar on the 21st of October 2015. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association,Lagos Branch. Her core expertise is in the areas of civil litigation, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution matters.
Onuoha Chidinma Faith
Temitayo Ayorinde is an associate member of the Firm.
After obtaining an LLB 2013 and receiving his call to the Nigerian Bar in 2016, he has pursued a career in Dispute Resolution.
Receiving further training in Venture Capital and Private equity, he has been able to effectively advice on complex commercial transactions in Tech finance, Entertainment Law agreements and Intellectual Property Protection.
Temitayo Ayorinde
Precious is an Associate counsel of the firm. She has actively pursued her legal career upon being called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016. She is an active member of the Charted Institute of Mediators and Conciliators of Nigeria.
Since joining the firm, she has been involved in a wide range of matters, including general corporate advisory, Alternative Dispute Resolution and litigation. She is a Corporate Transactions Enthusiast with specific interest in Immigration Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Matrimonial causes and Family Law, Corporate insolvency, Aviation, Labour and employment, Corporate Governance, Tele-communications, and real estate matters
Precious E. Akhilomen
Soladoye Lanlehin is an Associate at BA LAW LLP. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance from Covenant University, Sango Otta and also holds a Master of Professional Ethics degree from the prestigious University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.
He bagged his law degree with a Second-Class Upper Division from the University of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. Soladoye became a member of the Nigerian Bar Association after been called to the Nigerian Bar to practice law in Nigeria.
He is an experienced Associate with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. He is skilled in Banking and Finance, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Arbitration, Capital Markets and Strategic Planning. He is an avid reader and an enthusiastic researcher. He currently resides in Lagos, Nigeria.
Soladoye Lanlehin
Genesis Bandodo
Semilore Oluwatayo is an Associate in the Firm. He holds his LLB from The prestigious University of Lagos. ’ He became a Member of the Nigerian Bar Association after been called to the Nigerian Bar in 2018.
Jeremiah Akinlade
Temiloluwa Tayo-Tiwo is an Associate in the Firm. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.He received his law degree with a Second-Class, Upper Division from the University of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. He has also obtained a Masters’ Degree in International and Commercial Law, with a specialization in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Buckingham. He became a Member of the Nigerian Bar Association after been called to the Nigerian Bar in 2017.
Since joining the firm, he has been involved in a wide range of matters, including Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He also maintains particular interests in Corporate Commercial law, Matrimonial Causes, Entertainment law, Intellectual Property Practice, Labour and Employment law, Real Estate Matters and Oil and Gas Law.
Temiloluwa Tayo-Tiwo
Adeyinka is an Associate in the firm.
He attended the Lead City University, Ibadan where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.sc)(Hons) in Politics and International Relations in 2012.
After a year of National Service, he proceeded to the University of Northampton, United Kingdom where he graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB)(Hons) in 2015.
He also obtained a Masters of Law in International Commercial Lawfrom the University of Northampton, United Kingdom in 2017.
He was called to the Nigeria Bar in November 2018. He joined B.A LAW LLP in March, 2019.
Adeyinka holds a certificate in Intellectual Property Law from the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva.
Adeyinka has passion for Corporate and Commercial litigation, Civil and criminal litigation, legal advisory, intellectual property practice, dispute resolution, real estate and International relations advisory.
Adeyinka Binuyo
Semilore Oluwatayo is an Associate in the Firm. He holds his LLB from The prestigious University of Lagos. ’ He became a Member of the Nigerian Bar Association after been called to the Nigerian Bar in 2018.
Semilore Oluwatayo
Adedamola Oladapo (ACArb) is an Associate of the firm.
She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. She is also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
She interned with Kunle Fadipe & Co in 2012, Wole Olanipekun & Co in 2017. She also garnered experience in Intellectual Property law in G.O Sodipo & Co and Simmons Cooper partners in 2019 before joining BA Law LLP in December 2019.
Adedamola has been involved in a wide range of law practice that cuts across; International Law, Election Petition, Criminal Litigation, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property law, Human rights, Property, and land Law.
Adedamola Oladapo
Onaopemipo Oguntayo is a graduate of the prestigious University of Lagos, called to the Nigerian bar in 2019. She is certified Conciliator and Mediator.
Since joining the firm, she has been involved in a broad range of Legal practice cutting across; Alternative Dispute Resolution, Employment and Labor law, Matrimonial causes, as well as Commercial law practice. She also maintains peculiar interests in Intellectual Property and Real Estate.
Opemipo Oguntayo
Precious Emoabino is an associate member of the Firm. She attended the prestigious University of Ibadan where she graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB)(Hons) in 2018 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2019. She is also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
She maintains particular interests in Corporate Commercial law, Matrimonial Causes, Labour and Employment law, Real Estate Matters and Immigration Law.