Bisi Makanjuola

Bisi Makanjuola is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at the firm. He has close to 20 years of experience in high-value, complex disputes, and is widely regarded as a formidable advocate and strategic advisor to leading corporations, financial institutions, and multinationals operating across Nigeria and beyond.

He regularly represents top-tier domestic and international clients across industries, acting in commercially significant arbitration and litigation matters with a strong focus on financial services, energy, infrastructure, mining, and corporate governance. His expertise spans international and domestic arbitration, commercial litigation, capital markets disputes, white-collar crime, fraud investigations, and regulatory enforcement actions. He has advised on consolidated international arbitrations involving claims exceeding half a billion dollars against a sovereign state, novel procedural strategies such as relocating the seat of arbitration, acted in a multi-million-dollar appeal involving a multinational oil and gas company, and is currently representing a mining company in precedent-setting litigation testing state versus federal control over mining regulation in Nigeria.

Recognised by IFLR1000 as a "Notable Practitioner" and named among Africa's Top 50 Young Arbitration Practitioners, he has been described as a "Recommended Partner" by The Legal 500. He previously served as Chairman of the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association. He has undertaken secondments to leading law firms in London and Paris. Bisi holds an LL.B from Obafemi Awolowo University and a B.L. from the Nigerian Law School.