Olanipekun Orewale

Ola is a Partner in the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Insolvency Practice Groups. He has practised extensively before all the superior courts of record on matters relating to labour and employment, capital markets, telecommunications, contracts, tax, banking and finance, auditor’s negligence, shareholders’ rights and insolvency. He renders advisory services to financial institutions, corporate organisations and multinational companies on insolvency, restructuring and turnaround of companies, mergers and acquisitions, schemes of arrangement and compromise, winding-up petitions, voluntary liquidation, receivership and bankruptcy.

Certifications

LLM, University of Ibadan

BL, Nigerian Law School

LLB, Ogun State University

Professional Associations

Nigerian Bar Association

International Bar Association

INSOL International

Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK

Notable Positions Held

Member, Committee of Inspection, NITEL/MTEL (In Liquidation) Expert Member for the Reforms of Insolvency Provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act

Recognitions

Who’s Who Legal, Outstanding Lawyer, Labour & Employment Law, 2019

Publications

Nigerian Chapter on “Insolvency Law Reforms in Nigeria – Where are we going?” published in The Quarterly Journal of

INSOL International, 2018 Courting Controversy, published by Global Legal Group, 2014