A.O.E LEGAL

Our Team

Counsel with depth. Practitioners with pace.

Olanrewaju Adebayo, Esq.

Managing Partner & Founder

Olanrewaju Adebayo, Esq.

Solution-driven corporate and insolvency practitioner leading high-value restructuring and recovery mandates.
Adebukola Akinleye, Esq.

Partner

Adebukola Akinleye, Esq.

Versatile practitioner across corporate advisory, banking, dispute resolution and estate management.
Saheed Kareem

Senior Associate

Saheed Kareem

Resourceful lawyer with a bias for ADR, focused on commercial litigation, receivership and tech law.
Halimat Onigbinde

Senior Associate

Halimat Onigbinde

First-class-honours graduate with an LLM from Queen's University specialising in corporate-commercial and securities law.
Oluwadamilare Adeoyin Ebenezer, Esq.

Associate

Oluwadamilare Adeoyin Ebenezer, Esq.

Astute young professional across corporate commercial practice, litigation, employment and IP.
Olanrewaju Adebayo, Esq.

Managing Partner & Founder

Olanrewaju Adebayo, Esq.

A solution-driven corporate and insolvency practitioner with a strong academic foundation and significant experience across leading commercial law environments in Nigeria. Olanrewaju has evolved into a formidable corporate and insolvency practitioner, actively involved in corporate restructuring, investment recovery, and the commercial negotiation of high-value transactions. He has drafted and structured multi-billion-Naira investment agreements and litigated complex recovery matters at both High Court and Appellate Court levels.

Education

  • LL.B, University of Ilorin
  • B.L, Nigerian Law School

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Legal Advisory / Company Secretarial / Regulatory Compliance
  • Employment Law
  • Maritime
  • Energy Law
  • Litigation & ADR

Memberships

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Business Rescue & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria
  • INSOL International
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria
Adebukola Akinleye, Esq.

Partner

Adebukola Akinleye, Esq.

A versatile legal practitioner with experience spanning corporate advisory, banking and finance transactions, dispute resolution, family law, estate management and probate, and regulatory compliance. Adebukola has taken part in the prosecution and defense of high-profile investment recovery cases.

Education

  • LL.B, Lagos State University
  • B.L, Nigerian Law School

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Banking and Finance
  • Legal Advisory / Company Secretarial / Regulatory Compliance
  • Family Law / Estate Management / Probate
  • Litigation

Memberships

  • Nigerian Bar Association
Saheed Kareem

Senior Associate

Saheed Kareem

Called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016, Saheed is a resourceful lawyer with expertise in commercial litigation, receivership, debt recovery and insolvency practice, tech law, and real estate. He has a strong bias for alternative dispute resolution and multi-door court proceedings, and has advised banking institutions on loan recovery and the enforcement of loan contracts.

Education

  • Called to the Nigerian Bar, 2016

Practice Areas

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Receivership & Debt Recovery
  • Insolvency Practice
  • Technology Law
  • Real Estate
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

Memberships

  • Nigerian Bar Association
Halimat Onigbinde

Senior Associate

Halimat Onigbinde

Called to the Nigerian Bar in 2018 with first class honours, Halimat brings experience across corporate law, legal advisory, corporate-commercial litigation, debt recovery, insolvency practice, and dispute resolution. She holds an LLM from Queen's University, Ontario, Canada, specialising in Corporate-Commercial Law and Securities Law.

Education

  • LL.B, University of Lagos
  • B.L, Nigerian Law School
  • LL.M, Queen's University, Ontario

Practice Areas

  • Corporate-Commercial Law
  • Capital Market
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Corporate Insolvency

Memberships

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners of Nigeria
Oluwadamilare Adeoyin Ebenezer, Esq.

Associate

Oluwadamilare Adeoyin Ebenezer, Esq.

An intelligent, reliable, astute and efficient young professional with strong capabilities in corporate commercial practice, litigation, transactional advisory, employment law, intellectual property, and real estate.

Education

  • LL.B, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
  • B.L, Nigerian Law School

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation & ADR

Memberships

  • Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators
  • Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators
  • Mediation Movement