Adedayo is the chair of the firm’s dispute resolution and policy advisory practice.
Adedayo’s practice focuses on complex commercial dispute resolution, pre-election and election matters, white-collar crimes, property transactions, and policy advisory. He currently serves as a non-executive director in three private companies where he routinely advises on a wide range of legal and policy issues including commercial transactions, taxation litigation, company restructuring, and corporate governance.
Adedayo began his legal career in a top-tier law firm in Nigeria and has assisted in successfully litigating a number of high-stake claims involving local and multinational companies before all levels of court in Nigeria. He is notorious for his ability to create out-of-the-box solutions to complex legal issues.
Relevant Work Experience
- Regularly litigates pre-election disputes before the Federal High Court, and the Court of Appeal. Currently holds a 100% success rate for all the pre-election disputes he has handled.
- Actively involved in the legal representation of the interest of a leading multinational oil company against a claim in the sum of $799,000,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Ninety-Nine Million United States Dollars).
- Actively involved in the successful representation of a tier-1 indigenous construction company against a winding-up action at the Federal High Court.
- Participated in the successful activation of the receivership clause in a facility agreement provided by the senior lenders (Facility A), and a junior Naira mezzanine debt facility provided by the mezzanine lenders (Facility B), both facilities representing US$9,347,000.00, and N2,900,000,000.00 respectively.
- Participated in the preparation of bidding and transaction documents for major concession projects.
- Routine review of commercial agreements for a major player in the aviation sector.
- Actively involved in the legal representation of a commercial bank against a tax claim by a State Government in excess of 1 trillion Naira.
