Founding Partner

Adeyemi Adefulu

Founding Partner

Adeyemi Adefulu MFR is a Senior Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Team.

Adeyemi is a seasoned litigator and has carved a niche for himself as a foremost Legal Practitioner and Statesman. Adeyemi has over 41 years’ experience of legal practice in Nigeria. His core area of practice includes commercial litigation, general civil litigation matters and ADR with added expertise in issues relating to Maritime, Aviation, Insurance, Environmental, and Government Relations.

Over the years Adeyemi has successfully represented:

• Leading financial institutions.
• International oil companies; and
• Multinational institutions

In relation to a wide variety of disputes.

Adeyemi was educated at the University of Lagos (LLB, honours). He is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (admitted November 1972). Adeyemi was conferred with one of Nigeria’s highest honours, the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (MFR) in the year 2008, this honour was conferred in recognition of his services to the development of the legal industry in Nigeria.

He is a member of the Nigeria Bar Association and a member of the International Bar Association.

He is listed as a leading litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practitioner in The Legal 500.