Legal Ramifications of COVID-19 on the Sports and Entertainment Industries The most significant incident to impact the planet in the last four months has been the outbreak of COVID-19 popularly known as the novel coronavirus. This outbreak has reinforced the need for appropriate legal and risk management measures and systems. The pandemic which has now…
We are delighted to announce our strategic collaboration with Capstone Legal, one of India’s fastest-growing law firms. The total trade between the two growing economies was put at between US$10- 11 Billion in recent times and bilateral trade relations are likely to increase in the near future. The two firms have recognized the growing commercial interaction…
The Sports, Entertainment, and Technology (SET) team at OAL, participated at the just concluded Social Media Week Lagos which held from Monday 24th – Friday 28th February 2020. Social Media Week Lagos is the largest, tech, new media, and business conference on the continent of Africa. It is significant because it creates an avenue for…
Despite FIFA’s outright prohibition on third-party ownership in football 2015, to remove unethical practices and mitigate the controversy surrounding this type of investment in football, TPO, as it is more commonly known, remains a regular occurrence in the football industry in places such as Nigeria. A short precise definition of third party ownership also…
A National Policy on Arbitration in Nigeria – A publication of the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Olisa Agbakoba Legal I. INTRODUCTION Nigeria generates a significant volume of commercial transactions, both domestic and international with about 80 percent of these transactions originating and or terminating in Nigeria especially Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano, etc.…
Our Senior Partner, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) was a guest facilitator at the Forum on Non-performing Loans at the Access Bank Risk Management and Compliance Retreat which took place at the Access Bank Contact Center, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, January 17, 2020. He spoke on the topic “Loopholes in Banking Practices: Reducing the Incidence…
Intellectual Property Rights and Sports: A Paper Presented by Beverley Agbakoba-Onyejianya, Sports & Entertainment Lawyer at the World Intellectual Property Organisation “Reach for Gold” Event Hosted by The Friends of the Creator Artistic Foundation – April 26, 2019, Lagos. Asides from Game of Thrones, I’m certain everyone here will agree with me that the Olympics,…
The increasing rise in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has become alarming. Until recently, the concern about piracy has been the Gulf of Eden operated by Somalia pirates; however, piracy has witnessed a drastic shift to the Gulf of Guinea. Armed robbery against ships and cargo theft has also risen uncontrollably within Nigerian territorial…
Our Senior Partner, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) was recently featured in Who is Who Legal 2019 as a National expert in Arbitration. He is a seasoned arbitrator and the brain behind the first law firm annexed arbitration/mediation centre in Lagos (Nigeria), the Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) Arbitration & Mediation Centre. He has showcased his brilliance…
Our Partner/Head of Dispute Resolution, Babatunde Ogungbamila was a panellist at the OANDO Legal Seminar which took place on Tuesday 29th October 2019 at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. He spoke on the topic “Management of Disputes and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Against Sovereign States”. The seminar was floated to examine critical issues relating to…
