*Biography of Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe*
Lateef is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a member of the Body of Benchers, being the highest body of distinction in the legal profession in Nigeria. He is a past chairman of the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association.
He is the managing partner and head of the dispute resolution group within the firm. Over the years, he has garnered valuable experience particularly in the areas of Commercial and Tax litigation as well as, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
He is renowned for providing creative and innovative solutions to clients in areas where the law is considered to be novel and/or complex. Lateef has been part of the team of lawyers representing a number of foreign entities on tax matters in an area of law considered to be recondite in Nigeria. In recognition of his work on tax law, he is currently the Membership Officer for Africa of the IBA’s Committee on Taxation, a role in which he represents the interests of Africa in the committee, co-ordinates the activities of the taxation community, develops content for the Committee as far as Africa is concerned.
Lateef has demonstrated a depth of knowledge across a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial transactions. He has led the team on several money and capital market transactions in which clients have raised billions of Naira.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) Nigerian Branch and has served on the Executive Committee of the Institute between 2016 - 2018 and 2021 -2023. He was also the chairman of the Young Members Group of the Institute between 2010 and 2014. He is the vice chairman of the Training Faculty and approved tutor in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (Nigeria Branch). He is also an Associate of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN).
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