Olasupo Shasore SAN

Practice Areas

Litigation & Arbitration, Energy, Natural Resources, Transport & Infrastructure, Commercial & Trade Law; Policy Expert

Career

Over 36 years’ experience acting for sovereign, sub-national and private international parties in international commercial & investment arbitration/ litigation and other advisory capacities, significant deep experience in investor- state arbitration and the leading African counsel in ICSID experience, investment related disputes; shipping & maritime law, project and risk advice in mining, natural resources, energy and infrastructure, seasoned and frequently appointed arbitrator or expert on Nigerian Law. Past Attorney-General for Lagos State Nigeria, (2007-2011)

Professional Memberships

*Member, London Court of International Arbitration,

*Africa User Group; Ciarb;

*International Bar Association;

*Member of African Arbitration Association;

*Associate Fellow Royal Historical Society

*Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council (CWEIC) Nigeria Advisory Board and a member of CWEIC International Advisory Board

*Member of Panel of Experts of Panel of Recognized International market experts;

*Nigeria Bar Association-SBL;

*Member, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) User Council.

Publications

*Ministering Justice: Administration of Law & Justice in Nigeria (Quramo (2018) Shasore & Bello)

*Commercial Arbitration-Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria (2011) (Johnson & Shasore);

*Jurisdiction and Sovereign Immunity in Nigerian Commercial Law (NIIA 2007)

*Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Commercial Law Reports of Nigeria (CLRN) since 2004.

Work Highlights

*Lead Counsel – Interocean Oil Development Company & Ors v Dr. Festus Alani Fadeyi & Anor June 2024

*Lead Counsel - Interocean Oil Development Company v Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Jurisdiction decision ARB 13/20).

*Lead Counsel – in the Court of Appeal decision OLUWALOGBON & 3ors v Govt of The UNITED

KINGDOM & Anor (2005) 7 CLRN 90; where he successfully defended the United Kingdom and

where the court enunciated the applicable rules of sovereign immunity in Nigerian law.

* Lead Counsel – in the Supreme Court Case NIGERIA ADVERTISING SERVICES LTD & Anor

v UBA Plc & Anor (2005) 7 CLRN 36 where the court restated the extent of the mortgagor’s equity

of redemption.

* Lead Counsel in the Supreme Court case MARITIME & GEN. ASS v OVERSEAS UNION (2006)

1 CLRN 8S; (2006) 4 NWLR (Pt.971) 622 deciding the law applicable in Nigeria for foreign judgment

Education