Adegoke Oluyede is the Principal Partner of GLS Solicitors & Advocates, a full-service corporate and commercial law Practice with offices in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria.

Adegoke graduated from Lagos State University in 1991 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992. With over 33 years of post-Call experience, he has acquired expertise in Commercial law practice across a wide range of industry areas. He has led the structuring of several local and international joint ventures through Partnerships, creation of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), equity investments, and mergers. As a result of his expertise in this area, he was invited in 2011 to join the faculty of the Enterprise Development Center (Abuja), an initiative of the Pan-African University, established to train Entrepreneurs in Nigeria, where he still lectures on a part-time basis.

In the course of his commercial work for project owners, contractors, promoters, and/or Sponsors, he has acted as Counsel in a wide variety of transactions covering Joint Venture (JV), Partnership, Franchising, outsourcing, Aviation (wet & dry leases), Leases, Agency, Sale and Purchase, Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, amongst others. He also has significant cognate litigation experience in matters arising from many of the enumerated contract types.

He has extensive experience in advising International Non-Governmental organizations on matters relating to Nigerian law, including but not limited to taxation, employment/labour law, contracts, and other legal matters. Amongst clients that he has consulted for are the National Democratic Institute, an American NGO supporting democratic institutions and practices worldwide, and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). As part of his consulting work, Adegoke acted as Legal Adviser under the auspices of the DFID to the Federal Government of Nigeria on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P). In this capacity, he primarily advised the SURE-P Committee on project-related legal issues, including contracts, claims, project governance, and dispute resolution relating to the infrastructure and Social Safety Net programmes being carried out by the Federal Government under the SURE-P.

Adegoke leads the Firm’s PPP, Infrastructure and Energy sector team and has advised clients on several landmark transactions, including, amongst others:

• Concessioning of Asaba International Airport.
• Debt Management Office HQ development via PPP.
• Advising Mainstream Energy Limited, the Concessionaire of the Kainji and Jebba Hydro Power Plants (HPP).
• Nigerian Automotive Design & Development Council (NADDC)
• Concessioning of Gurara 30Mw Hydro Power Plant.
• Concessioning of Gurara II 360Mw HPP.
• Concessioning of Kashimbila 40Mw HPP
• Concessioning of Zungeru 700Mw HPP
• Concessioning of Katsina-Ala 460Mw HPP.
• Advising the AMG Petro-Energy group
• Advising Omega Butler Marginal Fields Limited.

Adegoke sits on the Board of Directors of several companies and acts as company secretary to various companies spanning across sectors from Energy, real estate, hospitality, media, marine services, telecoms, finance, and agriculture, amongst others. 

Memberships

• Nigerian Bar Association
• International Bar Association