Mrs. Abimbola Akeredolu, SAN (“Mrs. Akeredolu”) is a Partner in the law firm, Banwo & Ighodalo (“the firm”). She supervises the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration, and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice.
Mrs. Akeredolu is a target driven and goal oriented lawyer. Her resolute commitment to the best interest of her clients in transactions and in the course of litigation and negotiation of settlements, and the inevitable attendant success is an attribute for which she is often commended. She is quite renowned for her vast experience in commercial litigation and arbitration. Her multilingual skills (English, French, Italian and German) make her a lawyer with a difference.
In 2013, she was appointed as the first female Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ogun State. In 2015 she was conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Mrs. Akeredolu is the current Chairman, Board of Directors of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC), a user-friendly centre for the resolution of disputes, assisting local and international businesses by offering a cost effective and reliable forum, alleviating in as far as possible the unnecessary burdens of dispute management and resolution. Coincidentally, LACIAC is one of the very few (if not only) arbitration centre to have established Adjudication Rules, which is...
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Abimbola Akeredolu is considered "an arbitration icon" in Nigeria, thanks to her extensive experience handling multijurisdictional disputes spanning an array of industries.