DAYO AYOOLA-JOHNSON

Dayo is regarded by clients and colleagues as a fine gentleman and an “attorney who gets the job done”. Local and international clients are familiar with his unique ability to create innovative solutions to peculiar and knotty legal problems.

Since his admission to the Nigerian Bar in 1999, Dayo has actively been engaged in full time practice. Prior to establishing Prestige Consulting, he gained considerable experience in various reputable law firms including Kemi Balogun SAN & Co, Bolaji Ayorinde SAN &Co and ACAS-Lawwhich is regarded as one of Nigeria’s leading law firms with international perspective and standard of service where he spent over 17years. He imbibed the core values at ACAS-Law and rose through the ranks to become the Partner in charge of the Dispute Resolution Group and the Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring Practice of ACAS-Law.

Dayo has cognate experience and specialises in Dispute Resolution including domestic and international arbitration and has advised on a wide variety of legal issues particularly in corporate and commercial law, aviation and maritime law, international trade law, employment, intellectual property, banking and securities law, taxation, petroleum law and oil spill related matters. He has conducted trials and appeals in all Courts in Nigeria and has at various times led various teams in achieving legal victories that have come to define some major areas of Nigerian law. Several of the matters in which Dayo has appeared in have been reported in Nigerian Law Reports. Dayo also has considerable knowledge, expertise and experience in international, domestic and investment treaty arbitration.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association Nigeria
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom)
• Member of the International Bar Association
• Member of the Nigerian Bar Association