Oluyemi Adebo is a Senior Associate in Kenna Partners who is actively involved in the Firm’s Dispute Resolution and Tax Practice. His in-depth understanding of the law of taxation and commercial law practice has been instrumental in creating value for various Clients. Oluyemi Adebo is a committed, meticulous and excellent professional who advises and provides level legal representation to the Firm’s Clients in several major commercial disputes and transactions.
Education
- B.L, Nigerian Law School
- LL.B (Hons), University of Lagos, Nigeria
Bars
- Barrister and Solicitor of Supreme Court of Nigeria
Memberships
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association
Expertise
- Dispute Resolution
- Taxation
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Real Estate Law
Articles
- Analysis of some Emerging Issues in the Practice and Procedure of Nigerian Law: Charting a Path for the Avoidance of Pitfalls – An online publication, January 2021;
- Are Virtual Hearings Really Unconstitutional? Published in Lawyard on July 15, 2020
- Legality of the Federal Inland Revenue Service’s power of substitution and its power to freeze taxpayers’ bank accounts Implications of the decision in Re: Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/17/2019 – Ama Etuwewe v FIRS & Anor: Published in Businessday Newspaper on February 18, 2020;
- The impact of the finance act on the administration of value added tax in Nigeria: Published in Businessday Newspaper on January 29, 2020;
- Legal and policy mechanisms for reducing non-performing loans in Nigeria: Submitted for publication in the Commercial Law Development Services Journal for 2020, and an abridged version published in Businessday Newspaper on October 23, 2019;
- The Fate of Appeals to the Supreme Court on Grounds of Mixed Facts and Law; Taking a cue from the case of Shittu v PAN Limited: Published and available on Lawyard, April 9, 2019
- Regulation of Cryptocurrencies in Nigeria; taxation as the intrinsic incentive – published in the Tax Anthology, Journal of the Tax Club, UNILAG (October 2019);
- A brief examination of Excess Dividend Tax in Nigeria vis-à-vis the applicability of the ‘Contra Fiscum’ Rule: An online publication, February 26, 2019;
- An analysis of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court and the Tax Appeal Tribunal in Tax Disputes: An online publication, July 18, 2019;
- A Panoramic View of the Calls for the Decriminalisation of Marijuana in Nigeria for Medical and Revenue Purposes: Published in The Tax Anthology, Journal of the Tax Club, University of Lagos in 2017;
- Effective Taxation of the Informal Sector; A Missing Component of Nigeria’s Economic Panacea: Published in the Tax Anthology, Journal of The Tax Club, University of Lagos in 2016;