Aelex Partners

Aelex Partners (which operates as Aelex Legal Practitioners & Arbitrators or referred to simply as Ç¼LEX) is a full-service law firm headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with other offices in Port Harcourt and Abuja in Nigeria as well as an office in the central business district of Accra, Ghana. The firm was named as "Nigeria's Leading Firm" by Who's Who Legal in 2009, 2011 and 2015. The firm is noted for facilitating the acquisition of Chi Nigeria Limited's equity stake, by The Coca-Cola Company, as well as its work in intellectual property, dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions and tax law.
History
In 2004, Aelex was founded through the merger of the practice of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and three other commercial law firms in Nigeria, namely; O. Adekoya & Co., Victor & Charles, Anga & Emuwa and Adegbite Adeniji & Co.
AELEX Public Lecture
Since 2005, Aelex, has held yearly lectures on topical legal/political issues facing Nigeria in general. Some of the more notable lectures organized by the firm include:
*"Unlocking DFI Funding for the Private Sector" (2019)
*"Schooling without Learning" (2017)
*“Making States Work” (2016)
*“In God’s Name: Politics, Religion and Economic Development” (2014)
*“This House Must Not Fall: Constitutional Reform and The People’s Will” (2013) Aelex has been ranked as a "Leading Firm" in Chambers Global for 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
In 2019, founding partner of the firm, Funke Adekoya, won the Partner of the Year award at the African Legal Awards 2019.
In 2019 and 2020, the global market assessor, The Legal 500 ranked Aelex as "Tier 1" in four practice areas, namely; dispute resolution, energy and natural resources, shipping and transport, and corporate/commercial mergers and acquisitions, in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 2020 rankings. Partners in the firm, were also given high recommendations in the report.

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