Supo Shasore
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Olasupo Shasore, SAN | |
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Partner, ALP (Africa Law Practice) | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Litigation Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke | |
In office 2011–2015 | |
Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State | |
In office 2007–2011 | |
Preceded by | Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN |
Succeeded by | Mr. Ade Ipaye |
Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke | |
In office 1999–2007 | |
Co-founding partner, Ukiri & Shasore | |
In office 1993–1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Olasupo Shasore 22 January 1964 Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria |
Residence | Lagos, Nigeria |
Alma mater | Obafemi Awolowo University (LL B) University of Lagos (LL M) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | olasuposhasore.com |
Olasupo Shasore (born 22 January 1964) is a legal practitioner[1] and a founding partner in the law firm of Africa Law Practice NG & Co,[2] a commercial law firm in Nigeria. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011.[3]
Education[]
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (August 2020) |
Shasore attended the Federal Government College Lagos and Igbobi College,[4] Lagos before studying law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduating with an LL.B in 1986 followed by a Bachelor of Laws from Nigerian Law School in 1987. He then achieved an LL.M through the University of Lagos in 1990.[5]
Career[]
He was called to the Nigerian Bar on 22 October 1987; Became a member of the Inner Bar and conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2006; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom) 2007; Former member of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria; Notary Public for Nigeria; President of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) (until January 2016); Chairman of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission (until 2015);[6] Member/Secretary of the Presidential Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce (2013); Led Lagos State delegates at National Constitutional conference (2014)
Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State (2007–2011)[]
As Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, he led the review of the Criminal Code Law, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law; Authored and issued the first Prosecutors' Guidelines (2011); Initiated the first African Regional Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP). Chaired the Mortgage and Property Law Reform Committee, which produced and recommended the Mortgage & Property Law (2009). He also authored the Home Ownership and Mortgage Policy (2011).[7] He also initiated the policy and crafted the tenant friendly Tenancy Law of Lagos State, balancing the inequality between landlords and tenants.
Personal life[]
Shasore is married with three children.
Writings[]
He is also an historian and author, his recent books include Ministering Justice: Administration of Justice in Nigeria (Qbooks, 2019); Platter of Gold: Making Nigeria (2016); Possessed – A History of Law & Justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos (2014);[8] Commercial Arbitration – Arbitration Law & International Practice in Nigeria (Lexis Nexis, 2011), Johnson and Shasore;[9] Jurisdiction & Sovereign Immunity in Nigerian Commercial Law (Practice and textbook) (2007, NIIA).
References[]
- ^ "Olasupo Shasore SAN".
- ^ "Our People | ALP | A leading corporate commercial law firm in Lagos Nigeria".
- ^ "Past Attorney Generals » Lagos State Ministry of Justice".
- ^ "A Noble Nigerian in the Change Milleu".
- ^ "Biography of Olasupo Shasore, SAN". 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Lagos Law Reform". 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Lagos Homs". Lagos Homs. Lagos State Government. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Supo Shasore releases 'Possessed'". ArtyLiving. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Public Presentation of Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria". TundeFashola.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- Living people
- 1964 births
- People from Lagos
- Obafemi Awolowo University alumni
- University of Lagos alumni
- Igbobi College alumni
- Attorneys General of Lagos State
- Commissioners of ministries of Lagos State
- 21st-century Nigerian lawyers