Supo Shasore

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Olasupo Shasore, SAN
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 byProfessor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
Succeeded byMr. Ade Ipaye
Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke
In office
1999–2007
Co-founding partner, Ukiri & Shasore
In office
1993–1999
Personal details
Born
Olasupo Shasore

(1964-01-22) 22 January 1964 (age 58)
Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria
ResidenceLagos, Nigeria
Alma materObafemi Awolowo University (LL B)
University of Lagos (LL M)
ProfessionLawyer
Websiteolasuposhasore.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[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Olasupo Shasore SAN".
  2. ^ "Our People | ALP | A leading corporate commercial law firm in Lagos Nigeria".
  3. ^ "Past Attorney Generals » Lagos State Ministry of Justice".
  4. ^ "A Noble Nigerian in the Change Milleu".
  5. ^ "Biography of Olasupo Shasore, SAN". 7 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Lagos Law Reform". 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Lagos Homs". Lagos Homs. Lagos State Government. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Supo Shasore releases 'Possessed'". ArtyLiving. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Public Presentation of Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria". TundeFashola.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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