Nigeria
Media & Entertainment Law Georgette Monnou
Olaniwun Ajayi
Georgette Monnou Associate Olaniwun Ajayi Tel: +234 1 2702551 Ext: 2718 gmonnou@olaniwunajayi.net www.olaniwunajayi.net
Finance & Capital Markets; Dispute Resolution
Georgette is an Associate of the firm’s Entertainment, Leisure & Media Practice and Finance & Capital Markets Practice. Her experience spans advising on diverse finance matters including equity financing, local and international debt financing as well as the intricacies of drafting technical Entertainment and Media contracts. Georgette regularly consults for members of the creative arts on their rights, contractual needs and potential areas of expansion in the entertainment industry with her commercial knowledge stemming from having gained experience in radio, film and television. Georgette has advised a wide range of players in the Entertainment Industry namely: Runtown, Tinny Entertainment, Tiffany Amber and Nemsia Studios just to name a few and has been asked to share her knowledge on “The Morning Show” Arise TV, the Business of Photography Conference, the University of Lagos and many more. Georgette is a graduate of Law from the University of Exeter and has completed the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at BPP University, London specialising in Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law and Debt Finance. She is also an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association. Olaniwun Ajayi LP Olaniwun Ajayi LP is a leading full-service law firm with broad capital markets, financial, corporate and commercial, infrastructure development, telecommunications, energy & natural resources, and regulatory advisory experience. With nearly 60 years’ experience of advising corporate organisations, individuals, government and governmental agencies; the firm has developed particular expertise in sophisticated commercial and financial transactions, a fact illustrated by a track record of involvement in some of the largest and most complex transactions in the dynamic sectors of the Nigerian economy. As pacesetters, Olaniwun Ajayi is strategically positioned to offer legal services on all matters related to, arising from, and ancillary to various economic activities, from inception to completion.
Nigeria
Trusts & Estates Layi Babatunde, SAN
Layi Babatunde, SAN has been engaged in the practice of Law as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria for over 30 years.
Layi Babatunde & Co.
He is a frequent speaker at Conferences and Seminars. He is a Facilitator with The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. He served as member of the inaugural Council of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association. He is Legal Adviser to the Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) and erstwhile Legal Assessor, to the Medical and Dental Disciplinary Tribunal of the Nigerian Medical Council; he has also served as member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja branch.
Layi Babatunde, SAN Managing Partner, Lead Counsel Layi Babatunde & Co. Tel: + 234 1 794 8813, 08077011730 mails@layibabatunde.com www.layibabatunde.com 80
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria; was appointed Notary Public by the Chief Justice of Nigeria in 1991 and conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2004. He is Editor-in-Chief of the official Law Report of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; entitled Judgments of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (cited as S.C (Supreme Court)). His other publications include: The Lawyer’s Companion (now in its 3rd Edition); Hints on Land Documentation and Litigation in Nigeria; Handbook of Criminal Law and Procedure Through Cases (now in its 2nd Edition); The Layi Babatunde Case Law Series (Volumes 1-9).
He has been repeatedly honoured by the National Body of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the Ikeja, Ikorodu and Ilorin branches of the NBA. He is Chairman of Lawbreed Foundation, a foundation established to promote legal education in Nigeria and award scholarships to deserving Law Students. He is the Managing Partner and Lead Counsel of the firm.