Adewale Atake

Adewale Atake, SAN is a Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at Templars. He has extensive experience as a trial and appellate lawyer, and in domestic and international arbitration. 

With almost 30 years of active experience as an advocate in ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations, and in litigation at all levels of Nigerian courts in energy, tax and other commercial disputes, his expertise spans a broad range of subjects including crude entitlement disputes, EPC arbitrations, environmental damage claims, investment and commercial disputes, corporate governance disputes, maritime and construction. 

He is regularly recognised as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000, Legal 500 and Chambers Global.

• Successfully represented and obtained a US$2 billion-plus arbitral award for ExxonMobil and Shell in respect of a crude entitlement dispute with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. 
• Successfully represented the Delta State investment entities in a US$ 4 billion multi-party ad hoc arbitration initiated by Econet Wireless Limited. 
• Secured a landmark judgment which resulted in a tax saving of over US$3.7billion in favour of Total E&P Nigeria Limited in a tax appeal against the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service.
• Represented Hyundai Heavy Industries in an international arbitration held in Seoul, South Korea and in Lagos Nigeria, against its sub-contractor, Sirpi Alusteel in a claim of over US$125 million arising from the non-performance of an EPC contract. 
• Represented KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton in a pre-arbitration dispute arising from an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract regarding the construction of the US$3 Billion 34,000 barrel-per-day the Escravos Gas-to-Liquids project.
• Obtained an arbitral award in favour of Nigerian Breweries plc client in a dispute with a national gas supplier/pipeline on the appropriate interpretation of the “take or pay” provisions in a Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) between the parties.

• Energy Disputes
• Tax
• Maritime
• Financial services regulatory
• PPP/PFI

• Energy
• Government and public policy
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Shipping

• Nigeria

• London Court of International Arbitration
• Nigerian Maritime Arbitrators Association
• International Bar Association