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Fidelis Adewole

G Elias & Co

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Notable practitioner
Bar Admissions:
Nigeria
Practice Areas:
Private equity
M&A
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Yoruba
Biography

Fidelis Adewole is the Managing Partner at G. Elias. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma where he graduated top of his class. He won two awards at the Nigerian Law School: Prince Bola Ajibola’s prize for being the most proficient student in Civil Procedure Paper; and Dr. Mudiaga Odje’s prize for being the most proficient student in Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure Papers.

Fidelis is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He is also an Associate of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. He is a Notary Public.

Key practice areas
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Project development
Academic qualifications
  • Barrister-at-Law, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
  • Bachelor of Laws, Nigerian Law School
Association/network memberships
  • Chartered Institute of Taxation.
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
Bar admissions
  • Nigerian Bar Association
Address:
6 Broad Street
Lagos, Lagos, 100001
Nigeria
Tel:+234 8038850632, +2341 4607890/ 2806970 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.gelias.com

Related Practitioners

  • Kuburat Abubakar is a Senior Associate in the Firm’s Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Foreign Investment,Real Estate and Construction Practice Units. As a key member of the Firm’s Corporate and M&A practice units,
  • Victor Ayo-Odewale is an Associate in the Finance, Energy and Projects practice groups of the Firm. He regularly advises a wide range of domestic and international clients, including lenders (commercial and multilateral banks,development finance institutions, export credit agencies, and infrastructure funds), borrowers, project sponsors,governments and corporates on the financing and development of energy, natural resources and infrastructure projects.
  • Lolia Biobele-Georgewill is a Senior Associate at the firm. Her practice focuses on Projects and Corporate. Lolia has a wide range of experience acting on domestic, international, and cross-border transactions in the infrastructure development and M&A sector.
  • Michelle Chikezie is a partner in G. Elias. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws degrees from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and New York University School of Law respectively.
  • Professor Gbolahan Elias SAN is a partner at G. Elias. He read law at Magdalen and Merton Colleges, Oxford University. BA and BCL degrees (both with 1st Class Honours) MA and a D.Phil.
  • Japhet Eneh is a Senior Associate in the firm. His experience spans across the Firm’s Projects Unit and Commercial Practice Groups. For Projects, Japhet regularly handles numerous and diverse transactions under the real estate sector, construction, transport, logistics, infrastructure, industrial and mining sectors.
  • Okechukwu Okoro is the Deputy Managing Partner at G Elias. His practice focuses on electric power, oil and gas, banking and finance, labour, immigration and dispute resolution. He has advised both public and private sector, local and international clients on several large, innovative, and complex transactions across in the electric power and oil and gas sectors.