Temitayo A. Ojeleke was educated at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ife and was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1999. He holds a Master’s Degree in Oil and Gas Law from the Robert Gordon’s University Aberdeen, Scotland. An outstanding litigator, Tayo Ojeleke has argued before all superior courts of record in Nigeria and is considered to be an exceptional transactional lawyer with a particular bias for energy, maritime and property law. He is the Firm’s {HAWKES LEGAL} current Managing Partner.
is considered to be an exceptional transactional lawyer with a particular bias for energy, maritime and property law. He is the Firm’s {HAWKES LEGAL} current Managing Partner.Temitayo is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and the Association of Independent Petroleum Negotiators. He sits on the Governing Boards of a number of charitable organizations.
Temitayo Ojeleke has led numerous teams in conducting legal due diligence prior to the acquisition of companies and various assets in Nigeria.He led the legal team that guided the Bureau of Public Enterprises through some of the successful concession regimes for public infrastructure, and led the legal team that advised the Bureau of Public Enterprises in its attempts to sell the power plants located at Oji River (Enugu State), Ijora (Lagos State) and Calabar (Cross River State).He is currently the lead legal adviser to the largest Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) off-takers club in Nigeria, and a consortium currently undertaking a multi-billion naira transport and real estate construction project in Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial Capital.
Temitayo also serves as legal adviser to a number of public and private sector organizations