{"id":15704,"date":"2017-03-14T18:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15704"},"modified":"2018-09-03T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T15:11:53","slug":"irukera-barr-babatunde-ayokunle","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/irukera-barr-babatunde-ayokunle\/","title":{"rendered":"IRUKERA, Barr. Babatunde Ayokunle"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LL.B, B.L; legal practitioner, consultant administrator, b: September 4,1968; p: Kaduna;ht: Egbe;Iga: YagbaWest; so: Kogi;m: Mabel FolukeMesaiyete, May 14,1994; nc: two sons, one daughter; ed: University of Ilorin Staff School, 1978-80; Federal Govt. College, Ilorin, 1980-85; ObafemiAwolowoUniversity, 1985-89; Nigeria LawSchool, 1989-90;cr: Counsel, Rims Merchant Bank, Lagos, 1990-92; General Counsel,Associated Properties&#038;TrustPIc, Ugos, 1992-95; Partner, Thomas&#038;Irukera, Chicago, 1996-2000; Managing Partner, Partners,Attorneys &#038;Counselors, LLC, Chicago, 2000-06; Partner, Simmonscooper Partners, Ugos, since2006;Nigeria Government Ugal Representative, Privatization Process; Counsel, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission; Ugal Representative, International Tribunals including the ECOWAS Court of Justice in dispute arisingout ofoil block bid roundsand compliance with Ucal content Legislation; Consultantto Federal Govt.&#038;OilCompanies in extra-territorial litigationunderthe Alien TortsClaimsStatr\u00bb&#038; the Liability implication forjoint venturepartners&#038; possiblescopeof discoveryinvolved in the development of anti trust legislation &#038; regime in Nigeria; Ugal Consultant Securities Litigation, investments&#038;divestment, joint venture; oilblockacquisitions; product liability; fiduciary dutiesofdirectors; intellectual property;CrossBorderLitigation; ProviderCapacity-building advisory services to Federal Agencies; Ugal Representatives to the Federal &#038; Kano State GovernmentsinaCorporate misconductcaseagainstglobal pharmaceutical giant leadingto a settlement yet in Nigeria; mm: NigeriaBarAssociation; American Bar Association; International Bar Association; Africa Bar Association; Washington State Bar Association; American Society of International Uw; Africa fnterestGroup;v-ch., AmericaBarAssociation, African Committee; served as liaison between the Intemational Sector &#038; AfricaBarAssociation; Participant, previous ILEXdelegate toAfrica;Admitted before the US Court ofAppeals for the Seventh &#038; Fourth Circuits &#038; the prestigious Federal Trial Bar,h: Cited in theWho&#8217;s Who Ugal International; Profiled inthe American Uwyer&Spiegel;off: SimmonsCoopersPartners, Victoria Island,Ugos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15704","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24535,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15704\/revisions\/24535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}