Supo Shasore
Olasupo Shasore, SAN (born 22 January 1964) is a legal practitioner.He is a partner in the law firm of ALP NG & Co (Africa Law Practice NG & Co), a leading commercial law firm in Nigeria. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011. Shasore is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is the immediate past chair, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Committee of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Olasupo Shasore, SAN | |
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Partner, ALP (Africa Law Practice) | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Litigation Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke | |
In office 2011–2015 | |
Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State | |
In office 2007–2011 | |
Preceded by | Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN |
Succeeded by | Mr. Ade Ipaye |
Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke | |
In office 1999–2007 | |
Co-founding partner, Ukiri & Shasore | |
In office 1993–1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Olasupo Shasore 22 January 1964 Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria |
Residence | Lagos, Nigeria |
Alma mater | Obafemi Awolowo University (LL B) University of Lagos (LL M) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | olasuposhasore.com |
Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State (2007–2011)
Olasupo Shasore served as Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011. As Attorney General, he led the review of the Criminal Code Law, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law. He also authored and issued the first Prosecutors' Guidelines (2011), and initiated the first African Regional Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP).
During his time as Attorney General of Lagos, Shasore chaired the Mortgage and Property Law Reform Committee, which produced and recommended the Mortgage & Property Law (2009). He also authored the Home Ownership and Mortgage Policy (2011).[1] As Chairman of the Lagos Home Ownership Scheme (Lagos HOMS), he oversaw the development of two hundred homes per month for mortgage-assisted purchase for the people of Lagos. Shasore also initiated the policy and crafted the tenant friendly Tenancy Law of Lagos State, to balance the inequality between landlords and tenants.
At the Bar
Olasupo Shasore was called to the Nigerian Bar on 22 October 1987. He became a member of the Inner Bar and was conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2006. He is a member of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria, and a Notary Public for Nigeria. Over the course of his career, he has acted as counsel in a number of leading decisions of the Court of Appeal in Nigeria and the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Publications and articles
Recent Books: Platter of gold: a history of the struggle for Nigeria's Independence published by Quramo Publishers in 2016
- Possessed – A History of Law & Justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos (2014)[2]
- Commercial Arbitration – Arbitration Law & International Practice in Nigeria (Lexis Nexis 2011) Johnson and Shasore;[3]
- Jurisdiction & Sovereign Immunity in Nigerian Commercial Law (Practice and textbook) (NIIA 2007).
References
- "Lagos Homs". Lagos Homs. Lagos State Government. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- "Supo Shasore releases 'Possessed'". ArtyLiving. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- "Public Presentation of Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria". TundeFashola.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
External links
- Establishment
- How to make lawyers popular by Shasore at the 2012 IBA Conference
- Supo Shasore
- Lagos AG, Shasore : I’d Have Pressed for Stiffer Sentence on Cecilia Ibru
- Lagos inaugurates law reform committee
- Lagos State inaugurates committee to review laws
- Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Committee of Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association
- Lagos Law Reform Commission members
- A Special report on Nigeria by wall street Journal- Interview by Lagos Attorney General Supo Shasore
- Shasore & Candide-Johnson, New Sheriffs in town...Fashola