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
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 byProfessor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
Succeeded byMr. Ade Ipaye
Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke
In office
1999–2007
Co-founding partner, Ukiri & Shasore
In office
1993–1999
Personal details
Born
Olasupo Shasore

(1964-01-22) 22 January 1964
Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria
ResidenceLagos, Nigeria
Alma materObafemi Awolowo University (LL B)
University of Lagos (LL M)
ProfessionLawyer
Websiteolasuposhasore.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
  1. "Lagos Homs". Lagos Homs. Lagos State Government. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  2. "Supo Shasore releases 'Possessed'". ArtyLiving. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. "Public Presentation of Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria". TundeFashola.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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