Ololade Saromi

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ABOUT OLOLADE SAROMI

Ololade is a commercial chancery barrister. His practice leans towards banking, finance, insolvency (corporate and personal), asset recovery, company, partnership, and general commercial disputes. He provides advice, pleadings, and representation in all of these areas. He is known for his ease of use and pragmatic approach. Ololade is particularly sought after in financial services matters and has experience in such disputes where they include fraud.Ololade has represented clients as sole counsel in the Chancery Division (Business List) and King’s Bench Division (Commercial Court) of the High Court, and in the County Court. An increasing number of Ololade’s cases involve advising on issues of private international law. He also has a developing arbitration practice and accepts instructions to act as counsel in arbitral proceedings and related Court proceedings.In September 2022, Ololade became the sixth and youngest Chair of the British Nigeria Law Forum – a bilateral vehicle for the promotion of legal ideals from both jurisdictions and the fostering of mutually beneficial relationships. Ololade also sits on COMBAR’s Africa Committee, which is an initiative to develop and foster improved working relationships and promote common professional development between members of the English and Welsh Commercial Bar and their counterpart practitioners and academic lawyers in (and interested in) Africa.In 2020, Ololade was awarded an International Outgoing Scholarship from the Pegasus Scholarship Trust. In 2022, he commenced his scholarship by undertaking a two-month secondment to the Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and Risk Management Department of Aluko & Oyebode – Nigeria’s leading commercial disputes law firm, at its offices in Lagos – the commercial heart of Nigeria. Where required, Ololade is able to bring the insight he gained and the network he developed to bear on cases for the benefit of his clients.Prior to commencing practice, Ololade obtained considerable experience of advocacy in the County Court. As such, he offers his clients advocacy experience which exceeds his years in practice. Ololade also spent a year and a half working in a tier one specialist litigation team at an international commercial law firm headquartered in the UK. This gives him an awareness of the commercial pressures under which his professional clients operate and sensitivity to the issues involved in managing the expectations of commercial lay clients.