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Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference: future-proofing the African legal profession

13 Sep - 15 Sep 2023

Kigali Convention Center, Kigali, Rwanda

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Dolapo Kukoyi

Biography

Dolapo is the Managing Partner at Detail Commercial Solicitors and leads the firm’s Energy, Infrastructure and Power Practice and has extensive experience advising clients on a wide range of complex transactions. Her professional experience spans across Energy (Power, Gas and Renewables), Project development, Project Finance, Infrastructure development and finance, Corporate Commercial transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions. She is one of the leading energy lawyers in Nigeria having worked for government agencies, regulators, and private parties, institutional investors, and financing institutions. Dolapo combines her strong legal background and industry knowledge to add value to each transaction and her attention to the intricacies of every brief sets her apart as a pillar of support to clients. Dolapo is also an avid speaker and thought leader and is passionate about encouraging the advancement of women in professional and business circles and increasing energy access in Nigeria and across Africa by leveraging private finance with the use of viable business and project models. Dolapo enjoys expressions of music, travelling for leisure and playing amateur golf.