KAYODE OMOSEHIN
PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE
Kayode Omosehin is a Notary Public for the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Managing Principal of Koriat & Co. with over 10 years of active legal practice experience. He won the 1st prize in Criminal Litigation Law at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja after a Bachelor’s degree in Law with Second Class (Upper Division) from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Prior to setting up Koriat & Co., he previously worked with top-tier commercial law firms in Lagos, including Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, and Ajumogobia & Okeke.
Kayode has conducted appeals at the Supreme Court of Nigeria and has also represented local, international and multi-national clients in various State High Courts, Federal High Courts and National Industrial Courts in Nigeria especially in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom States as well as the Court of Appeal of Lagos, Abuja and Calabar divisions.
Kayode leads the dispute resolution team of Koriat & Co., especially commercial litigations and arbitration involving trans-border transaction disputes, mergers, take-over and other company combinations or proceedings, tax appeals, oil-spill and environmental related disputes, appeals and challenge to regulatory sanctions including revocation of business license. He also plays key roles in other practice areas of the firm, including business establishment, the technology acquisition, transfer and registration, employment and labour law, intellectual property protection, due diligence and regulatory compliance.
Kayode is a company secretary of several companies and sit on various boards of companies across different sectors in Nigeria.
In 2018, Kayode was appointed by Accountability Lab Nigeria on the panel of judges for selection of the year’s Integrity Idol as part of the global campaign to name and fame people of integrity in government.
Kayode is also a writer, and moderator of a number of law events, including the Annual Employment Law Summit organized by Koriat & Co.
Some of Kayode’s notable litigation experiences include:
i. Active participation in providing advisory services, drafting of court process and legal representation for Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) in litigation proceedings to defend and successfully dismissing over 36,000 oil spill cases, including post-judgment proceedings, against MPNU in Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers States.
ii. Active participation in drafting court process and representation of Statoil Nigeria AS at the Supreme Court in respect of a matter seeking to restrain the repatriation of over $25 Billion from Nigeria.
iii. Active participation in drafting court process and representing a next of kin to a deceased person against the Nigerian Police to successfully obtain an award of N500 Million damages against the Nigerian Police for unlawful killing by a police officer.
iv. Active participation in providing advisory services, drafting court process and successful legal representation in employment matters to and on behalf of British Council, British High Commission, Saipem Contracting Nigeria Ltd. and Cummins West Africa Limited.
v. Sole undertaking and responsibility for successful debt recovery matters on behalf of Crown Flour Mill Nigeria Limited for over N250 Million through various litigation strategies including out-of-court settlement, summary judgment proceedings and trials.