Gbenga oyebode biography of abraham

Oluwagbemiga "Gbenga" OyebodeMFR (born 30 March 1959) is one of the founding partners and Chairman, Management Board of Aluko & Oyebode.^[1] A lawyer^[2] by profession, he specialises in advising major corporations on matters relating to Oil and Gas, Power, Foreign Direct Investment, Privatisation, Telecommunications, Project Finance and Aviation.^[3]

Early life and education

Gbenga had his secondary school education at Christ's School,^[4]Ado Ekiti.

He proceeded to study law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree in 1979, and he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1980.

He went on to obtain Master of Laws (LL.M) degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. He was previously employed by White and Case in New York City as an associate between 1982 and 1983 after which he worked at Gulf O