Damilola is the Managing Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Shipping Practice Groups. He specialises in transportation and commercial litigation and has litigated a broad spectrum of issues, including maritime, banking and finance, contracts, insolvency, commercial law transactions, and general litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.

Over the years, he has gained invaluable experience working at the forefront of multimillion-dollar international maritime transactions involving a consortium of international counsel.

He has advised extensively on the structure and implementation of complex multi-million dollar transactions and matters involving cross border joint ventures (to take advantage of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and the Nigerian Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act), ship and aircraft finance and lease, registration of ship and aircraft mortgages and interests, corporate restructuring, maritime claims and casualties – including litigation and arbitration, regulatory compliance and other wider ranging issues within the Nigerian aviation, logistics, shipping and oil services industries. 

Damilola’s expertise encompasses the majority of facets of shipping, with focus on charterparty disputes, carriage of goods by sea, and sale & purchase (both contentious and non-contentious). In addition, he frequently handles insurance claims for shipping and maritime agents. Damilola is also bilingual