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Bashiru’s areas of practice include Election Petitions, Revenue Law & Taxation, Investment & Security Law, Company Law, Management and Business Law, Property & Construction Law, Admiralty & Maritime Law and Private & Public International Law. A compulsive researcher, Bashir is an active member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Group. His practical approach to legal reasoning and research has been pivotal in key areas of the firm’s practice. He always brings to bear a sound knowledge of conceptual and procedural matters.

In his undergraduate days, Bashiru was best in Company Law, Revenue Law & Taxation, Private & Property Law and Business & Corporate Affairs Law. He continued this scholarship at post-graduate level at the University of Ibadan. He also holds a Nigerian Certificate in Education in Economics and Social Studies and is a member of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.

• Participation in election tribunal proceedings across the South Western states,
• Representing a leading Nigerian medium in a libel suit arising from its nationwide coverage of election tribunal proceedings,
• Plaintiff-side representation in suits arising from the controversial takeover of a global logistics and maritime operation,
• Representing a leading Nigerian bank in a multi-billion suit against a financial services firms,
• Defence work at appellate level in a multi-billion lawsuit against principal officers of a major political party,
• Representing over one million subscribers of First Bank Plc in claims arising from the over-subscription of its 2007 hybrid offer,
•  Plaintiff-side representation in suits challenging the nation’s broadcast regulator’s  unconstitutional censorship on the media in the last elections,
• Case management regarding State-based litigation in significant nationwide tort litigation.