Fayo Adeleye: Succinct Profile


Fayo Adeleye, a Legal Practitioner called to the bar in 1999, is a member of the Dispute Resolution Group of Aina Blankson, LP where he presently leads the litigation practice as the supervising Partner. In the course of his over two and half decades of legal practice, Fayo has a robust sphere of expertise that straddles criminal, civil and commercial litigation in various areas of law practice including labour, employment and industrial relations, secured credit transactions, debt recovery, insolvency, corporate management and receivership, assets management, comparative company law, to mention but a few. On criminal litigation, by the Fiat of Attorney General of some States, Fayo has acted as Prosecutor at both trial and appellate Courts as well as Counsel for the defence in a number cases. Fayo has successfully unraveled many complex cases representing Clients across all the strata of Courts in Nigeria up to the Supreme Court.

As an astute litigator per excellence, Fayo finds pleasure in helping clients resolve their dispute with consummate passion. Fayo has his modest contribution to public interest matters representing on a pro bono basis the State in a number of criminal matters on the side of the prosecution as well as defence Counsel representing indigent Defendants in a number of criminal trials across a number of states in Nigeria.

In the course of almost two decades with the Firm, Fayo at a time led the Corporate Service Group of the firm offering legal documentation, regulatory compliance, company secretarial and general corporate advisory services to Clients. Fayo has also acted as a Receiver/Manager of corporations towards debt liquidation.

Fayo is a certified Mediator accredited by the Center for Dispute Resolution (CEDR) United Kingdom, and a member of the Penal of Neutral of the Lagos Multi-Door CourtHouse, the first Court-connected ADR Centre on Africa.

Fayo is a member of the Governing Council of the Lagos Multi Door CourtHouse appointed by the Chief Judge of Lagos State in 2021. Fayo is also a member of the Governing Council of the Edo State MultiDoor CourtHouse appointed by the Chief Judge of Edo State in 2024. Fayo is currently the Vice Chairman of the Governing Council of Faith Academy Gowon Estate, a secondary school located in Lagos.

Fayo hold Masters in Law Degree from University of Lagos and is a Notary Public of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

A member of the Nigerian Bar Association and African Labour Law Society South Africa, Fayo is married and blessed with Children.