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Dr Asolo is a partner at Aluko & Oyebode and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets teams. He also heads the Firm's Fintech/Startup team. He is the Vice Chairman, Mergers, Acquisition & Corporate Reorganisations Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA SBL) and Chair of the Rules Committee of the Capital Markets Solicitors of Nigeria (CMSA). With experience in the regulation of banks, fintech entities, capital market operators, derivatives markets, and financial market infrastructures, he provides advice to clients on debt/equity capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust matters, corporate restructurings, and regulatory compliance. Most recently, he was the group company secretary and legal counsel in a financial market infrastructure group where he led all legal, company secretarial, and relevant compliance activities within the group. In this role, he was a member of the exchange’s listings and quotations committee where he served as legal subject-matter expert responsible for dimensioning legal, compliance, and regulatory risks connected to financial products and securities sought to be admitted to the exchange by issuers. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Regulation and Derivatives from Durham University, an LL.M. in International Commercial Law from the University of Birmingham, and an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Wolverhampton. Ajibola is recognised by leading global law firm directories such as IFLR 1000.