MINI PROFILE OF HRH OLORI OLUFUNMILAYO NEJO-OLUYEDE
HRH Olori Olufunmilayo Nejo-Oluyede
HRH Olori Olufunmilayo Arinola Oluyede, a globally renowned and passionate women, human rights activist, a prolific and erudite speaker (whose formative years and early education took place in London, UK) is a member of the distinguished Honorable Body of Benchers (the highest regulatory organ of the legal profession) in Nigeria.
A transnational commercial attorney the of high repute, she is one of the pioneer founding partners of TRLPLAW Solicitors & Advocates (a prestigious international commercial law firm) where she provides over 36 years legal insight and expertise across a range of industries, to the firm’s most prominent clientele globally.
HRH Olori Olufunmilayo Nejo-Oluyede
Olori Oluyede speaks regularly at global conferences and seasonally organizes widely acclaimed international conferences at the United Nations and internationally, in collaboration with her universal network of humanitarian organizations.
Olori Oluyede serves at present on the Advisory Board of the newly established IBA Council Constitution and Governance Committee; as Chair of the Speakers Bureau Working Group of the IBA Diversity and Inclusion Council; as Africa Regional Representative to the IBA Criminal Law Committee; and on the Advisory Boards of the IBA Women Lawyers Committee and the IBA African Regional Forum, which she had chaired hitherto. Past member of Council of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association (IBA) and of the IBA Nominations Committee.
As a prominent member of both the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)) and the American Bar Association International Law Section (ABAILS), Olori fervently facilitated the emergence of the existing memorandum of cooperation between to these two associations in 2010 under the auspices of His Execellency, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, President, NBA (as he then was). She has since held various high-ranking offices in both organizations-including past National Treasurer of the NBA; Vice Chairman, NBA Lagos Branch; inaugural Secretary of the NBA Women Forum; past Chairman, ABA ILS Public International Lawv (Treaty) Division 11; Senior Advisor to the ABA ILS United Nations and International Organizations Committee, the ABA ILS Human Rights Committee, ABA IUS NGO & NPO Committee and to the ABA ILS International Refugee Law Committee, the ABA ILS Women’s Interest Network and the ABA ILS Government and Public Interest Committee-all of which she also successfully chaired in time past.
Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, Ondo State Governor, HRM Oba Ajibola Oluyede, Alayede of Ayede Ogbese and HRH Olori Olufunmilayo Nejo-Oluyede
Olori Oluyede is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) and the Foundation’s Ambassador to the ABA SIL. She is also the Secretary-General of the Geneva-based International Alliance of Women; Director and United Nations Representative to the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA); Life-Member and immediate past Chairman of the Editorial Board of FederacioDn Internacional de Abogadas (FIDA) INTL; currently FIDA INTL Regional Vice President for North America; National Country President, FIDA USA; member, National Executive Council, FIDA Nigeria and past Chairman, FIDA Lagos.
Olori Olufunmi Oluyede (a princess of the first-class royal kingdom of the Akenneyin dynasty of Mahin in laje Local Government) is married to HRM Oba Raphael Ajibola Oluyede, Ise Oluwa II, the Alayede of Ayede Ogbese, a renowned legal luminary and entrepreneur.
