With the rise of new technologies and new media trends, entertainment law all over the world is also constantly evolving across segments of the industry.

To stay ahead of the curve, a modern practitioner must adapt to new challenges and opportunities by possessing cutting-edge knowledge and experience in the field, covering areas like contracts, intellectual property, licensing, rights management, and dispute resolution.

Demilade Olaosun is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer
at Lohli, a wealth redistribution platform creating a new middle
class by providing pecuniary benefits to internet users for time and resources expended online. He is a Nigerian legal practitioner with seventeen (17) years post-qualification experience.

He practiced law in one of the top law firms in Lagos State, providing various local and foreign clients with services in the areas of Electricity Law, tax forensic investigation, and general project advisory services. During this time, he advised on several transactions including negotiations for power purchase between IPPs and industrial off- takers; bids for the purchase of some power distribution companies during the privatisation exercise of the Federal Government and tax audit of certain companies on behalf of a state government.

He left the firm in 2012 to pursue his passion for providing strategic advisory services in the Nigerian entertainment industry and grooming the careers of emerging entertainers.

As a highly skilled and successful entertainment lawyer who excels in his field, Demilade has represented high-profile clients and achieved notable results in complex legal matters within the music, film, television, and other related sectors. He now serves as a legal coach and has advised several media and entertainment practitioners in the Nigerian entertainment industry.

Demilade graduated with the best result in the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos in 2008, winning several academic prizes including the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for the Best All-Round Performance in the Faculty of Law and the Dr. Taslim Elias Prize for the Best Student in Jurisprudence

In 2022, Demilade was honored with an Outstanding Leadership Award at the Global Legal Conference, Law 2.0 in Las Vegas, United States of  America, for his contributions to entertainment law in Nigeria.

Simply put, Demilade has a strong reputation for legal skills, business acumen, and ability to navigate the complexities of the entertainment world. For 17 years and still counting, he has successfully established a track record of negotiating favorable deals, winning high-stakes litigation, while shaping Nigeria’s legal landscape, especially the entertainment industry.

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