AYO KUSAMOTU has been a partner of A.T. & CO. since 2008. Admitted Nigerian Bar, 1998.

Education: Educated at Queen’s College, Taunton, Somerset, U.K.;  University of Lagos (LL.B. Honours, 1997); Nigerian Law School (Certificate of the Council of Legal Education, 1998). 

On-the-job training and experience is complimented with external and internal training programmes e.g.

•     Jeff & O’ Brien: “Public Private Partnership; Concession and Financing of Infrastructure Projects”; 2008.
   

• United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR): “Intellectual Property Policy and Development” 2008 
  
   
• Harvard Law School “Copyright for  Librarians” Berkman Centre for Internet and Society, 2008 
  
   
• Euromoney: “International Trade and Finance” Singapore , 2007 
   
• Fate Foundation: “Young Entrepreneurs Training Programme, 1999

Ayo Kusamotu was admitted into the firm of Abdulai, Taiwo & Co. in 1998, and in 2001 he became the Co-Founder/Coordinator, Kusamotu & Kusamotu, in 2008 he rejoined Abdulai, Taiwo & Co.  as a Partner.

Innovation Technology and E-transaction; Intellectual Property and the Internet (conjunctively); Public Private Partnerships and Project Finance Litigation; Immigration

• Chair, Africa Committee,Internetbar.org,www.internetbar.org 
• Project Lead, Creative Commons Nigeria:www.creativecommons.org 
   
• Chairman and Counsel, One Laptop per Child Ltd/Gte 
   
• Director, OHADA Club of Nigeria (For Promoting and implementing the rule of law through the uniforms business law for two regions in Central and Western Africa with civil law tradition); 
   
•  Former Chair, Information and Communications Committee, Nigerian Bar Association, ( Lagos Branch)

Author of the NIGERIA Country Report: “Getting the Deal Done-E Commerce”, 2009, ISSN 1473-0065 published by Law Business Research Limited of U. K.