
Biography
Dr Ogowewo teaches Corporate Finance Law, Corporate Governance, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law at postgraduate level. He is also a Joint Global Hauser Professor of Law at NYU Law School, New York and Visiting Professor of Corporate Governance at the National University of Singapore. He is recognised as a leading expert on UK takeover law. Judicial citations of his expertise can be found in Meridien Sas [2012] EWHC 87 (Comm) (arbitration); Re Intercontinental Bank [2011] EWHC 605 (Comm); Re Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] EWHC 175 (QB); Santolina Investment Corp Chancery Division [2007] EWHC 437 (Ch) (proprietary claims); Re Williams [2007] EWHC 1304 (illegality); Re Alamieseyegha [2005] EWHC 2704 (sovereign immunity); and Koroi v. Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Attorney General of the Republic of Fiji [2001] Civil App. 78/2000S (rule of law). His expertise has also been cited by broadsheets including the London Financial Times and the Independent.
Research interests
Dr Ogowewo's research covers the following areas: the regulation of takeovers (mergers and acquisitions), general corporate finance law and Nigerian law.
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Teaching
Undergraduate
- Company Law
- Commercial Law
Graduate
- Legal Issues in Corporate Finance
- Regulation of the Conduct of Mergers & Acquisitions
Rationalising General Principle 7 of the City Code
Ogowewo, T., 1997, In: Company Financial Insolvency Law Review. 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The inequality of equality in takeovers
Ogowewo, T., 2008, In: Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation. 23, 3, p. 178-182Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
African development bank law for development review, vol 1, 2006
Ogowewo, T. I., 2007, In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW. 51, 2, p. 332 - 333 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Tactical Litigation in Hostile Takeover Bids
ogowewo, T., 2007, In: Journal of Business Law. 6, p. 589 - 619 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
(Mis)Using Bank Share Capital as a Regulatory Tool to Force Bank Consolidations in Nigeria
Ogowewo, T. & Uche, C., 2006, In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW. 50, 2, p. 161 - 186 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Company Law and the Human Rights Act
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: PUBLIC LAW. p. 824 - 826 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
International Corporate Law
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW STUDIES. 1, p. 235 - 239 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Exchange Offers and the Liability of Reporting Accountants
Ogowewo, T., 2005, In: ZENITH ECONOMIC QUARTERLY. 1, 1, p. 51 - 53 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Takeover Panel commits U-turn on Mac clauses
Ogowewo, T., 2004, In: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW. 23, 6, p. 43 - 44 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New Takeover Code Rules on Exchange Offers and Auctions
Ogowewo, T., 2002, In: COMPANY LAWYER. 23, 6, p. 186 - 191 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Death of Material Adverse Change Conditions in Takeovers?
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW. 20, 12, p. 13 - 17 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Application of the Residence Test in the City Code's Jurisdictional Rule
Ogowewo, T., 2002, In: COMPANY LAWYER. 23, 7, p. 216 - 217 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Self-Inflicted Constraints on Judicial Government in Nigeria
Ogowewo, T., 2005, In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW. 49, 1, p. 39 - 53 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Profit Forecasts and the City Code
Ogowewo, T., 2003, In: COMPANY LAWYER. 24, 1, p. 11 - 19 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Why the Takeover Panel is wrong over WPP/Tempus
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW. DEC, p. 13 - 16 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wrecking the Law: How Article III of the Constitution of the United States Led to the Discovery of a Law of Standing to Sue in Nigeria
Ogowewo, T. I., 2000, In: BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 26, PART 2, p. 527 - 590 64 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metrics of Functionality: Company Law and Wealth Creation
Ogowewo, T., 2006, Law and Development. Nigerian Bar Association, p. 70 - 90 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
THE BRITISH COMPANIES ACT 2006: A GUIDE TO THE NEW LAW
Scanlan, G., Harvey, A., Tunde, O. & Prime, T., 2007, London: Law Society of England and Wales.Research output: Book/Report › Book
The Market for Corporate Control and the Investments and Securities Act 1999
Ogowewo, T., 2001, First ed. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Tackling the Unconstitutional Overthrow of Democracies: Emerging trends in the Commonwealth
Hatchard, J. & Ogowewo, T., 2003, First ed. Commonwealth Secretariat.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Rationalising General Principle 7 of the City Code
Ogowewo, T., 1997, In: Company Financial Insolvency Law Review. 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The inequality of equality in takeovers
Ogowewo, T., 2008, In: Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation. 23, 3, p. 178-182Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
African development bank law for development review, vol 1, 2006
Ogowewo, T. I., 2007, In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW. 51, 2, p. 332 - 333 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Tactical Litigation in Hostile Takeover Bids
ogowewo, T., 2007, In: Journal of Business Law. 6, p. 589 - 619 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
(Mis)Using Bank Share Capital as a Regulatory Tool to Force Bank Consolidations in Nigeria
Ogowewo, T. & Uche, C., 2006, In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW. 50, 2, p. 161 - 186 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Company Law and the Human Rights Act
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: PUBLIC LAW. p. 824 - 826 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
International Corporate Law
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW STUDIES. 1, p. 235 - 239 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Exchange Offers and the Liability of Reporting Accountants
Ogowewo, T., 2005, In: ZENITH ECONOMIC QUARTERLY. 1, 1, p. 51 - 53 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Takeover Panel commits U-turn on Mac clauses
Ogowewo, T., 2004, In: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW. 23, 6, p. 43 - 44 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New Takeover Code Rules on Exchange Offers and Auctions
Ogowewo, T., 2002, In: COMPANY LAWYER. 23, 6, p. 186 - 191 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Death of Material Adverse Change Conditions in Takeovers?
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW. 20, 12, p. 13 - 17 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Application of the Residence Test in the City Code's Jurisdictional Rule
Ogowewo, T., 2002, In: COMPANY LAWYER. 23, 7, p. 216 - 217 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Self-Inflicted Constraints on Judicial Government in Nigeria
Ogowewo, T., 2005, In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW. 49, 1, p. 39 - 53 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Profit Forecasts and the City Code
Ogowewo, T., 2003, In: COMPANY LAWYER. 24, 1, p. 11 - 19 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Why the Takeover Panel is wrong over WPP/Tempus
Ogowewo, T., 2001, In: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW. DEC, p. 13 - 16 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wrecking the Law: How Article III of the Constitution of the United States Led to the Discovery of a Law of Standing to Sue in Nigeria
Ogowewo, T. I., 2000, In: BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 26, PART 2, p. 527 - 590 64 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metrics of Functionality: Company Law and Wealth Creation
Ogowewo, T., 2006, Law and Development. Nigerian Bar Association, p. 70 - 90 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
THE BRITISH COMPANIES ACT 2006: A GUIDE TO THE NEW LAW
Scanlan, G., Harvey, A., Tunde, O. & Prime, T., 2007, London: Law Society of England and Wales.Research output: Book/Report › Book
The Market for Corporate Control and the Investments and Securities Act 1999
Ogowewo, T., 2001, First ed. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Tackling the Unconstitutional Overthrow of Democracies: Emerging trends in the Commonwealth
Hatchard, J. & Ogowewo, T., 2003, First ed. Commonwealth Secretariat.Research output: Book/Report › Book