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Babatunde is a seasoned business advisory expert with a distinguished track record of delivering bespoke commercial, regulatory, and legal solutions across the energy, real estate, and financial services sectors. Within the energy value chain, he has provided strategic counsel on a portfolio of oil and gas projects for the Sahara Group and played a pivotal role in the structuring and execution of multi-million dollar equity acquisitions in Nigeria’s power generation and distribution sector. His influence extends beyond transactions: Babatunde has been a significant voice in shaping the policy, regulatory, and legal architecture of Nigeria’s electricity industry, with contributions spanning the willing buyer–willing seller framework, bilateral power transactions, power purchase agreement structuring, metering intervention programmes, and liquidity intervention facilities. He currently serves as Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of Ikeja Electric Plc, one of Nigeria’s largest electricity distribution companies, where he provides dynamic and strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary legal team. His portfolio spans government and stakeholder relations, contract management, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, data privacy, and alternative energy advisory, making him one of the most broadly experienced legal practitioners operating at the intersection of law, regulation, and commercial energy in Nigeria. Babatunde holds an LL.B from the University of Lagos and an LL.M in International Business Transactions from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom, one of the world’s foremost institutions for energy and natural resources law. He is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences and seminars, a published author on energy and regulatory matters, and an active member of several professional associations.