Shola is the Principal Partner at Southgate Solicitors, a full-service law firm in Lagos, Nigeria. He is renowned for his vast experience in Commercial Litigation and has acted for several multi-national companies in the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sector. He has adviced on joint operating agreements, production sharing contracts, joint venture agreements and renewable energy projects. He has vast experience in Shipping and International Trade, Arbitration and corporate market transactions. He was a Guest Lecturer at the Military and Command School, Sokoto and Enugu. He acts for corporations like Shell Nigeria, Mobil, Seplat, Huawei Technologies, Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Shippers Council, AP Moller Maersk Group, P and I Clubs, Banks and Commercial Institutions, etc. Well-traveled with multi-lingual skills. He speaks English and the three major Nigerian languages (Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo). He was an executive member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos and an erstwhile member of the Legislative Advocacy Committee of the NBA. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) Chartered, a distinguished Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NiCarb), an Associate Member of ICSAN and a Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.