Stephen Arubike

G Elias & Co - Nigeria

Partner

6 Broad Street
Lagos, 100001
Nigeria


+2348037629931





Highly Regarded

English
Igbo


Jurisdictions:

Nigeria

Practice areas:

Indirect tax


Stephen Chima Arubike is a partner at G Elias. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Nigeria and a Barrister-At-Law from the Nigerian Law School. He graduated with first-class honours from the Nigerian Law School and was one of the overall best prizemen. Stephen’s practice covers tax, corporate law and restructuring, and dispute resolution.

Stephen has advised on the tax dimension to complex corporate and financial transactions and commercial arrangements, providing tax-efficient options to clients in such transactions. Stephen also represents clients in seminal tax litigation before the tax tribunal and superior courts in Nigeria, and before regulators during tax audits and investigations.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Nigerian Branch), Lagos Court of Arbitration, and London Court of International Arbitration.

  • Corporate tax matters: M&A, Restructuring
  • Dispute resolution: Competition/anti-trust cases
  • Indirect tax: Supply chains
  • Tax advisory: International tax advisory. Tax consulting
  • Transfer pricing: Litigation

  • Financial services
  • Government and public policy
  • Oil and gas
  • Real estate
  • Shipping

  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Nigeria

  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation

  • Member of the Nigerian Bar