A prolific negotiator and a consummate Legal Practitioner with a strong commitment to excellence, knowledge, loyalty and professionalism. He is an ardent commercial negotiator with extensive knowledge and experience in dispute Resolution, FMCG & QSR Franchising, and Intellectual Property, Energy (Oil & Gas and Power), Capital markets, Investment Banking, Project Finance, Shipping and Maritime, Construction and Cross Border transactions.

He holds an LLM with specialisation in Secured Credit Transaction, Taxation, Energy and Natural Resources, Labour and Employment Relations, from the University of Lagos, LLB from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State and BL from the Nigerian Law School.

Basit is currently the Managing Lead Advisor and co-founder of The Transaction Experts LP (TTE), a full-service legal and commercial consulting firm specialised in broad practice areas including Energy (Oil, Gas and Power), Project Finance, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Public Private Partnership, General Transactional Services, etc.

He was an Executive Management member and Head, Legal and Compliance at Eat ‘N’ Go Limited (the exclusive Master Franchisee of the Domino’s Pizza, Coldstone Creamery and Pinkberry Yoghurt brands in Nigeria and Kenya).

Prior to his employment at Eat ‘N’ Go Limited, he worked with: BOI Investments & Trust Company Limited as Head, Legal and Company Secretary overseeing company secretarial services to the company and the Bank of Industry’s microfinance bank and its leasing company. Partner at Eximia Legal Consultants, a boutique commercial law firm; Acting General Counsel at BGL Plc, parent company to an investment banking, securities trading and asset management; Associate Member at Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors; where he was part of and led teams that successfully closed multimillion-naira transactions in various fields and commercial litigations.

He is a strong family-oriented person with keen interests in history, research and football.