Counsel for Brands
and the Businesses Behind Them

Lara Kayode was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992 and has practised exclusively in intellectual property for over 30 years. She read law at the University of Buckingham, England, and completed an LLM in intellectual property law at Queen Mary, University of London in 1994.

She concentrates her practice in trademark, patent, and design portfolio management for domestic and international clients across Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, with particular depth in anti-counterfeiting, advertising law, and IP dispute resolution. She is a CEDR-accredited mediator since 2005 and a Notary Public since 2014.

Lara has served the international IP community through INTA for over a decade, including as Co-Chair of the 2026 INTA Annual Meeting in London and as a recipient of INTA’s President’s Award in 2019. She chairs the INTA Global Advisory Council for Africa and served on the INTA Board of Directors from 2012 to 2015.