Michael is an astute capital markets & finance lawyer, global business leader and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of several thriving businesses across the globe, including TOLG, a global law firm of over 40 years with offices in Africa, London, New York and Sydney; Ash Xander, a thriving investment holding company headquartered in Mauritius that invests in 4 principal sectors – human resources, public relations & branding, technology and financial markets; BEX, a conglomerate that actively invests in various sectors including logistics, facility management, real estate, financial services, e-commerce, entertainment, sports, commodities & trading. With years of experience and expertise in capital & money markets, corporate finance, project finance and structured finance transactions, MO as he is popularly called by business partners and associates, is also a director in a couple of blue-chip companies including DLM Capital Group Limited and Adino Capital Limited. He is the chairman of UCA – Urban & Contemporary Architects Limited, Unyte Africa Limited, and an investor in many other businesses. 

His career began with his sojourn into investment banking, where he was involved in structuring several Nigerian and cross border commercial transactions before he transitioned fully into legal practice, where he became one of the youngest managing partners of a leading law firm in Nigeria in his early twenties and transformed the law firm over the years into a global law firm. His business prowess has given him and his businesses a number of accolades, as he has won several outstanding awards including being ranked as a leading lawyer for capital markets deals in Nigeria by the IFLR1000 and the Who’s Who Legal awards in 2021 & 2022. With his background in the investment banking, he has been able to bring his wealth of experience and knowledge in finance into legal practice, thereby being admired as a distinguished capital markets lawyer. MO has successfully represented several prominent personalities and businesses in Nigeria on legal issues and has acted as advisor to several global leaders. 

Since his evolvement from being a capital markets lawyer to a business leader, MO has also become a mentor and leader in the legal industry by inspiring and imparting knowledge on young lawyers as well as young business owners. He takes it upon himself to ensure that young lawyers are educated in the right practice of the law and are capable of practicing their skill with finesse. He has been involved in several philanthropies both publicly and privately through his personal estate and the Tokunbo Orimobi Foundation, which is focused on Mentorship, Education and Advisory (MEA). He has a master’s degree in commercial law (with emphasis on corporate finance law, international commercial tax, international intellectual property law and corporate governance) from the University of Cambridge, and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and International Bar Association (IBA).