Prof. Abiola Sanni is a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria with 29 years post call experience. He is a Fulbright Fellow and a holder of a doctorate degree (Ph.D) of the University of Lagos in Commercial Law (Tax Law) where he occupies an endowed Chair as the Lagos State Professor of Tax & Fiscal Matters at University of Lagos where he teaches Law of Taxation, Law of Contract and Company Law.

Sanni is a thoroughbred professional with robust multi-disciplinary background. He is a life member of the Nigerian Society of International Law, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration Nigeria (CIArb) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). He is a Legal Adviser to the CITN and had served the CITN in different capacities as a former Dean of the Indirect Tax Faculty, member of the Taxation Standard Board and several Committees. He is a member, Advisory Group of the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), a global policy research network, devoted to improving the quality of tax policy and administration in developing countries. He has handled cases at all levels of the judicial system in Nigeria from the Tax Appeal Tribunal up to the Supreme Court. He is the National Coordinator of The Tax Club, a vibrant student advocacy group, a Trustee and the first Chairman of “Tax Academician Association of Nigeria” (TaxAAN) a corporate platform for teachers of taxation in Faculties of law, Departments of Accounting and Economics in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

Sanni is the Editor of Introduction to Nigerian Legal Methods which has earned the sobriquet “The Blue Bible” in Nigerian universities. He is also the author of Introduction to Nigerian Business Law, the founder and publisher of the Nigerian Revenue Law Reports (NRLR) and African Tax Law Reports (ATLR), the first law reports devoted to tax cases in Nigeria and Africa respectively.