Tola is a senior lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He has been very active in litigation practice since his admission to the Bar and has acted as Counsel in a number of arbitral and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

He also heads the taxation group at Babalakin & Co and provides general legal services to clients in Nigeria and abroad.
Tola has advised a major multinational Oil company in an extra-jurisdictional suit over a dispute with host communities involving a multi-billion-dollar claim.

He is also currently representing an integrated Oil and Gas company in respect of a multi-million-dollar multi-jurisdictional matter, which arose from the construction of a crude oil export terminal.