Ayo Kusamotu practices law with the firm of Kusamotu and Kusamotu in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a graduate of the University of Lagos School of Law and chairs the Information Technology and Communications Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch. He chairs the Africa Committee for InternetBar.org, is the Project Lead of Creative Commons Nigeria and is involved in assisting One Laptop Per Child in launch strategies for Nigeria. He was a member of the Presidential Task Force that drafted intellectual property legislation in 2001 and was an adviser to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in negotiations with the European Union on economic partnership agreements.