Position:
Senior Partner
Senior Partner
Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction.
Corporate Finance, Banking and Securities.
Taxation.
Corporate, Commercial and Compliance.
Conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2002.
Recipient of Commonwealth Scholarship for PhD degree at Cambridge University.
Appointed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as the Chairman of the Constitutional Drafting Sub-Committee of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005.
Appointed as a member of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005.
Appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the Evidence Act in 2005.
Appointed as Honorary Special Adviser on Legal Matters and General Counsel to the former
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, late Alhaji Musa Yar’adua.
Conferred with the National Honour of Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR), in February 2008.
Appointed as the Pro-Cchancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Maiduguri,
Nigeria.
Appointed, Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigeria Federal Universities.
Appointed, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Lagos.
Appointed Chairman, Federal Government of Nigeria-Universities based Unions Renegotiations.
Recipient of Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Ambrose Alli University; Osun State University; Kwara
State University and Ebonyi State University.
Appointed, Chairman, Committee on Construction and Real Estate, Section on Business Law of the
Nigerian Bar Association.
Appointed, Chairman, Committee on Government Practice, Legal Practice Section of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Worked with Federal and several State Governments in conceptualizing transactions to support
the development of infrastructure and investment in Nigeria.
Led a team of legal consultants for building an iinternational airport in Nigeria- a multi-million dollar project.
Led the team representing a State Government in a major arbitration dispute.
Led a team of lawyers that represented the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in a multi-million dollar claim in arbitral dispute.
Led a team of lawyers in a landmark election petition case that resulted in the appointment of one of Nigeria’s Senate Presidents.
LL.B (Hons.) University of Lagos, Lagos State.
LL.M, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Ph.D University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Passed qualifying professional examination from the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos and admitted to practice Law in Nigeria.
Member, Body of Benchers.
Member, Nigerian Bar Association, Nigeria.
Member, International Bar Association.
Member, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
