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Donald Smart Lawson-Ogaree

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Position:

Senior Associate

Expertise:

Litigation and Dispute Resolution.
Debt Recovery.
Election Petition.
Maritime.
Sports.

CAREER / HONORS

• NYSC Ekiti State Coordinator’s Award (Certificate of Commendation).
• Meritorious award and Commendation from the Coordinator, NYSC, Ekiti state as Corps Liaison Officer.
• Recognition of stewardship as Deputy Chamber Head of the B.M. Wifa Chambers, Faculty of Law, Rivers State University of Science and Technology.
• Meritorious Service as an Executive of the Nigeria Christian Corpers’ Fellowship.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• Led a team of lawyers to recover hundreds of millions of naira for the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.

• Successfully recovered debts owed a plethora of high networth companies and institutions.
• Successfully challenged the election results in the Rivers-West Senatorial District, Abua-Odual/Ahoada-East Federal Constituency, Ahoada-West/Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Federal Constituency and Bonny/Degema Federal Constituency,held in 2015.
• Skilfully drafted processes and secured a judgment setting aside an order awarding billions of naira against Nospetco Oil and Gas Limited at the High Court of Rivers State.
• Successfully represented the Nigerian Navy in several cases involving the protection of the fundamental rights of citizens.
• Part of the legal team representing the legal interest of multinational oil company in Nigeria’s Magistrate, State, Federal and Appellate courts in respect of several multi-billion Naira claims arising from purported oil spill disputes in the Niger Delta.
• Part of the team of lawyers representing a leading multinational liquefied gas company in several high-profile law suits.
• Part of the team of lawyers that protected the interest of a Power Distribution Company against the actions of the transmission company and the Federal Government of Area.
• Part of the team of lawyers that advised a Chinese company to invest in Nigeria.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• LL.B (Awarded Bachelor of laws) at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (now Rivers State University), Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Rivers State, in 2008.

• BL (Awarded Barrister at Law) by the Council of Legal Education in 2010.
• Proficiency in Debt Recovery awarded by the Centre for Debt Recovery Enterprise of the Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria.
• Proficiency in Management, awarded by the Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered).
• Introduction to Cybersecurity awarded by Cisco Networking Academy.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Member, Nigerian Bar Association.
• Fellow, Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria.
• Full Member, Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria (Chartered).
• Graduate Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered).
• Member, Loan Market Association.
• Member, Nigerian Bar Association - Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL).
• Member, NBA-SBL Committee on Sports, Entertainment and Media.
• Member, NBA-SBL Committee on Maritime Law.