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Priscilla Ekene Okiwelu

OPE

Position:

Associate

Expertise:

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Energy and Extractive Industry.
Environmental Law.
Intellectual Property.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Represented clients in commercial disputes and debt recovery matters.
Represented clients’ interest in the Magistrate Court, High Court of Lagos State, Federal High Court of Nigeria and Court of Appeal.
Advised client on the legality of Post No Debit on a customers’ account in the absence of a court order.
Advised client on the legality of tipping off in Nigeria and the propriety of law enforcements agents, specifically the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission directing a bank to effect an arrest on a suspect.
Advised a foreign client on the enforceability of a foreign judgment in Nigeria.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

LL.B (Hons) University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
B.L – Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, Nigerian Bar Association.
Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigerian Branch (CIARB).