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Winifred C. Udeogu-Osita

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Position:

Associate

Expertise:

Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance.
Taxation.
Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Lead a team of solicitors providing legal advisory services to tax consulting firms. This involves determining the payroll tax deposits, preparing and filing completed tax returns and providing as well as providing reviews of any changes in tax legislations.
Team member of a group of Counsel that advised Nigeria’s first Gold and Precious Metals Refining and Trading Conglomerate, securing the listing and trading dematerialized gold certificates on the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange.
Team member of a group of Counsel advising Duchess Hospital Limited; providing legal services to the hospital regarding multiple agreements entered into with Health Management Organizations, Lease agreements and loan facilities.
Team member of a group of Counsel and secretariat hub for 19 different actions and cross-actions pending before different courts and judges in respect of a dispute involving the appointment of a Receiver over the assets of an indigenous oil and gas company including its oil refinery and data center worth over $250m.
Deputy team lead of the legal team that provided legal advisory services and currently managing capital raise of USD$10M for an agro-industrial company in respect of its expansion projects in 3 Nigerian states.
Designed a process that radically reduced the time for perfecting title to land in Lagos State and same was adopted by the Lagos State Government following the success of the pilot scheme.
Team member of a group of Counsel that successfully defended an International Oil Company’s interest at the Federal High Court and set aside a USD$170M arbitral award.
Presented a paper titled “Medical Negligence and Corporate Liability” to the Duchess Hospital Limited, which was which was instrumental in reviewing the duty imposed on medical practitioners.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

LL.B (Hons) University of Benin, Edo State.
Called to the Nigerian Bar in 2021.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, Nigerian Bar Association.
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
Member, Chartered Institute of Mediators and Conciliators.