Legal Practitioner
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An astute and multi-jurisdictional Legal Professional with over a decade of robust and comprehensive legal practice experience, and a growing record of sterling performance in legislative development, corporate legal practice, corporate leadership, stakeholder engagement, communication, and administration. Holds a rich portfolio of legal services spanning multiple regions, including America, Europe and Africa, in diverse sectors including digital technology, fintech, finance, capital markets, venture capital, trade and investment, FDI, tech start-up, business outsourcing, media, and public services. Works in the intersection between Corporate Legal Advisory, Business, and International Law, and passionate about the use of the law for social engineering.
Combines uncommon intellectual curiosity with creativity and disciplined execution. Thrives in providing cross-functional leadership and demonstrated excellent skills at coordinating culturally and professionally diverse experts in achieving audacious business and organisational objectives. Possesses first-rate research and negotiation skills undergirded by a firm understanding of local and international legal and business structures and systems.
Open to opportunities to engage a rich mix of skills, expertise, insights, and innovative ideas in rendering exceptional legal advisory and secretarial services within a multinational setting.
Glover Technologies Ltd.
A digital currency exchange and e-commerce platform
Researched and analysed local and trans-regional legal environment of business, identified strategic pathways to strengthen company’s competitiveness and rendered legal counsel for strategic decision-making.
Maintained domain awareness on legal landscape and rendered expert advisory on variety of issues including governance, regulatory compliance, investments, expansions, projects, transactions, and risks
Liaised and coordinated relationship with international and local consultants on outsourced tasks across multiple regions, including the U.S, U.K, Ghana, Egypt and Kenya.
Led the drafting and review of a diverse contracts including service agreements, vendor agreements, SAFE agreements, shareholders agreements, and other agreements critical to corporate governance and operations of firm and other businesses within the ecosystem.
Provided advisory on fund raising covering essential documentation, creation and management of virtual data rooms, computation of several cap tables, and engagements with consultants.
Championed the procurement of established businesses and entities in other jurisdictions to expand company’s business.
Monitored and rendered advisory on labour and employment matters, including review of several employment policies, contracts and termination letters. Led investigations into and advised on disciplinary matters and employee misconduct.
Administered litigation portfolio, developed case strategies, and coordinated efforts of law enforcement agencies in investigating fraud cases.
Lagos State University - 2004-2010 (LL.B)
Nigerian Law School - 2010-2011 (BL)
