Lilian Mates

Lilian is young Legal practitioner who is passionate about her career growth with major interest in the corporate commercial area of law. I am associated with competence, reliability and efficiency. I posses good leadership and interpersonal skills, research skills, problem-solving skills, effective communication and proficient use of Microsoft office. Lilian has up to 5 years experience in providing stellar legal and administrative services

Advisor – Corporate Transaction/Commercial Legal and Regulatory Affairs - MTN Nigeria Communication Plc - Lagos State

(2025-12)

• Prepare, review, and negotiate transactional documents on behalf of the company.
• Provide legal and advisory support to internal stakeholders across business units, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and governance frameworks.
• Investigate claims, engage in and support dispute resolution efforts, including pre-litigation strategy and mediation.
• Review processes, log, analyse, and monitor the full lifecycle of pending litigation, and liaise with external solicitors.
• Management of sensitive law-enforcement and regulatory requests from regulators, including the NCC, NDPC, etc demonstrating high discretion in handling confidential and financial data.

Solicitor/Advisor - N.Anyimah & Associates - Lagos State

(2023-04 - 2025-03)

• Ensuring regulatory compliance for clients’ business operations
• Draft and review formal advisory opinions, notices, internal memoranda, and compliance documentation, ensuring clarity, completeness, and legal defensibility, including employment-related matters as they relate to the workforce.
• Support preparation of trend analysis reports and maintain accurate records of advisory matters and disputes.
• Prepare, review, and negotiate transactional documents like Service Level Agreements (SLA), Deed of Assignments, Contract of Sale, Share Transfer and Surrender documents, Partnership Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Tenancy Agreements, NDA’s, POA’s, and other transactional documents.
• Providing Company Secretarial and Legal Advisory services to businesses and Clients on behalf of the Firm, including preparing and collating Board Papers, drafting and reviewing Chairman’s Speech.
• Planning and organising meetings for client, including tasks like preparing notices and agenda of Board of Directors, Board Committee, and Shareholders meetings.
• Taking minutes and reports of meetings and performing various related post meeting tasks like preparation of Resolutions and letter writing.

Associate Solicitor - Mudiaga Ikpen & Associates - Lagos State

(2021-03 - 2023-04)

• Assisted clients in property transactions, encompassing negotiations, documentation, and property management. Also recovered premises and Debts on behalf of the Firm for Clients.
• Involved in managing and resolving employer/employee disputes, helping clients reach amicable resolutions, often at the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ensure alignment with applicable labour and industrial relations laws
• Served as executive assistant to the Managing Partner, and was responsible for supervising various administrative functions to ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the office.

Associate / Executive Assistant - Nduanusi, Nduanusi & Associates - Cross River State

(2020-01 - 2021-01)

• Prepared and reviewed court processes, affidavits, written addresses, and replies to motions relating to account freezes and erroneous transfers.
• Managed the office’s daily affairs and designed monthly structural plans for the firm’s operations, overseeing their execution.
• Engaged in commercial litigation, covering various practice areas including real estate, debt recoveries, and matrimonial causes.
• Provided legal support on debt recovery, erroneous transfers, and related litigation matters for banking and financial services clients, with particular focus on recovery actions, garnishee proceedings, and interbank transfer disputes.

Assistant Editor & Secretariat Assistant - Niger State Law Reform Commission

(2019-01 - 2019-10)

National Youth Service Corps

• Direct involvement in administrative and secretarial tasks as assigned by the Chairman and Secretary of the Commission.
• Maintained official records, prepared articles and official addresses for the Commission.
• Participated in reviewing and amending relevant provisions of laws, including those pertaining to Niger State’s Administration of Criminal Justice Law and Child’s Rights Law.

Masters of Law - Cyberlaw - University of Lagos

Barrister at Law - Nigerian Law School (2018)

Bachelor of Laws - University of Calabar, Calabar (2012 - 2017)

West African Senior Certificate - Access High School (2009)