Business Lawyer - COMPANIES AFFAIR - Nigeria
(2025-12 - 2026-08)
- Provided legal consulting services to companies
- Carried out incorporation and post-incorporation procedures for companies
- Ensured regulatory compliance of companies
- Carried out intellectual property protection including registering trademarks, patents and more for companies
Legal Assistant & Executive Administrative Secretary - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CREDIT ADMINISTRATION - Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos
(2025-07 - 2025-11)
- Carried out administrative tasks to support executive functions
- Organized training programmes for members of the Institute
- Administered the oath at induction ceremonies of new members, fellows and associates
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure the success of all programmes
- Communicated with members and non-members of the Institute through emails, phone calls and WhatsApp to address their inquiries, concerns and questions, and to intimate them of training programmes suited to their careers
Senior Operations Manager & Legal Counsel - VAQUITA PUBLISHING - Nigeria
(2021-04 - 2025-06)
- Managed the various imprints of the company including Vaquita Books
- Managed executive calendar, logistics and stakeholder correspondence
- Managed the company's branding, marketing initiatives and product development
- Managed client and team onboarding processes
- Managed operational procedures and publishing pipelines
- Oversaw board-level documentation, corporate filings, and national media public relations campaign
Managing Director & Head of Operations - PRUDENT PENS LIMITED - Nigeria
(2018-06 - 2025-06)
- Directed and executed the day-to-day administrative infrastructure, corporate compliance, and production pipelines for the brand
- Managed daily executive calendar, logistics and stakeholder correspondence with complete discretion
- Drafted, reviewed and executed all corporate contracts, copyright agreements, and vendor service-level agreements ensuring zero legal or financial exposure
- Oversaw board-level documentation, corporate filings and marketing campaigns
Litigation Head & Head of Chambers - K. H. BAMIWOLA & CO - Nigeria
(2018-02 - 2018-04)
- Represented clients in various courts across three States (Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States)
- Advised clients on issues pertaining to their cases
- Engaged in discussion of legal matters and drafting of pleadings as a team
- Represented clients in election tribunal cases, labour law cases, land matters, and civil and criminal matters
- Was a counsel in an election tribunal case between inter-party candidates in Ogun State that was featured in national dallies
- Acted as counsel before various courts including Magistrate Courts, High Courts, National Industrial Courts, and so on
- Worked with clients on bail applications and represented clients at the police station
- Provided litigation assisting including filing of pleadings at the relevant courts
Property Lawyer - PRUDENCE SOLICITORS - Nigeria
(2017-05 - 2018-04)
- Drafted deeds of assignments, power of attorney and other title documents
- Drafted memorandum of understanding and other commercial instruments
- Supervised transfer of title in properties
- Supervised estate administration
- Held meetings with aged clients and drafted their wills
- Provided legal consultancy to families of the deceased
- Offered legal consultancy on diverse issues to different clients
- Represented clients at the police station
Associate Counsel - O. B. A. OCHOJA & CO - Nigeria
(2016-11 - 2017-11)
- Conducted client interviews
- Drafted pleadings, letters, deeds, memorandum of understanding (MoUs), commercial instruments and other legal documents
- Represented clients alone and several times in courts including at the Federal High Court, High Court of the F.C.T. (Federal Capital Territory), Magistrate Court, Area Court, Customary Court of Appeal and so on
- Represented clients in courts across Abuja, Nassarawa and Niger States
- Handled cases in civil law, criminal law, commercial law, family law, property law and many more
- Advised clients on probate matters, land transactions, commercial transactions, civil matters and criminal matters
- Managed properties and conducted tasks such as effecting quit notices and recovery of premises
- Engaged in litigation assisting tasks such as filing pleadings before several courts including vacation courts, serving processes, pasting quit notices, stamping of deeds before the Commissioner of Oaths, and so on
- Participated in discussions with my principal in Chambers on pending cases, applicable laws, expected outcomes and next steps
- Was deeply involved in administering the firm including maintaining case files and correspondence
Research & Judicial Assistant - HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE ADO-EKITI - Nigeria
(2015-12 - 2016-10)
- Worked as an observer at various court proceedings on civil, criminal, family court (juvenile cases) and commercial matters
- Conducted legal research to aid rulings and judgements
- Carried out extensive research on commercial law matters
- Engaged in discussion sessions with the judge on outcomes of rulings and judgements
- Offered legal opinion after evaluating evidence
- Evaluated evidence on civil, criminal, family court and commercial matters in chambers and in the research process
- Vetted final copies of court documents such as enrolment of order, enrolment of judgement, rulings and judgements
- Prepared pre-trial reports for all cases
- Conducted research on many cases that were covered by national dallies and television stations particularly family court cases involving child rape, sexual assault and molestation
- Conducted editorial work on several documents
- Prepared paper presentations to assist the judge with speeches
Legal Extern - GBOLA ADEOSUN & CO - Nigeria
(2015-04 - 2015-05)
- Attended various court proceedings on civil and criminal matters
- Conducted research to assist lawyers in the firm on various matters
- Participated in client interviews
- Prepared petitions and bail applications
Legal Extern - THE JUDICIARY, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OTA - Nigeria
(2015-05 - 2015-06)
- Observed various court proceedings on civil and criminal matters
- Participated in discussion sessions with judges
Intern - E. B. OMAMADAGA & ASSOCIATES - Nigeria
(2013-10 - 2013-12)
- Prepared deeds of assignments showcasing various roots of title
- Evaluated documents accompanying deeds
- Conducted preliminary investigations on the land including onsite visitation
- Accompanied my principal to meetings with clients
- Observed exchange of contract between parties
- Assisted clients to fill Form 1c (a form seeking the Governor's consent to transfer title to land)
- Assisted clients to sign the deed evidencing their agreement in the presence of witnesses
- Delivered possession of property after sale
- Held conferences with clients and gave legal advice on civil and property law matters
- Managed clients' properties, a procedure that included sitting through interviews of intending tenants of the firm's clients and inspecting the properties
- Delivered client's percentage of the rent to them
- Drafted tenancy agreements
- Attended meetings with clients and their tenants to resolve issues relating to proper mode of paying tenant's rent
- Wrote various letters according to clients' instructions
