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Felix Terungwa Ayem

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Position:

Senior Associate

Expertise:

Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Employment Law.
Taxation.
Insolvency.
Real Estate and Construction.
White collar crime.

CAREER / HONORS

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• Active Team member of a group of Counsel representing the Nigerian LNG company in a sophisticated international arbitration.

• Strong member of the Team solicitors that carried out the receivership action against Milian Group, negotiated and successfully sealed the deal for the sale of Intercontinental Hotel, a five star hotel in Lagos.
• Actively participated in the defence of one of the defendants in the case of FRN v. Francis Atuche & Ors., and specifically argued the issue of the unreasonability of the sentencing, which led to the substantial reduction of the jail term by the Court of Appeal.
• Advised/defended Banks against frivolous suits on alleged excess charges and penalties, completely bringing such claims to a non-issue and recovering several billions of naira for the bank from recalcitrant debtors.
• Active member in a team handling the defence of multibillion dollars oil and gas company in a receivership action among several other disputes bothering corporate governance.
• Advised/represents different clients in several labour/employment matters.
• Actively participated as a team member in advising our client with respect to Share Purchase Agreement, Shareholders Agreement, Joint Venture Agreements, Transfer of Obligations Agreements under a sophisticated transaction involving different companies including Irede Terminal Limited (an emerging sea Port terminal at Irede town in Amowo Odofin Local Government area of Lagos State).
• Represented Bua Group in a very hostile commercial litigation pertaining to the mining licence in Edo State.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• LL.B (Hons) Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State.

• Called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016.
• LLM, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos 2022.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Member, Nigerian Bar Association, Nigeria.