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Priscilla Ekene Okiwelu

OPE

Position:

Associate

Expertise:

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Energy and Extractive Industry.
Environmental Law.
Intellectual Property.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• Represented clients in commercial disputes and debt recovery matters.

• Represented clients’ interest in the Magistrate Court, High Court of Lagos State, Federal High Court of Nigeria and Court of Appeal.
• Advised client on the legality of Post No Debit on a customers’ account in the absence of a court order.
• Advised client on the legality of tipping off in Nigeria and the propriety of law enforcements agents, specifically the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission directing a bank to effect an arrest on a suspect.
• Advised a foreign client on the enforceability of a foreign judgment in Nigeria.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• LL.B (Hons) University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
• B.L – Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Member, Nigerian Bar Association.
• Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigerian Branch (CIARB).