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Oluseun Awonuga

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Position:

Partner

Expertise:

Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Energy and Extractive Industry.
Infrastructure, Construction and Real Estate.

CAREER / HONORS

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Represented interest of a leading OIC both in federal and appellate courts in respect of various multi-billion Naira claims arising from alleged oil spill disputes in the Niger-Delta.
Represented several high-profile clients in on-going criminal prosecutions by the EFCC, the State and Federal Governments.
Represented the interests of clients in on-going high value disputes by and against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
Represented, along with a team of lawyers, Nigeria's state-owned Oil corporation in various litigation and arbitral proceedings in respect of contract claims involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
Represented, along with a team of lawyers, a respondent in a gubernatorial election petition tribunal in Northern Nigeria up to the Supreme Court.
Successfully obtained, along with a team of lawyers, a multi-billion naira judgment on behalf of a leading infrastructure management company in a dispute against the world's leading air transport IT and communications specialist.
Represented, along with a team of lawyers, a major concessionaire in several landmark cases against the federal government and its parastatals in the aviation industry.
Leads the legal team handling the litigation portfolio of a leading construction company in Nigeria.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

LL.B (Hons.) University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Passed the qualifying professional examination from the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos and admitted to practice Law in Nigeria.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, Nigerian Bar Association.
Member, International Bar Association.
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom.