Education

• 2007
  Ghana School of Law
• B.L 1992
  Nigerian Law School
• LL.B Hons. 1991
  Obafemi Awolowo University Ile – Ife
• BA Hons. 1986
  University of Ile-Ife

• Director, Integrated Legal Consultants, Accra Ghana since April 2007.
• Fugar & Company - Accra Ghana 2006 – 2007.
• Wright & Co – Freetown, Sierra Leone 2003 - 2005
• Fourah Bay College – Freetown Sierra Leone, 2003- 2005.
• Aluko & Oyebode - Lagos Nigeria, 1994 – 2001.
• Oceanic International Bank - Port Harcourt River State Nigeria 1993 – 1994.
• Nigerian Bar Association, Ghana Bar Association, International Trade Marks Association, International Bar Association.
• Responsible for securing the registration of several leading international brands with both the Nigerian Trademarks Registry and the Ghanaian Trademarks Registry.
• Responsible for handling negotiations between some of the largest oil service companies and local communities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
• Oversaw registration of patents and designs and other incidental matters.
• Responsible for securing the registration and certification of several products with the National Agency for Food & Drugs Administration Nigeria and the Food & Drugs Board, Ghana.
• Reviews and drafts contracts, agreements and other legal documentation.
• Attends meetings with various clients on diverse legal issues.
• Responsible for the incorporation of companies at the companies’ registries and rendering general legal advice on investment and immigration matters in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
• Securing the registration of numerous companies with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Accra Ghana.
• Effecting the registration of companies with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and the Petroleum Commission, Ghana.
• Obtaining work permits for expatriate workers within the Ghanaian jurisdiction.
• Was involved in the review of security documentation for a number of Nigerian banks as well as the preparation of standard security documentation to be used by banks in giving credit facilities.
• Provides training for Ghanaian Banks on “Legal Aspects of Banking & Securities For Lending”.
• Undertook a due diligence exercise of the second largest commercial bank in a Sierra Leone for purposes of privatisation of same.
• Lectured year 3 students on the Law of Torts at Fourah Bay College Freetown, Sierra Leone.
• Assisted in preparing of draft bill for the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission in Sierra Leone.
• Acted as team leader on Department For International Development (DFID) project – “Is It In Force Exercise” in Sierra Leone which entailed the compilation of all international treaties, protocols, statues etc. in force in Sierra Leone.
• Assisted in drawing legal and administrative structure for the Food Security Commission (a Food & Agriculture Organization Project) – “The Right To Food” in Sierra Leone.
• Assisted in drawing legal and administrative structure for the Food Security Commission (a Food & Agriculture Organization Project) – “The Right To Food” in Sierra Leone.
• Reviewed and drafted security documentation in respect of a US$25 million facility by OPIC to a local mining company in Sierra Leone.
• Reviewed and drafted documentation in respect of the Privatisation of non-core activities of a Government Establishment in Sierra Leone.
• Was involved in a DFID project – “Reform of Laws & Legal Framework That Affect Business Trading & Competition in Sierra Leone.
• Accepted briefs, prepared pleadings, interlocutory application and conducted trial litigation.
• Renders general legal advice on the land tenure system in Ghana and represents various clients in the acquisition of real estate.
• Perfects documentation and registers same at the Lands Commission.
• Oversees practice group on Company secretarial matters, firm representative as company secretary for various companies;
• Oversees the practice.