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Uzoamaka Ugoh

Senior Associate

About Uzoamaka

Uzoamaka is a goal-oriented lawyer who prides herself on providing excellent legal services that meet clients’ needs. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2019 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School with a Second-Class Honours (Upper Division). She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Since joining the firm, she has been involved in a wide range of matters, including corporate advisory, start-ups and MSME, immigration, tax, litigation and company secretarial where she has provided company secretarial and corporate governance advisory services to a wide range of clients in various sectors of the economy.

She advises clients on a continuous basis concerning regulatory compliance with Nigerian laws. Some of these Clients include companies in the finance, hotel and beverages and transportation sectors. She also sits on statutory meetings of companies where she performs advisory and company secretarial roles. She represents foreign and local clients before courts of record in Nigeria. She is known for her diligence and ability to give solutions to clients’ problems which has in turn resulted in her gaining clients’ confidence.

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Nigerian Law School: BL
  • University of Abuja, Abuja: LL.B (Hons.)

  • Nigeria

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Shola Adekunle https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/shola-adekunle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shola-adekunle Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:51:37 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=6704
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Shola Adekunle

Senior Associate

About Shola

Shola is a Senior Associate in our Project Finance, Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and Startups and MSME Practice Groups. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree, LL.B (Hons.). Thereafter, he attended the Nigerian Law School and was subsequently admitted into the Nigerian Bar Association as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Shola is described by his peers as intelligent, highly dedicated and focused with a strong focus on providing sustainable solution to clients. He interfaces with regulatory agencies and also attends court in respect of clients’ matters. His experience cuts across commercial and employment litigations, Alternative Dispute Resolution, projects and infrastructure development and finance advisory, FinTech licensing, corporate/commercial and general legal advisory services among others.

He regularly conducts legal due diligence for clients and has also prepared and reviewed contractual agreements which include Concession Agreements, Employment Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Trust Deeds, etc.

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Association of BRIPAN (Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria)
  • Nigerian Law School: BL
  • Ahmadu Bello University: LL.B (Hons.)
  • Nigeria

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Ada Izuchukwu https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/ada-izuchukwu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ada-izuchukwu Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:17:11 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=6722
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Ada Izuchukwu

Senior Associate

About Ada

Ada is an Associate in our Technology, Innovation and FinTech and Immigration Practice Groups and is an integral part of our Corporate/Commercial Practice Groups.

She attended the University of Abuja, Nigeria, where she obtained her LL. B (Hons.) law degree and graduated with a Second-Class Honors (Upper Division). She then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School where she graduated with a Second-Class Honors (Upper Division) and was subsequently called into the Nigerian Bar. She further advanced her legal expertise by obtaining a Master of Law (LL.M) in Emerging Technologies and the Law from Newcastle University, United Kingdom where she graduated with a Distinction. 

Ada is goal-oriented, has an eye for details and has a strong commitment to resolving clients’ complex issues whilst providing practical solutions to clients’ legal problems.

Ada regularly assists clients with several aspects of compliance matters in Nigeria and was a significant part of a team that represented a Nigerian Company in an International commercial dispute at the London Court of International Arbitration.

She was also an integral part of a team that advised a foreign company on the legal and regulatory requirements for e-hailing cab companies in Nigeria.

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Masters of Law (LL.M) in Emerging Technologies and the Law
  • Nigerian Law School: BL.
  • University of Abuja, Abuja: LL.B (Hons.)
 
 
  • Nigeria

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Uba Prosper Onyema https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/uba-prosper-onyema/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uba-prosper-onyema Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:10:43 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=6660
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Uba Prosper Onyema

Managing Associate

About Uba

Uba is a Managing Associate in our Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Practice Group. He attended Madonna University, Anambra State, where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2010 and was admitted into the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in February 2012. Uba further advanced his legal expertise by obtaining a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Corporate Law from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.

After a brief stint in the Legal Department of United Bank for Africa, Plc, Uba went into legal practice as an associate in a Corporate/Commercial and Litigation law firm based in Lagos where he worked in the litigation department and handled contentious matters in the superior courts including the appellate courts in Nigeria.

Uba successfully acted for a claimant in a $1.7M USD international arbitration matter brought under the ICC Rules. Uba is currently involved as part of the Goldsmiths team and other international consultants acting for a Nigerian State Government on a build, design, rehabilitate, operate and transfer public-private partnership project in Nigeria.

Uba has also acted as legal advisor to United Arab Emirate Aviation Company on various regulatory and tax matters. He also acted as part of a team of legal advisors for confidential American insurance company bondholders of US$63,400,000 in a share sale and asset acquisition in a leading commercial bank in Nigeria.

He successfully acted as a defence counsel to an oil and gas company in their over GBP 130, 000 British Pounds dispute with a former employee at the National Industrial Court.

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • University of East Anglia, UK: LL.M
  • Nigerian Law School – BL
  • Madonna University – LL.B (Hons.)
  • Nigeria

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Patrick Ndibe https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/patrick-ndibe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patrick-ndibe Sat, 03 Sep 2022 21:48:56 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=6593
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Patrick Ndibe

Partner

About Patrick

Patrick heads our Labour and Employment Law Team and is an integral part of the Goldsmiths Solicitors Corporate and Commercial and Business Advisory Teams. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and graduated from the University of Nigeria with an LL.B (Hons.) law degree in 1992.

Thereafter, he proceeded to the Nigeran law school, where he obtained his BL and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993. Patrick also obtained a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Organizational Leadership from the Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington State, United States of America.

Patrick is mostly described as an astute leader. His ability to assist clients in promptly and creatively resolving their issues and responding to their diverse need has been described by Clients as astounding. 

He is also recognized as a leading authority in his chosen areas of practice and regularly assists clients with all aspects of Immigration and Labour and Employment law in Nigeria.

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington State, USA: MA
  • Nigerian Law School: BL
  • University of Nigeria: LL.B (Hons)
  • Nigeria

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Labour and Employment https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/expertise/labour-and-employment-law-firm-in-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labour-and-employment-law-firm-in-nigeria Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:09:02 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=expertise&p=5954

Labour and Employment

Goldsmiths Solicitors have many decades of experience providing top legal services to clients on labour and employment matters in Nigeria.

Labour and Employment Law Firm in Nigeria

Goldsmiths Solicitors is a top Labour and Employment Law firm in Nigeria with lawyers who are experts in Labour and Employment matters and have many years of experience acting and representing our clients.

Labour and Employment directly relate to every organisation, large or small, private or government-owned because the relationships between the employers and employees are governed by labour and employment laws providing the rights and duties among others, of the parties. Employees have also understood the importance of uniting to protect their interests by coming together to form trade and labour unions in the specialist sectors where they operate. These trade unions negotiate through collective bargaining and enter into collective agreements with their employers and ensure they get the possible best working conditions. As a Labour and Employment law firm with experienced lawyers that understand all these legal issues and situations, we constantly act for our clients on different labour and employment matters in Nigeria.

Our Area of Expertise include:

  • Labour and Employment law compliance advisory
  • Compliance audit
  • Compensation plans
  • Employment contracts, confidentiality and non-competition agreements and compensation policies
  • Preparing and reviewing employment handbooks and policies
  • Designing and arranging cross-border employment
  • Restructuring, redundancy and optimization of human resources
  • Employment negotiations and mediation
  • Employment litigations and arbitration
  • Wrongful termination

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Colin Egemonye https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/colin-egemonye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colin-egemonye Sat, 06 Aug 2022 05:35:21 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=5124
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Colin Egemonye

Partner

About Colin

Colin heads our Corporate/Commercial Practice Groups and is an integral part of our Capital market, Project Finance, Business Advisory and Startups and MSME Practice Groups.

He is a dual qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Colin graduated with an LL.B (Hons.) law degree from the University of Nigeria, thereafter, he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, where he obtained his BL and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993.

Upon being called to the Nigerian Bar, Colin then attended the College of Law (now the University of Law) Bloomsbury, London, where he sat the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) and cross-qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1998.

Colin also has an Executive Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Middlesex University Business School, London. He also attended the prestigious United Nations University Tokyo, Japan, where he undertook the United Nations International Courses on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Colin’s professional experience includes acting as a part of the lender’s due diligence team in a $750 million Category A Greenfield Cement plant in Calabar, Cross Rover State, Nigeria.

Acting as part of a team of international consultants, he was engaged in a $20 billion Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Nigeria. He also acted as a consultant on the £1.4 billion, Kosovo East-West Highway, connecting Pristina, Kosovo to the rest of the country and the $450 million Chiansi Irrigation Project, Lusaka, Zambia.

Other experience includes acting as the lead legal adviser to confidential American insurance bondholders of US $63 million in a share sale and asset acquisition in a leading commercial bank in Nigeria.

Colin acted as lead legal adviser to the Plateau State Government of Nigeria on a multi-million Naira Public-Private Partnership project (PPP) on the rehabilitation  of Jos International Market as well as retained as lead legal adviser to the transaction advisory team on the $1BN, 167KM Lagos/Ibadan Express Road expansion project.

  • Law Society of England and Wales

  • Nigerian Bar

  • Association of MBAs (UK)

  • Association of BRIPAN (Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria)
  • United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

  • Middlesex University Business School, London: MBA

  • College of Law, Bloomsbury, London: QLTT

  • Nigerian Law School, Lagos: B.L.

  • University of Nigeria: LL.B (Hons.)

  • England and Wales 
  • Nigeria

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