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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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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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Nnamdi Nnoruka https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/nnamdi-nnoruka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nnamdi-nnoruka Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:34:23 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=6560
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Nnamdi Nnoruka

Senior Partner

About Nnamdi

A Sloan Fellow at the world class London Business School, Nnamdi heads our Aviation and Maritime and Shipping Practice Groups.

Nnamdi is a trained air force pilot and obtained his LL.B (Hons.) law degree from the University of Benin. He also has a post graduate diploma in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.

Upon leaving the Nigerian air force proceeded to London Business School where he obtained his M.Sc. as a London Business School Sloan Fellow. Nnamdi had a distinguished career as a Nigerian air force officer, where he served in many senior positions, including serving as the Head of Legal Department of the Nigerian air force. He rose to the rank of Group Captain (Colonel equivalent), and his last position before he voluntarily left the air force was Director of Plans. He has also attended the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos, Nigeria

Since leaving the air force, he has dedicated his time to full time practice. Nnamdi is usually called upon to participate in many issues of national importance at various senior levels. He also acted as legal adviser to the acquirers of $2,300,000 acquisition of floating dry dock and establishment of ship repair yard project in the Oil & Gas Free Zone, Federal Ocean terminal.

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Sloan Fellow
  • London Business School – M.Sc
  • Nigerian Law School, Lagos – B.L
  • University of Benin – LL.B (Hons.)
  • ABU Zaria – Dip (ABU)
  • Nigerian Defence Academy – Pss+
  • Nigeria

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Emmanuel Amadi, FCIArb https://www.goldsmithsllp.com/our-people/emmanuel-amadi-fciarb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emmanuel-amadi-fciarb Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:16:12 +0000 https://jokewoods.com/?post_type=dt_team&p=6252
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Emmanuel Amadi, FCIArb

Senior Partner

About Emmanuel

Emmanuel is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and heads our Banking and Finance and Tax Groups and our Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Practice Groups. He has acted for clients in ICC and LCIA arbitrations and has also published scholarly articles for the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Emmanuel initially graduated with a B.A honours degree in English from the University of Calabar, before proceeding to study law at the University of Nigeria, where he obtained his LL.B (Hons.) law degree. He obtained his Masters in corporate and commercial law from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and was also admitted as a member of the Association of Taxation Technician (ATT) of England and Wales. Emmanuel also has an M.Sc., in Constructions Law and Dispute Resolution from the prestigious Kings College, University of London.

Emmanuel is regularly called upon to advise clients on a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters including constructions disputes, commercial disputes, foreign direct investments and taxation matters.

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)

  • Law Society of England and Wales

  • Nigerian Bar Association

  • Association of Taxation Technicians (UK)
 
  • Kings College, University of London: M.Sc
  • Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London: LL.M
  • College of Law, Bloomsbury, London: QLTT
  • Nigerian Law School, Lagos: B.L.
  • University of Nigeria: LL.B (Hons.)
  • University of Calabar: B.A (Hons.)
  • England and Wales
  • Nigeria

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Insurance

Many insurance sector clients are constantly relying on us for legal services as a result of our excellent disposition to client works.

Top Insurance Law Firm in Nigeria

We serve the insurance sector in the provision of legal services through our team of expert lawyers who act for insurance companies, underwriters, brokers and re-insurers, etc. With our robust understanding of insurance laws and the regulatory environment, our legal services are rendered to both life and non-life insurance firms requiring the services of a top insurance law firm in Nigeria.

As an Insurance law firm in Nigeria, Goldsmiths Solicitors provides top legal services and ensure that our clients in the insurance sector gets accurate and timely legal assistance.

Our Areas of Expertise include:

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Claims including Product liability, personal injury and damage claims
  • Competitions
  • Corporate restructuring and establishment of new operations
  • Insurance and re-insurance policies
  • Regulatory compliance and advisory
  • Marine insurance
  • Negotiation, preparation and review of agreements

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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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