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- Name: Chukwubuike Onwuzurumba
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Chukwubuike heads the firm’s Dispute Prevention, Management and Resolution practice. He routinely represents clients in all the superior courts of Nigeria and offers clients a proactive approach to dispute management that maximises the clients’ business efficiency. Chukwubuike also has a deep knowledge, experience and understanding of privately financed infrastructure projects in Africa. He has worked on electric power transactions in Africa exceeding 6500MW in capacity and US$1 billion in deal size, representing a client base that includes Private Equity firms, multinational EPC companies, upstream/downstream oil & gas operators, financing syndicates and regulatory bodies.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association
Employment
- Partner, OAKE Legal, 2020 – date
- Partner, Nnaeto & Partners, 2015 - 2020
- Senior Associate, Ikeyi & Arifayan, 2008 - 2015
EDUCATION
- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (LLM)
- Nigerian Law School, Legal Professional Certification (BL)
- University of Nigeria, Nigeria, Bachelor of Laws
Experience
- Successfully defended a technology, media and telecom company in 3 lawsuits with aggregate claims in excess of N3 billion in Abuja, Nigeria
- Successfully defended an international steel company in a N1 trillion suit in Abuja, Nigeria
- Successfully obtained a $575m award for a client in a shareholder dispute
- Legal and Commercial Team Lead for consortium providing transaction advisory services to developer of 3 power plants in Nigeria with aggregate capacity in excess of 3000MW
- Local counsel for 495MW IPP project in Anambra State with responsibilities including due diligence, draft/negotiation of power offtake, fuel intake and financing agreements.
- Local counsel for USTDA-funded developer of a 275MW IPP in Lagos State
- Member of the team that drafted regulations for Independent Electricity Transmission Networks on behalf of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
- Advised PE firm on successful acquisition of 2 IPPs in Lagos state, Nigeria.
Areas of Focus
- Dispute Prevention, Management and Resolution
- Power
- Project Development & Finance
- Public Sector
- Corporate & Investments
Key Published Articles
- http://www.iflr.com/IssueArticle/3222538/Supplements/Nigerias-power-privatisation-reaches-final-act.html?supplementListId=88893
- Money is Power – Limits on financing options in the Nigerian electricity supply industry’ (co-author). This article was referenced in a UK DFID Study by the Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Limited available on https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a0897fe5274a31e00000e8/61319-DfID_1_Synthesis_Report_Final.pdf)
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