Okey Egbuchu

Managing Partner

Okey Egbuchu started his career as a litigator.  He practiced briefly as a federal prosecutor between 1992 and 1993 and thereafter as a civil, commercial, and maritime litigator in the then law firm of Ukpong & Omotoso (now CLP Legal) during which he appeared in all tears of the courts in Nigeria. He is a pioneer in Gas Pollution litigation in Nigeria. In Year 2001, he was elevated to partner, and appointed Managing Partner in April 2019.

Energetic and versatile, Okey Egbuchu expanded his expertise and advised many clients both Nigerian and multinationals on Project Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate Restructuring, Infrastructure and PPPs, Energy Law, Data Protection, Real Property, Tourism and Hospitality. He is also a registered insolvency practitioner.

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Education and Qualifications:

1992

B.L. Nigerian Law School

1991

LL.B. (Hons), University of Nigeria, Nsukka

If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class.

Jacqueline Bretell

If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class.

Jacqueline Bretell3

If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class.

Jacqueline Bretell2

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