Amaka Jackson

    Managing Partner, Jackson Longe

        Amaka Jackson

        Amaka heads the team of highly skilled qualified lawyers at Jackson Longe Solicitors. She was a partner at a regional firm in East Anglia before leaving to set up her own practice- Jackson Longe Solicitors.

        Her specialism covers the range of Private Client matters. She advises clients on areas of the law such as Wills, Probate including Contentious Matters, Estate Administration and Inheritance Tax Planning, Trusts, Elderly Client Law and Court of Protection Matters. She also has considerable experience advising clients on Residential Property, Commercial Property and Business Law matters. She is recognised for having a friendly and modern approach to client care.

        Outside the legal world, Amaka enjoys dabbling in the entertainment world and participating in local charity awareness campaigns.

        Education

        • LLB (Hons) Law- University of East Anglia, Norwich.
        • Legal Practice Course- College of Law, London.
        • Post Graduate Diploma in Oil and Gas Law – Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
        • Notarial Public Course- University College London.

        Memberships

        • Member of The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
        • Member of the Court of Protection Practitioners Association (COPPA)
        • Member of Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP).
          Charles Osuji

          Managing Partner & CEO, Osuji & Smith Lawyers

              Charles Osuji

              Charles is the Managing Partner & CEO at Osuji & Smith Lawyers. He is one of the leading young lawyers in Canada. He has been voted and chosen as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada, Calgary Top 40 under 40, the Entrepreneur of the Year by Diversity Magazine, the 2020 Immigrant of Distinction (Achievement Under 35) by Immigration Services Calgary, and repeatedly voted as one of the top 3 Employment, Civil Litigation, Business, Family and Estate Planning lawyers in Calgary by ThreeBestRated. He has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch, based on feedback from his peers across Canada, for his outstanding professional excellence in private practice early on in his career.

              Osuji & Smith is a thriving and fast rising firm. Its clients represent a cross-section of Alberta businesses and individuals. Charles has ensured that professionals with education, training and experience in and outside of Canada can thrive in his firm by bringing their tremendous talents and skills to solve legal issues in the Calgary community. The diversity of legal, financial and lived experiences has been the cornerstone of growth for the firm, and has set the firm apart from most others in the Calgary community.

              Charles is extremely clear with his advice. Every time he takes on a case, he gives a part of himself and his heart. He is honest and works very hard to add value to his clients’ lives. He is a role model for many young lawyers. At an age when most of his peers are busy learning their craft, he is doing that plus ensuring that he is providing mentoring and leadership for his staff of associate lawyers, legal assistants, articling students and lawyers.

              Charles' primary areas of practice are Employment law, business law and civil litigation.

                Conrad Purcell

                Infrastructure and Energy Projects Partner, Haynes Boone LLP

                    Conrad Purcell

                    Conrad Purcell is a partner in the Energy Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s London office.

                    Conrad’s practice focuses primarily on energy and infrastructure projects. He advises funders, sponsors and governments in the financing, development, acquisition and disposal of energy and infrastructure projects. He was recognized in The Legal 500, Legalease Ltd., 2021, with the following testimonial: "Conrad Purcell has impressed us with his professionalism, expertise and efficiency. He always delivers the best solution on time. We definitely would like to continue having Conrad for our future projects.”

                    Conrad has experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating finance and security documents, as well as commercial agreements such as construction, operation, maintenance and management contracts, joint venture and shareholder agreements, and power purchase, tolling and offtake agreements.

                    Conrad advises on a wide range of funding structures including project finance from commercial banks, DFIs/MDBs, as well as ECA supported lending, vendor finance, mezzanine and other structured finance, private placements and a variety of institutional and retail bond issues.

                    Conrad has experience advising on projects utilising a broad range of new energy technologies including wind, solar PV and CSP, hydroelectric, biomass, tidal and energy storage, in established and emerging markets. In recent years, he has also advised on conventional thermal power projects and energy infrastructure, as well as on projects in health, housing, communications, transport and digital infrastructure.

                    Having worked as an in-house lawyer for a number of years, as well as in private practice, Conrad has a good understanding of the commercial positions that need to be reconciled for projects to successfully reach completion. He uses this experience to help parties achieve consensus during what can be long and complex negotiations, especially where projects are being developed in markets with few comparable or similar examples.

                      Dr. Uchechukwu Ngwaba

                      Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law

                          Dr. Uchechukwu Ngwaba

                          Prior to joining the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Uchechukwu (Uche) Ngwaba worked as a sessional lecturer in three Australian Universities (Macquarie University, Sydney; University of Western Sydney; and Deakin University, Melbourne).

                          His research engages multi-disciplinary, comparative and socio-legal methods in exploring complex questions affecting health governance frameworks in the Global North and South. He draws appropriately from multiple disciplines (law, humanities, economics, medicine, etc.) to redefine problems outside disciplinary boundaries and explore solutions based on shared understandings of complex situations in the area of health. His work in the area of transitional justice engages Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) as a useful theoretical lens for critical internationalism to interrogate claims about universalism in the pursuit of international criminal justice, whilst pushing for better representation for the subaltern in international thought and action.

                          Ngwaba began his career in commercial legal practice in Chief Ladi Rotimi Williams Chambers, Lagos, where he was involved in a number of high-profile litigations before Superior Courts of Nigeria. He subsequently took up an academic position as a Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). As one of the principal institutions for legal policy discourse in Nigeria, Ngwaba’s work at NIALS exposed him to policy-oriented research, which traversed a broad field of legal enquiry unified by the focus on achieving policy and systemic changes in Nigeria.

                          Areas of Expertise

                          Public health and human rights, international human rights law, health systems, health governance frameworks, constitutional theory, comparative constitutional law, and transitional justice

                            Rose Rameau, JD, LLM, FCIArb

                            Partner, RAMEAU INTERNATIONAL LAW

                                Rose Rameau, JD, LLM, FCIArb

                                Rose Rameau FCIArb, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), an International Disputes Resolution Counsel and Fulbright Scholar/Visiting Professor at the University Of Ghana School Of Law where she taught Investment and International Commercial Arbitration. She is the 2020 ABA (SIL) Mayre Rasmussen Award for the Advancement of Women in International Law. Ms. Rameau was recently appointed to the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Haiti. Prior to becoming a Fulbright Scholar, she managed her own practice in Paris, France and Tampa, Florida (USA). She was an Adjunct Professor at the Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) and Université Paris Est Créteil (Paris 12 ) where she taught fundamentals of the English, and American legal systems as well as international business law.

                                Ms. Rameau focuses her practice in Investor-state disputes, International Business Law, Commercial Litigation, International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Arbitration. Ms. Rameau is trained in both civil and common law. She obtained a Law degree from Syracuse University College of Law as well as a Master in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in Syracuse, New York. She also holds an LL.M in French, European and International Business Law from Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II.) A holder of a Diploma as an International Arbitration Practitioner (ArbP) and a Certificate in Advance Studies (CAS) in international Arbitration from Universities of Luzern & Neuchâtel and the Swiss Arbitration Academy; she received among many awards: the Global Law & Practice Award, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Award.

                                She represents Sovereign States in investment disputes and has been appointed sole arbitrator in commercial disputes involving African nationals. Her most recent case involves an oil and gas dispute between an African State and an American company and its shareholders before the International Center for Investment Disputes (ICSID). Ms. Rameau is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She is admitted to practice law in USA (Florida, District of Columbia, New Jersey); Paris, France and Ghana, West Africa. Ms. Rameau is the ICC Court Member on behalf of Haiti. She is a Board Member of the Jamaica International Arbitration Center and elected Board Member of ArbitralWomen for the 2020-2022 term.

                                  Alex Wodi

                                  Managing Partner, Wodi & Wodi

                                      Alex Wodi

                                      Upon his call to the Nigerian Bar in 2001, He worked with one of the Leading Law Firms in Nigeria from 2001 perfecting his skills in Legal Research, Advocacy, Real Property Law, Banking and Commercial Law until 2004 when he joined the Legal Services Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Regulatory & Monetary Authority of the largest economy in Africa. While with the apex bank he rendered legal advice and opinion on a myriad Regulatory and bank policy issues. He worked on critical industry legislation and policies, including inter alia - the CBN Act 2007; AMCON Act; MSMEDF; NIRSAL; and BOFI Act.

                                      He also provided leadership and mentorship to several top performing legal teams. He served in different capacities in various Top Level Legislative and Inter-Govtal Agencies Committees in the Financial Services Sector, including serving as Secretary/Legal Adviser of the Inter-Agency Committee on Financial System Stability a project of the FSRCC.

                                      After a distinguished central banking career spanning almost two decades He retired voluntarily to private practice to give back to society and pursue new challenges.

                                      He find joy in collaborating with colleagues and professionals across various disciplines on critical projects and initiatives.

                                      He also mentors and assist younger colleagues and start-ups to set up shop and navigate the legal and business landscape by leveraging on my experience and sharing my vast knowledge and expertise.

                                      Currently He serves as Managing Partner of Wodi and Wodi a family owned Law Practice with over 50 years experience in the legal services space.

                                        Noella Lubano

                                        Partner, Oraro & Company Advocates

                                            Noella Lubano

                                            Noella is a Partner at Oraro & Company Advocates and a recognised dispute resolution and arbitration expert. She specialises in the tracing and recovery of assets, commercial litigation, employment and labour disputes, and shareholder disputes but is well regarded for her international arbitration and insolvency & restructuring expertise.

                                            She is ranked by Chambers Global 2021 in Dispute Resolution with clients lauding her for being “extremely professional and approachable,” and others saying “her level of subject matter knowledge, especially corporate law matters, is exceptional”. Legal 500 also recognised her in the 2021 and 2020 rankings as a Next Generation Partner, with sources saying she is ‘responsive, conducts very good and well thought out research, and is approachable and witty.’

                                            Noella was recently recognised as one of "Africa's 50 Most Promising Young Arbitrators 2020" by the Association of Young Arbitrators.

                                            Noella is an eloquent speaker. She spoke on various topics around International Arbitration at the International Arbitration Conference in Kigali, Rwanda in 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2018 and Nairobi, Kenya in 2019. She has also shared her legal insights across the globe including in the United Kingdom and Austria.

                                            She holds a Master's degree (LLM) from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

                                            Experience
                                            • Advising a major public data communications carrier on potential legal options and remedies under a shareholder’s agreement against directors and three (3) other parties for their breach of trust and fiduciary obligations as well as potential fraudulent actions
                                            • Advising a major American private equity fund on its legal options and remedies against former directors and shareholders of a leading East African civil engineering and construction company. The matter concerned a shareholders’ agreement, a convertible note debt for equity swap, a share pledge agreement and personal guarantees with a view of recovering a LCIA arbitral award of USD 23.2 million.
                                            • Advising a non-profit organisation on legal options and remedies available to it following the mismanagement and misapplication of its investment in a local company
                                            • Advising and acting for a Kenyan pension scheme in defending a judgement by the retirement benefits tribunal for the sum of in excess of KES 7 billion (USD 70 million) by former employees of Telkom Kenya Limited as being the total of their unpaid retirement dues
                                            • Advising a network of private schools founded and funded by the Melinda & Bill Gates foundation regarding the classification of the schools and ments of the threats by the Ministry of Education to close the schools on the alleged grounds that they have failed to meet the minimum requirement under the Basic Education Act, 2013
                                              Kash Balogun

                                              Partner, Keystone Law

                                                  Kash Balogun

                                                  Kash is an experienced commercial litigator with a particular focus in the construction, oil & gas, and finance sectors. He specialises in the resolution of complex, high-value disputes, usually with an international element, and has successfully advised clients in all forms of dispute resolution including adjudications, international arbitrations, mediations and high court litigation.

                                                  In addition to advising clients in the UK, over the course of his career, Kash has acquired extensive experience in dealing with disputes relating to or originating from sub-Saharan Africa. He has also built a broad network of contacts within the region.

                                                  In the construction sector, he has significant experience in negotiating amendments to standard-form construction contracts including ancillary construction documents such as collateral warranties, parent company guarantees, and other related agreements.

                                                    Matthew Walker FCIArb, FCIOB

                                                    Partner, K&L Gates

                                                        Matthew Walker FCIArb, FCIOB

                                                        Matthew is a construction solicitor who has previously worked as a barrister and as in-house counsel. He is a specialist dispute resolution lawyer, and also provide non-contentious construction advice, tailored to the markets in which his advice is most needed. In Qatar, that advice is particularly focused on resolving disputes on large construction and civil engineering projects. In the UK, clients have particularly required his advice on how to pursue claims against insurers where a construction project has gone wrong.

                                                        He has been working in London, UK throughout the current COVID-19 lockdown - but focused on clients in Qatar, as well as those in the UK. He advises clients on all forms of dispute resolution - especially arbitration, litigation and mediation.

                                                        Specialties: Construction (FCIOB), Engineering (including radio & telecom engineering), Insurance Policy-holder Advice, International Arbitration (FCIArb), Mediation (RICS Accrediated Mediator), Litigation, Adjudication, Rail, drafting of construction documents including FIDIC, NEC, ICE, JCT and bespoke forms.

                                                          Abolade Oshodi

                                                          Chief Executive Officer, Expand Canada Solutions

                                                              Abolade Oshodi

                                                              Abolade Oshodi is a qualified international lawyer in England and Wales, Nigeria and Canada with many years of legal experience in the corporate field.

                                                              Abolade has had strong in house experience with one of the largest infrastructure project in Africa, the Lekki Free Trade Zone. He has also had strong corporate and commercial experience with one of the foremost Law Firms in Nigeria, Udo Udoma and Belo Osagie

                                                              Early in his career, Abolade has critical experience working for the most critical financial regulator in England, specifically the Insolvency Service as a Senior Insolvency Examiner/Investigator.

                                                              In Canada , Abolade has built a strong commercial practice where he focuses on Commercial Litigation, mainly Construction Matters and Secured Lending and Debt Finance matters.