Onyinye Okonkwo

Practice Manager

Email onyinyeoa@jandgattorneys.com

Phone +1-2454-2345-22

Biography

Onyinye Okonkwo is the firm’s Practice Manager. She is known for her analytical and drafting skills which come in handy in her areas of practice to wit- Corporate and Commercial transactions, Family law, Business and Human Rights, Real Estate, Employment and Labour law.

Onyinye’s specialty is in drafting of compliance policies and she assists clients with the implementation of those policies as part of her functions to ease clients’ experiences in complex transactions.

She was also part of a team that brokered settlement and drafted agreements in relation to some multinational companies. In addition, Onyinye was part of a team of lawyers that brokered settlement in a land encroachment/ownership dispute involving Lagos State Government and a Residents’ Association.

She also advises on alternative dispute resolution and has acted on behalf of clients in arbitration as a means of dispute resolution. Onyinye was also part of a team that handled a high-profile public interest litigation brief in 2015.

Pratice Areas

  • Estate Planning
  • Business and Corporate Law
  • Contract Law
  • Real Estate Law

Education & Bar Admission

BA, Columbia College; 2001

Master of Law, 2007. UK University

Admitted to the Bar since 2013

Member of the International Bar Association

Pratice Areas

Leading lawyer in London for Dispute Resolution

The Legal500 (2015 – 2018)