Anita Otele is a Partner at the Firm and currently heads the Banking & Finance section and Training/Special Projects Practice Groups.
She developed a vision to pursue a degree and a professional career in law and she has been dedicated to this cause. Overtime, she has been able to build up competence in legal writing/drafting, legislative drafting, litigation, corporate practice, analytical skills, legal/academic research skills, arbitration coupled with good administrative skills thus improving her legal expertise. She is resilient, hardworking and has the drive and ambition to succeed in a highly demanding work environment with high success rate.
She is called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court, a member of the Nigeria Bar Association and also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Anita has worked with law firms in Abuja, FCT and Port Harcourt. She has also worked as a legislative Aide at the National Assembly.
Education
- University of Aberdeen, UK (LLM)
- Queen Mary University of London, UK (LLM)
- University of Essex, UK (LLB)
- Nigerian Law school, Nigeria (BL)
Practice Areas:
- Litigating
- Commercial and Corporate Practice
- Corporate Finance Law
- Property Law
- E-Commerce Law
- Law of Finance and Investment
- International Arbitration and Energy
- Public Law
Membership of Professional Societies
- Nigerian Bar Association
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
