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Nosa John Graham GARRICK, LLM (Durham, UK)

SENIOR PARTNER

Nosa is an intelligent and dynamic attorney who continuously applies his critical and creative thinking to deliver excellent client-oriented solutions. Nosa’s experience and expertise include Legal and Business advisory in contentious and Non-contentious matters concerning Intellectual property, Sports, Media, Entertainment, Startup(s) Advisory, Technology, Shipping, International Trade & Investments. 


He has advised on contentious and non-contentious Intellectual property matters concerning Trademark and Copyright involving renowned multinationals, conglomerates and local brands particularly in the Media and Entertainment, Beverages Food processing, Wine, Automobile, and Electrical Appliance industry. He also routinely advises our International clients on Patent and Design exploitation in Nigeria and has engaged in complex high-end commercial litigation involving top Nigerian Banks and Government Agencies.


Nosa is a Chartered Mediator and Conciliator and holds an LL. B from the University of Benin, Nigeria and an LLM in International Trade and Commercial Law from the University of Durham, United Kingdom (with particular focus on Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisition, International Finance Law, Cross-border Disputes & Private international Law and Oil & Gas Contractual Law) where he finished with a distinction and as the best in his specialism.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology
    •     Dispute Resolution
    •     Shipping, International Trade & Investment
    •     Energy & Natural Recourses
    •     Corporate/Commercial

    Education

    •     The University of Benin, Nigeria (LL. B Hons.)
    •     Nigerian Law School (BL)
    •     The University of Durham, United Kingdom (LL.M, International Trade and Commercial Law)

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
    •     Nigerian Bar Association Section of Business Law (NBA-SBL)
    •     International Trademark Association (INTA)
    •     Chartered Institute of Mediators and Conciliators
    •     British Nigeria Law Forum

Email: nosa.garrick@fgarrickco.com

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Bola Osineye

MANAGING PARTNER 

Bola Osineye is a dynamic legal professional with extensive experience and expertise in corporate, commercial, regulatory and financial advisory services. She holds an LL. B degree from the University of Ibadan and a BL from the Nigerian Law School Lagos. Bola routinely advises clients on contentious and non- contentious matters covering diverse areas of law.


She is an ISO 31000 certified risk professional, with a proven track record in the management of commercial and corporate risks as well as regulatory exposure evidenced by her legal experience from her previous roles as Legal Manager at Remita Payment Services Limited (Remita) where she led the legal services team to ensure legal and regulatory compliance as well as contract/deal and high-level stakeholder management.


Bola was previously Senior Associate, Risk and Compliance at Branch International, and before that, Head of Legal Services at Fewchore Finance Company Limited where she successfully mitigated risks associated with complex high-end transactions up to a valuation of One billion Naira (N1,000,000,000). Her impressive legal expertise, regulatory insights and managerial abilities and makes her a critical and strategic asset to our firm. 

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Corporate/Commercial
    •     Power, Energy & Natural Resources
    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology.

    Education

    •     LL.B, University of Ibadan;
    •     B.L, Nigerian Law School.

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)

Email: bola.osineye@fgarrickco.com

Akpobome Deniran

COUNSEL - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL

Akpobome Deniran is a counsel at F.A. Garrick & Co and works in the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Dispute Resolution and Corporate/Commercial Advisory teams, where he advises clients in areas of Intellectual property, Property & Real Estate, Media & Entertainment and Corporate finance. 


He has over seven years of experience in dispute resolution advisory and has been actively involved in several high-profile cases at the Nigerian Superior Courts of record. Akpobome also plays an active role in the pro-bono initiatives of the firm and is a member of the Police Duty Solicitor Scheme (PDSS), a pro-bono legal advocacy group. He is a graduate of the University of Benin.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology
    •     Dispute Resolution
    •     Corporate/Commercial

    Education

    •     The University of Benin, Nigeria (LL. B Hons.)
    •     Nigerian Law School (BL)

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
    •     Nigerian Bar Association Section of Business Law (NBA-SBL)
    •     Police Duty Solicitor Scheme (PDSS)

Email: akpobome.deniran@fgarrickco.com

Oluwatobiloba Olufohunsi

SENIOR ASSOCIATE- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL

Oluwatobiloba is a hardworking, coherent, and passionate lawyer with a desire and drive for incessant learning and practical application of the law. She is vast in her expertise and routinely advises clients on contentious and non-contentious matters covering diverse areas of there law, including but not limited to Corporate Business Advisory, Commercial Dispute Resolution and Practice, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property Law, Employment and Labour law. Her enthusiasm and readiness to take up challenges, and embrace the changes that come with them, makes her critical to providing brilliant and bespoke solutions to our clients.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology
    •     Dispute Resolution
    •     Corporate/Commercial

    Education

    •     LLB, University of Hall, UK 
    •     BL,Nigerian School of Law 
    •     LLM, University of Strathclyde

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
    •     International Bar Association
    •     Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK (Nigeria Branch)
    •     Institute of Chartered Mediators and Consiliators.

tobiloba.banjoko@fgarrickco.com

Tami Koroye, PhD

OF COUNSEL - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TECHNOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & INVESTMENTS, FINTECH AND START-UP ADVISORY

Tami is a result-oriented Attorney focused on delivering quality legal services. He is an Of counsel in the firm and a part of our Intellectual Property, Telecommunications & Technology; Shipping, International Trade & Investment and Corporate/Commercial Groups. He consistently demonstrates a deep and invaluable understanding and expertise in dispute resolution, project finance, general corporate law, and ICT and FinTech advisory. Also, he has an in-depth knowledge of the intricacies concerning start-up financing and leverages this servicing the needs of our start-up(s) clients.


Tami’s ability to understand complicated legal issues and proffer sound solutions through detailed opinions on behalf of our clients stand him out. He is a member of and at the forefront of various policy conversation organisations interested in proffering expert government-directed opinions on the regulation of Fin-tech and Crypto services in Nigeria. Tami Koroye is also very interested in other social justice causes. He is an active contributor to our pro-bono activities as a firm. 


He holds an LLB degree from the University of Benin, a BL from Nigerian Law School (Abuja), a Masters’ degree in International Commercial Law and a PhD both from Bradford University, where he finished with a Distinction and the Dean's prize respectively.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology
    •     Shipping, International Trade & Investment
    •     Dispute Resolution
    •     Corporate/Commercial

    Education

    •     The University of Benin, Nigeria (LL. B Hons.)
    •     Nigerian Law School (BL)
    •     Bradford University, United Kingdom (LL.M, International Commercial Law)
    •     Doctoral Candidate, Bradford University, United Kingdom

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
    •     Nigerian Bar Association Section of Business Law (NBA-SBL)

Email: tami.koroye@fgarrickco.com

Okachi Akani

SENIOR ASSOCIATE - DISPUTE RESOLUTION, SHIPPING, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & INVESTMENT AND CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL

Okachi is a Dispute Resolution Shipping, International Trade & Investment and Corporate/Commercial Associate at F.A. Garrick & Co. She routinely advises clients within the maritime and shipping industry with particular focus on Regulations, Disputes and Cross border trade. Okachi is a key member of the firm’s Property Law advisory team where she assists clients navigate the Nigerian real estates sector. She is a graduate of the University of Lagos. 

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Dispute Resolution
    •     Shipping, International Trade & Investment
    •     Corporate/Commercial

    Education

    •     The University of Benin, Nigeria (LL. B Hons)
    •     Nigerian School of Law (BL)

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
    •     Nigerian Bar Association Section of Business Law (NBA-SBL)

Email: okachi.akani@fgarrickco.com

Joyce Uchechi Nneji

ASSOCIATE - CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL AND POWER, ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

Joyce is an associate at F.A. Garrick & Co. She works in the Corporate/Commercial and Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Groups where she provides corporate governance, reporting, compliance and transaction support to diverse corporate clients across multiple industries. She routinely provides company secretarial services for local and international businesses and and is an integral part of our regulatory compliance team.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Corporate/Commercial
    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology.

    Education

    •     LLB, University of Nigeria, Nsuka
    •     Nigerian Law School (BL)

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
    •     Nigerian Bar Association Section of Business Law (NBA-SBL)

Email: joyce.nneji@fgarrickco.com

Moyo Maku

COUNSEL, CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY

Moyo is an experienced attorney and Counsel in the firm’s Corporate /Commercial and Intellectual Property, Media & Technology practice group(s). Over the course of his career, he has helped foreign and local companies as well as high net-worth individuals in the financial services, agriculture, manufacturing, technology, oil & gas and real estate sectors/industries, to structure their business operations in seamless compliance with extant laws and sector-specific regulations in Nigeria.


Also, he utilizes his company secretarial and legal advisory expertise to assist boards of directors of companies to dispatch their duties within the bound of the law and has also played key advisory roles in material transactions in favor of our clients, while providing support on regulatory consideration applicable and necessary for running their businesses in Nigeria.


Beyond the law, Moyo is a critical thinker and strategist. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom where he graduated amongst the top ten students in his cohort.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology
    •     Corporate/Commercial

    Education

    •     LL. B, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
    •     Nigerian School of Law (BL)

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)

Email: moyo.maku@fgarrickco.com

Gabriel Eseosa Irabor

ASSOCIATE - Corporate Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property,
Media and Technology Group

Gabriel Eseosa Irabor is an associate in our Corporate Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property, Media and Technology Group. He is dedicated and has a core competence in contentious and non-contentious matters relating to corporate governance, corporate finance, entertainment and intellectual property law. With his comprehensive understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks, he delivers tailored solutions to complex business challenges, ensuring optimal outcomes for our clients.

  • Education, Practice Groups and Professional Memberships

    Practice Group(s)

    •     Corporate/Commercial
    •     Intellectual Property, Media & Technology.

    Education

    •     LLB, University of Benin
    •     Nigerian Law School (BL)

    Membership of Professional Associations

    •     Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)

Email: eseosa.irabor@fgarrickco.com

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