Background
Udo Udoma, Udoma was born on February 26, 1954 in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.
Udo Udoma, Udoma was born on February 26, 1954 in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.
Oxford University, England (Bachelor of Arts Jurisprudence, 1976. Bachelor of Civil Law, 1977. Master of Arts, Honoris Causa, 1981).
Spoken languages: English and Ibibio.
Worked at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (Lagos) specializing in Petroleum, Energy and Natural Resources, Foreign Investment, Banking and Finance, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property, Property, and Company and Commercial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Lagos. Law Lecturer, University of Lagos, 1979-1980.
Investment Analyst, Chase Merchant Bank, Lagos, 1980.
Associate, Chris Ogunbanjo & Company (Solicitors), 1980-1981. Partner, David Garrick & Company (Solicitors), 1981-1983.
Consultant, Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (Liquefied Natural Gas), 1981-1983. Member of Team, Nigerian Government to implement the Liquefied Natural Gas project in joint venture with 3 international oil companies, 1984-1989.
Consultant on current privatisation of Government owned companies and Solicitor for the sale of Government shares in African Petroleum Limited, 1988-1989.
Consultant to New York law firm of Shearman and Sterling, 1989-1991, appointed as first Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission, February, 1991, and Member of the Study Group on the Legal Aspects of Privatisation and Commercialisation Programme set up by the Federal Government. Special Adviser, Honorable Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, September 1993 - March 1994. Member: Nigerian Bar Association.
International Bar Association.
Udo Udoma and Belo Osagie is a fifteen - person law firm which, from its inception as a one - lawyer office in 1983, has developed a broad based corporate and institutional commercial practice. The firm provides its clients with sophisticated legal advice in such areas as banking, exchange control, foreign investment, complex financings, public and private offerings of securities, corporate taxation, bankruptcy and receiverships, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property law (patents, trademarks and copyrights).
Member: Nigerian Bar Association. International Bar Association.