Chijioke Nwoye

LL.B, BL, LL.M

ASSOCIATE PARTNER

Chijioke holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu where he emerged as the overall best graduating student in his class. Chijioke leads Frederick & Co’s mainstream litigation and disputes practice and offers a wealth of experience to the firm’s practice. He is professionally committed to in-depth legal research, appellate advocacy and briefs and has demonstrable expertise in legislative drafting. He has a master of laws degree (LLM) in Legislative Drafting from the Nigerian Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies.

 

  • Key member of the defense team in the 2015 Taraba State Governorship Election Petitions.

 

  • Member of the team of experts engaged by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission in the process of reviewing the 2004 Laws of the Federation.

 

  • Handled numerous commercial disputes, election petitions, and public interest litigations in various High Courts, Tribunals, and Appellate Courts.

 

  • Advised high net worth local and multinational, private and public sector clients in various legal matters across diverse sectors.

Practice Areas

Corporate & Commercial Law

Banking, Financial Services, Taxation & Debt Recovery

Election Petitions & Public Interest Litigation

Family Law

Labour & Employment