KELECHI OKEKE

KELECHI OKEKE LL.B, (HONS.), B.L

Kelechi who graduated from Anambra State University with Second Class Upper Division in 2013 has stellar record of academic and professional achievements. After graduation, he proceeded to Nigerian Law School where he successfully passed his bar finals and got called to the Nigerian Bar.

Kelechi started his legal journey with Lavocat Legal Practitioners where he learnt the rudiments of legal practice and procedures. He was an Associate at IOL Associates where he was exposed to nitty-gritty of litigation. Kelechi also worked with Country Hill Attorneys and Solicitors as a Senior Associate and the Head of Litigation before his admission into the Partnership rank at Royal Heritage.

Kelechi is a seasoned commercial dispute resolution Attorney with verse experience in both trial and appellate courts, in various areas of practice like labour, debt recovery, insurance, pension, divorce, aviation, human rights, trademark, copyright, land, tenancy, criminal matters, etc. He has over a decade of significant experience in arbitration and commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of banking and finance. He has appeared before most superior courts across Nigeria in litigation relating to company structure, contractual matters, white-collar crimes and oil and gas.