Portrait of Amuwa Olasoji Olatunde

Head of Practice

Amuwa Olasoji Olatunde, MCIArb

Head of Practice and founder of the firm. Called to the Nigerian Bar in October 1987 and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), he leads the firm's litigation, arbitration and advisory work across its Abuja, Makurdi and Lafia offices.

  • Called to the BarOctober 1987
  • With the firmFounder, 1993
  • OfficeMakurdi · Abuja · Lafia

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Amuwa Olasoji Olatunde, MCIArb, is the Head of Practice of Amuwa Olatunde & Company, Barristers, Solicitors, Notary Public and Arbitrators, which he established on the 1st day of September, 1993.

He graduated from the University of Lagos in 1986 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in October 1987. He has been in active legal practice since his call, a period of more than three and a half decades.

He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK). Under his leadership the firm has grown to three offices — its corporate head office at No. 16 Cotonou Street, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, its chambers at No. 33 Old Otukpo Road, High Level, Makurdi, and its office at Damaje House, Jos Road, Lafia.

He directs the firm’s practice in litigation, arbitration, debt recovery, legal searches, the notarisation of documents and general legal advice, and supervises the counsel in chambers.

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Esther Jegu

Called to the Bar 1992

Counsel in chambers. A graduate of the University of Jos, she was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992 and brings more than two decades of private legal practice to the firm's litigation and advisory work.

  • Litigation & ADR
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Comfort Onwanyi Ogbodo

Called to the Bar 2019

Counsel in chambers. A graduate of Benue State University, Makurdi, called to the Nigerian Bar in 2019, and a member of the firm since 2021, working on its litigation and advisory matters.

  • Litigation & ADR
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James T. Gberindyer

Senior Associate Counsel with five years' post-call experience, practising in commercial and property law, intellectual property, labour law and digital technology law — in litigation, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance and business advisory work.

  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Land Law
  • Capital Market & IP
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