Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama
OFR, SAN, Life Bencher, FCIArb, C.Arb.
Founding Principal Partner of J-K Gadzama LLP. Elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 1998 with four decades of pre-eminent practice across litigation, corporate advisory, and national service.
Education & Qualifications
PhD Candidate, Energy & Natural Resources Law
Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration
IP3 Programme
USA
Regulation Short Course
LL.B (Common Law) · Best Graduating Student
BL, Called to the Nigerian Bar & Enrolled at Supreme Court
Professional Positions
Founding Principal Partner
Chancellor
Part-Time Lecturer, Energy & Natural Resources Law
Chairman, Mentoring Committee for Young Lawyers
Appointed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria
SEC-Registered Capital Market Consultant
Legal Consultant
Bureau of Public Enterprises / National Council on Privatization
Lead Counsel to INEC and Major Political Parties
Notary Public
Federal Republic of Nigeria
National Honours & Titles
Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR)
Conferred by President Goodluck Jonathan
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)
Conferred by President Olusegun Obasanjo
Life Bencher
Body of Benchers
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)
Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee
Practice Areas
Litigation
Election Petitions
Arbitration & Mediation
Corporate Law
Banking & Finance
International Law
Professional Associations
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Commonwealth Lawyers' Association