Practice Expertise
- Corporate and Commercial
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Regulatory & Compliance
Areas of Practice
- Corporate and Commercial
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Regulatory & Compliance
Profile
Christabel is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution (Litigation & Arbitration), Regulatory Compliance and Corporate & Commercial practice groups at ÆLEX.
She is a complex commercial disputes practitioner with a reputation for expertise in representing clients in the energy, telecommunications, engineering, aviation, intellectual property, infrastructure, nonprofit and corporate finance sectors.
She has represented several foreign entities including Twitter, Lufthansa, Shell, Total, Chemonics International, AfDB and ISDB; as well as Nigerian companies including The Nigerian Exchange Group, CHEC Nigeria, Huawei and 9Mobile in varied cross-border disputes. She is adept at handling regulatory compliance challenges and providing business-centred corporate advisory.
She is a complex commercial disputes practitioner with a reputation for expertise in representing clients in the energy, telecommunications, engineering, aviation, intellectual property, infrastructure, nonprofit and corporate finance sectors.
She has represented several foreign entities including Twitter, Lufthansa, Shell, Total, Chemonics International, AfDB and ISDB; as well as Nigerian companies including The Nigerian Exchange Group, CHEC Nigeria, Huawei and 9Mobile in varied cross-border disputes. She is adept at handling regulatory compliance challenges and providing business-centred corporate advisory.
Bar Admissions
LL.B, Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
Nigerian Law School
Areas of Practice
- Corporate and Commercial
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Regulatory & Compliance
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Christabel was part of the team that successfully defended CHEC in multi-billion Naira suit challenging CHEC’s appointment as the Preferred Proponent for the construction of a 434km superhighway in Nigeria, under a PPP arrangement. She was part of the team that represented Shell, Esso, Agip and Total in the landmark case on the renewal of OML 11. She also assisted a UK non-profit organisation in halting a damaging investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and aided in the renewal of donor confidence in the organisation.
Professional Associations
Christabel was part of the team that successfully defended CHEC in multi-billion Naira suit challenging CHEC’s appointment as the Preferred Proponent for the construction of a 434km superhighway in Nigeria, under a PPP arrangement. She was part of the team that represented Shell, Esso, Agip and Total in the landmark case on the renewal of OML 11. She also assisted a UK non-profit organisation in halting a damaging investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and aided in the renewal of donor confidence in the organisation.
Professional Associations
- International Bar Association
Articles
Co-authored the Lexology GTDT Complex Commercial Litigation– Nigeria Chapter for 2023 and 2024.
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