Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in Nigeria

Mr. Afamefuna Francis Nwokedi has over 27years of practice experience especially in the area of intellectual property law litigation. He is the Principal Counsel and Group Head of Stillwaters Law Firm, which operates from Nigeria, Angola and OAPI.

Mr. Nwokedi has been involved in several intellectual property (IP) law initiatives and building processes in Nigeria, including being a member of the Federal Government Committee for the establishment of Intellectual Property Commission, and a member of the Nigerian delegation to OHADA (African Association for the Harmonisation and Development of Commercial Law) with particular representation on IP issues. He is a director and motivator of the “Idea Police” program, and has worked closely with the Commercial Law Development Programme (CLDP) of the United States Department of Commerce towards the harmonisation of Nigeria’s IP laws to meet up with international best practices. Mr Nwokedi is the chairman many companies and a few associations, including the IP Committee of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association.

Mr. Nwokedi is the Editor-in-Chief of the "Nigerian Intellectual Property Opposition (NIPO) Reports”, and has authored and presented several papers on intellectual property law in Nigeria.

If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Afam via the below profile.

We welcome Afam to the network and look forward to working with him on future transactions.