Asamah Kadiri

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Asamah is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Partner in the firm. Asamah is a practicing Arbitrator and Mediator and also specializes in Cross-Border Insolvency, Corporate Rescue & Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as Business Ethics and Regulatory Compliance. Asamah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom), a CEDR Accredited Mediator. Asamah has handled several multi-faceted cross-border commercial disputes involving high profile corporate multinational clients at trial and appellate courts, and arbitration tribunals in matters such as employment and labour relations; board room disputes; debt recovery and insolvency; mergers and acquisitions; amongst others.

Professional Memberships

(SAN), IBA, NBA, CIArb (UK), CEDR (UK), BRIPAN (an affiliate of INSOL International)

Publications

Managing Complex Commercial Litigation of a Corporate Entity; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in African Jurisdictions; Effective Legal Remedies for Combating Counterfeiting & Intellectual Property Rights Violations.

Personal

Admitted, 1995. University of Benin (LLB, 1993). Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts (LLM, 2016). Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (FCIArb. 2011; MCIArb. 2005; ACIArb. 2003); Kebble College, Oxford (Dip.ICArb., 2010); CEDR Accredited Mediator (2004); Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) 2020