Ikenna Okoli, SAN
Ikenna has distinguished himself as an astute trial lawyer and arbitrator. In his three decades of active legal practice, he has been involved in several complex civil and criminal cases both at the trial and appellate courts. He has also represented high profile individual and corporate clients in commercial arbitration, locally and internationally.
Ikenna is renowned as one of Nigeria’s leading public interest litigators. In Faith Okafor v Lagos State Government & Anor. [2016] LPELR-41066; [2017] NWLR (Part 1556) 404, Ikenna, on behalf of the appellant, Faith Okafor, successfully challenged the restriction of movement for environmental sanitation in Lagos State on the last Saturday of every month. The Court of Appeal in a landmark judgment declared the restriction of movement of residents on environmental sanitation days as unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional. Pursuant to this judgment, the Lagos State Government cancelled the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Lagos State, with its attendant economic benefits.
As a proficient writer with a flair for sharing his wealth of knowledge, Ikenna has written and published articles and papers on diverse areas of law. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Apogee Journal of Business, Property and Constitutional Law. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Monthly Report of Supreme Court Judgments (MRSCJ). And he is an approved tutor and examiner with the Chartered institute of Arbitrators (UK).
Education
- University of Nigeria (LL. B)
- Nigerian Law School (Call to Bar Certificate)
- University of Lagos (Masters in International Law and Diplomacy)
- University of London (LL. M, International Business Law)
Practice Areas
- Dispute Resolution
- Human Rights
- Corporate and Commercial
- Sports and Entertainment
- Real Estate