Myma Belo-osagie
SPECIALISATIONS
Energy, Natural Resources and the
Environment, Telecommunications, Corporate Advisory including Foreign
Investments, Corporate Restructuring including Mergers and Acquisitions.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Dr. Belo-Osagie attended the
University of Ghana where she obtained an LL.B in 1975. She was called to the
Ghanaian Bar in 1977 after obtaining a BL at the Ghana Law School in that same
year. She proceeded to Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
where she obtained an LL.M in 1978 and an SJD in 1985. Dr. Belo-Osagie was
called to the New York Bar in 1983. She attended the Nigerian Law School from
1983 to 1984 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984 as a barrister and
solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
CAREER PROFILE
1973 Assistant, Accra High Court
Registry, Ghana
1974-5 Officer, Legal Department of the State Insurance
Corporation
1978-9 Research Assistant to Dean David Smith, Head,
International Legal Studies,
Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, while undertaking research
for her doctoral
thesis.
1984 Associate,Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
1986 Managing
Partner,Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
1992 Member, Federal Government of
Nigeria Study Group on the Monetisation of
Fringe Benefits in
Nigeria.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER
AFFILIATIONS
Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group
Ghanaian Bar
Association
Nigerian Bar Association
New York Bar Association
American Bar Association
International Bar Association
LISTINGS
Dr. Belo-Osagie is ranked as one of the "World's
Leading lawyers" in the Corporate/M&A section of the Chambers'
Global Directory. Her recent assignments include the drafting of the
Nigerian Telecommunications Act 2003 and advising the International Financial
Corporation on its equity investment in the 2003 Africa
Telecomms Deal of the Year Award.
EMAIL
myma.belo-osagie@uubo.org; uubo@uubo.org
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