Emonye Olayinka Adekwu is the founder and Managing Partner of 24 Law Chambers. His silk — appointment as Senior Advocate of Nigeria — is the highest professional recognition conferred by the Nigerian legal profession and reflects a career built on high-stakes litigation, strategic advocacy, and sustained performance at the most senior levels of the Nigerian courts.
He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Barrister of England and Wales. That combination — Nigerian senior advocacy, international arbitration qualification, and common-law English practice experience — defines 24 Law Chambers’ distinctive cross-border positioning. The firm can advise on Nigerian law, coordinate directly with UK solicitors and barristers, and manage complex matters involving both jurisdictions from a single point of senior responsibility, without requiring clients to instruct separate Nigerian counsel.
His practice spans strategic dispute management, litigation leadership, arbitration advocacy, public-sector advisory, regulatory enforcement, insolvency, and high-value transactional counsel. He has represented public institutions, government agencies, energy companies, infrastructure developers, financial institutions, and multinational clients before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Court of Appeal, Federal and State High Courts, and various arbitral tribunals.
His work is especially suited to clients who require senior judgment, institutional credibility, and sustained strategic direction throughout the life of a mandate — matters in which the approach taken at the outset and the authority of the lawyer leading the engagement directly influence the outcome. He leads every strategic mandate personally and maintains direct client relationships throughout.
He holds an LL.M. in Construction Law from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, an LL.B. (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a B.L. from the Nigerian Law School. He is based across the firm’s Abuja and Lagos offices.
