Prince I. Nwafuru is the Managing Partner at The Law Suite, a commercial law firm based in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos Nigeria, with offices in Abuja and Port Harcourt. Before founding The Law Suite with two other Partners, Prince was a Sector Head, Arbitration and Capital Market Disputes at a top commercial law firm in Lagos Nigeria where he co-led the Firm’s Financial Services, Arbitration, Corporate Services and Taxation Practice Group. An astute and resourceful legal practitioner, with vast experience in commercial dispute resolution and transactions, he has personally handled complex and high-profile litigation and arbitration matters in major Courts in Nigeria and up to the Supreme Court. Prince has represented and advised local and international clients on a wide range of non-exhaustive practice areas such as Commercial Law, Start-Up, Innovation, Technology, cross-border investment, Maritime, Oil & Gas, Media, International Trade, Entertainment and Creative Industry.
Prince has a special interest in assisting Tech start-up and SMEs on how to build legally protected business especially in the areas of business formation, intellectual property, employment relations, taxation, and regulatory compliance. With the coming into force of the treaty establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Prince has been advocating for the implementation of the free trade agreement to drive industrialization through value chain creation and economic development in Africa. He worked with one of the Committees in Nigeria tasked with coordinating inputs on the AfCFTA Phase I Negotiations in 5 priority service sectors including legal services. He is the founder of the AfCFTA Legal Network (a network of African lawyers in Africa and diaspora). Prince is a columnist for Nairametrics, a leading financial information digital newspaper based in Lagos, Nigeria and writes regularly on the AfCFTA.
Professional Certification and Membership:
1. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
2. Nigerian Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators
3. Capital Market Solicitors Association of Nigeria
4. Nigerian Maritime Law Association
5. Section on Business Law (SBL) of Nigerian Bar Association and
6. SBL Committees on Arbitration & ADR, Capital Market, Technology and International Trade Law
7. Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria (SIBAN)
8. Virtual Asset Service Providers Association (VASPA)
9. Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN)
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