A business and white-collar litigator has left Shell to return to Templars for the third time, this time to move its investigations, white-collar and compliance observe.
Lagos, Nigeria-headquartered legislation agency Templars has rehired Emmanuel Gbahabo as head of its investigations, white-collar and compliance observe, and as a associate in its dispute decision group, efficient yesterday (1 Could).
Gbahabo has arrived from the oil and gasoline multinational Shell, the place he spent greater than three years and served as senior authorized counsel within the international litigation and sub-Saharan Africa group. Throughout this time he suggested on strategic and administration points of high-stakes disputes through litigation and arbitration affecting all Shell entities throughout Nigeria and the Southern Africa area.
He brings greater than three a long time’ expertise of business disputes, together with environmental litigation associated to grease spills, and know-how issues involving knowledge privateness, promoting legislation, web libel and mental property (IP) rights. His work highlights embrace performing for YouTube and Google on a NGN 250 million (USD 180,000) declare for alleged privateness legislation breaches, and he has beforehand acted for Nigerian oil producer Emerald Vitality Assets and writer Telegraph Media Group UK.
White-collar crime mandates are a further space of focus for Gbahabo, who has beforehand acted for firms and their executives dealing with regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, in addition to advising on broader company governance and compliance programmes.
Gbahabo beforehand labored at Templars for practically 13 years from 2002, leaving as a associate to affix Nigeria-founded vitality and infrastructure firm Sahara Group for 3 years the place he was group head of authorized. He briefly returned to Templars for just below two years earlier than shifting to Shell.
Templars managing associate Oghogho Akpata welcomed Gbahabo again to the agency in a press release: “His return will additional deepen our already deep bench energy in litigation and arbitration, know-how and, in fact, within the investigations, white-collar and compliance house,” and additional underlined: “His distinctive mix of exterior and in-house expertise undoubtedly enhances our providing in his various areas of experience.”
Different developments on the Nigeria authorized scene embrace Element Solicitors’ appointment of a private equity and commercial lawyer because the legislation agency’s co-managing associate in March.
