An accomplished Legal Luminary, Diplomat & a two-time Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Barr. Henry Odein Ajumogobia obtained his professional training at University of Lagos, Lagos; Nigerian Law School, Lagos; and Harvard Law School, Cambridge-Massachusetts, USA.
Among other qualifications, he holds the LL.B.
Honours, BL, & LL.M. – specializing in International Commercial Arbitration; International Business Transactions; Conflict of Laws, International Law;
Energy & Natural Resource Law.
He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1979, and has held critical appointments in the public and private sectors. Among others, he served as a Teaching Assistant in the University of Lagos Faculty of Law and Associate, Fred Egbe & Co. for three years.
After a four-year stint as Rivers State Attorney-General & Commissioner of Justice, he was duly elevated to national and international limelight where he held strategic portfolios of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources [2007-20101 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011. These ministerial appointments also came with several other national and global assignments, including Membership of the National Economic Management Team, Privatisation Council, Independent Power Programme, National Security Council, United Nations Security Council, and Council of Ministers of ECOWAS States.
Between 1983-1984 he served as legal consultants, Nigeria LNG consultant where in conjuction with international financial consultants including ADL Inc, First Boston Corp and Legal Consultants SHERMAN & STERLING and Wilmer cutler and Pickering, New York developed PROJECT STRATEGY for the NIGERIAN LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PROJECT.
Our Celebrant is a Founding/Senior Partner of the legal firm, Ajumogobia & Okeke; and has for over decades been actively involved with multi-faceted briefs in strategic sectors of the national economy and on the international scene; variously as Arbitrator/Mediator, Counsel and Consultant.
Indeed, his extensive experience as a Negotiator and Litigator of commercial disputes has given him a cutting edge as a Solicitor and Advocate; and with tremendous outcomes for his wide range of clientele.
A recipient of the National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic [OFR], Barr. Henry Ajumogobia is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London and Senior Advocate of Nigeria [SAN] since 2003. He is also the incumbent Chairman of the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter; an Honorary Member of the International Arbitration Court, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and previously served for two terms as a Member of the IC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France.
His other impressive professional affiliations include Membership of the Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Society of International Law, International Bar Association, American Society of International Law, and American Bar Association.
With Special Mention in Chambers International Law Directory & Listing in Who’s Who Legal – International Who’s Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers, 2004, he has made informed presentations at various fora across the world; and is the Author of a number of published works.
Happily married to Mrs. Awuneba Ajumogobia,
FCA, they are proud parents of a son and three daughters.
Ladies & Gentlemen, it is with tremendous pleasure that we invite Barr. Henry Odein Ajumogobia, SAN to receive the Hallmarks of Labour Role Model Award for Outstanding Contributions in Leadership & Good Governance.
Hearty Congratulations, Sir!