EMMANUEL-KANT EKEOCHA

Senior Associate
Lagos
emmanuel-kantekeocha@perchstoneandgraeys.com

Personal Info

Emmanuel-Kant is an intelligent and seasoned Legal Practitioner with a penchant for excellence. He has a decade experience across diverse areas of legal practice. He holds a law degree from Madonna University, where he finished as second-best graduating student and won several awards following his excellence at the Nigerian Law School. His distinctive quality is a smooth blend of litigation experience and clients’ representation as a Solicitor. As a Litigation Counsel, he has represented the interests of blue-chips and multinational oil companies in the upstream and downstream petroleum sectors, appearing in all Courts of record. He has diverse experience in Trust and Administration of Estates, Real Estate, marriage and custody proceedings amongst others. His experience as a criminal law practitioner has seen uncountable death penalties upturned both in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. He has contributed to the development of the law within an arguably short span of legal practice. As a Solicitor, he has been involved in negotiating several commercial agreements in the oil and gas sector for various transactions including Joint Ventures for OMLs and Marginal Field collaborations. He has a mastery of the field and has earned clients’ confidence over the years. He has also negotiated several commercial collaborations and agreements in diverse areas with admirable eagle eyes for attention. Emmanuel-Kant has received several awards for excellence especially being renowned as a witty writer. 

He is a member of the firms Dispute Resolution Practice Group, Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group, Real Estate, Trust and Administration of Estate. He has relevant experience in advising clients on a broad range of civil and commercial disputes.

Professional Qualification

  • Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (ACIArb)
  • Member, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria

Professional Membership

  • Nigeria Bar Association
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)

Practice Areas

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Trust and Administration of Estate
  • Real Estate