Lawyer

UCHENNA CHIMDINDU ALIO

Los Angeles, CA 310-***-**** *******.****@***.***, **********@*****.***

Uchenna is a young corporate attorney with over seven-year experience in legal practice. Detailed oriented professional and a critical thinker with hands on experience in delivering guidance and managing various legal disputes across Contract, commercial, Corporate, criminal, Investment, and compliance issues with

. legislation, rules, Federal/state and local requirements BAR ADMISSION

Nigerian Bar Association (2017)

Unity Bar Association of Nigeria (2017)

Registered for the July 2024 California Bar Exam

WORK AUTHORIZATION

Anticipated OPT start date May 2024

EDUCATION

LMU Loyola Law School Los Angeles, CA

LL.M. Candidate with focus on Corporate/Contract Law May 2024 Activities: Trial Lawyers Association, Member (Fall 2023 – Present) International Student Association, Secretary & Treasurer (Fall 2023 – Present) Business Law Society, Member

(Fall 2023 – Present)

University of Dundee Scotland, UK

Master of Laws with Merit (Investment and Corporate Governance Law) November 2022 Activities: Dundee Student Association, Member, (Graduated). Nigerian Law School Abuja Nigeria

Barrister at Law (Call to Bar Certificate) December 2017 Activities: Inducted member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators United Kingdom

Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu Nigeria Bachelor of Laws (CGPA: 4.2/5.0) 3rd Best Graduating Student June 2016 Activities: Director, Human Right and Street Law, ESUT law Clinic Director, Pro-bono Law Services, ESUT Law Clinic

Director, Prison Projects, ESUT Law Clinic

EXPERIENCE

LMU Loyola Law Library Los Angeles, CA

Student Library Assistant Oct. 2023 -Present

Guiding JD students and other law students on how to use the Library Resources

Handling Loans between library, organize and reshelve returned periodicals, books, cases, and statutes.

Provide answers to questions from law students concerning legal research and citation of legal authority.

Ugwueze, Ezekiel & Partners LLP HQ, Abuja Nigeria, Junior Associate Branch Scotland, UK

Aug 2019 – Aug 2023

Represented and won ten corporate contractual disputes as plaintiff.

Assisted and drafted over ninety contract agreements including M&A, partnership and JVA.

Provided strategic advice to clients regarding Company formation, Insolvency and Dissolution

Drafted court documents like claims, complaints, legal brief, investment briefs, written addresses, reply to briefs.

Interfaced with international clients like foreign companies doing business in Nigeria, UK based Companies, Nigerian Companies doing business in the United Kingdom. Jubril Samuel Okutepa SAN & Partners LLP Abuja, Nigeria. Associate Aug 2018 – Aug 2019

Attained success in twenty cases in the Nigerian Supreme Court including multinational firms’ corporate dispute, contract and commercial disputes and land use and property transactional disputes.

Provided legal advice to clients regarding contract negotiations, arbitrations disputes and investment meetings.

Represented client in the dissolution of four multinational companies registered in Nigeria.

General litigation on criminal defense cases, Industrial action cases, employment disputes, property disputes.

ECOWAS Commission Abuja, Nigeria

Legal Officer, Oct. 2017 – Aug 2018

ECOWAS-UNODC-EU Drug Control Project for West African Region

Facilitated program officer Legal in application of law on illegal drug trafficking/abuse and member states associated crime across ECOWAS region.

Assisted drug control unit’s logistics program operations.

Developed internal/external correspondence to ECOWAS strategic partners, devised plans, and generated concept notes for strategic drug control meetings.

Organized Inter-ministerial meetings of Attorneys General of the ECOWAS West African states.

Coordinated effectively with my team for the creation of first ECOWAS newsletters and supervision of single regional instrument approval via proposal of drug laws harmonization of West African Countries.

Evaluated and made recommendation for ECOWAS drug legal instruments and got approvals from both Heads of States of the ECOWAS region and ECOWAS parliament.

Undertook joint operations at member state boarders in collaboration with INTERPOL, UNODC, EU ECOMOG armed forces and intercepted illicit trafficked drugs and made seizures. Nkpuma & Associate Enugu, Nigeria

Legal Intern, (three months legal internship program) April 2017–July 2017

Obtained expertise in law office management and knowledge in drafting court processes, case briefs, land agreements and filing of court processes.

Assisted in client negotiation and interviews and taking clients instructions.

Developed good communication and advocacy skills. High Court of Enugu State, Nigeria Enugu, Nigeria. Judicial Extern (three months judicial externship) Feb 2017– April 2017

Conducted legal analysis and legal research for his lordship the Judge.

Attended court sessions and sittings of the judge.

Mastered the civil and criminal procedure rules of court.

Witnessed examination and cross examination by lawyers.

Most times argued with the judge on legal issues which the law is silent on. Experience in Public Office:

Legislative House of Assembly, Government of Enugu State, Enugu State, Nigeria Senior Legislative Aid (Foreign Affairs and Policy) Remote Job Aug 2023 – Present Federal Polytechnic Oko (Federal Government of Nigeria) Anambra, Nigeria Senior Legal Adviser to the Rector Aug 2019 -Oct. 2019 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Language: English (Fluent) French (Beginner)

Volunteer: Co-Founder, Sanctuary of hope Charity foundation, Humanitarian NGO, (2017 – Present) Membership: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (Member 2017 – present). Interests: Writing and Singing Classical Music, Gyming and watching movies.

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