BLESSING CHIKA JONES

Address: Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Phone: 336-***-****

Email: ad3ppg@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blessing-jones- EDUCATION

American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC Master of Laws (LL.M.) International Business, Trade and Tax Law, GPA: 3.0 December 2024 Relevant Courses: US Business Law, Federal Income Tax, Int’l Trade Law, Int’l Banking Law. Activities: Black Law Student Association, African Law and Policy Association Honors or Awards: Recipient, AUWCL Global Talent Development Scholarship Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Ebonyi State, Nigeria Bachelor at Law (LL. B) (JD Equivalent) Second Class Honors August 2017 Relevant Courses: Company Law, Labor Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property. Activities: Law Clinic, Moot and Mock competitions, Prison visits and representation. Research Paper: Ease of Doing Business under Nigerian Laws EXPERIENCE

Housing and Residence Life -American University Washington, DC Administrative Assistant February 2023 till present

• Performs certain administrative functions and receives correspondence for the team, clients and the University; acts as liaison between clients and senior staff; makes use of the software system to ensure prior office filings and maintain protocol; document and report facilities as needed to mitigate risk for the university.

• Worked on a team of over 100 professional and paraprofessionals that included facilities management, housekeeping, catering, university police and over 75 internal and external clients; providing the highest level of customer service to all clients, guests and Staff on campus; assist the staff of University Conference & Guest Services and clients with tasks such as meeting and event set-up process, basic audio/visual check process, etc. Greenfields Law Firm Lagos, Nigeria

Associate/Paralegal – Corporate/Business Transactions December 2020 to December 2022

• Advised private limited liability companies on labor and employment laws, including what could happen in the event of a breach of employees’ rights, the provisions of the Nigerian labor law on termination of an employee’s contract.

• Actively participated in constructive research projects and compilation of various Nigeria-specific studies in the communications sector including the Technical Assistance/Consultancy to foster effective Right of Way (RoW), Strategy Development and Engagement on the Impact of and Solutions to the Digital Divide for Underserved or Unserved Communities in Nigeria.

• Researched the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and AML/CFT guidelines on compliance provisions for Companies; drafted a legal opinion summarizing the legal analysis; discussed compliance requirements with the Company’s Board of Trustees.

• Researched the Nigerian Startup Act on the provisions for incorporating a Startup Company, incorporated a pre-seed Startup Company and advised the founders on how-to carry-on business within the ambit of the Law, filing Annual Returns with the regulatory authorities and performed other regulatory and compliance functions.

• Assisted in organizing and participating in annual and extra-ordinary general meetings for several companies, both private and public: performing company secretarial duties like anchoring departmental meetings, writing minutes of meetings, following up on action plans to be carried out by various units, filings with regulatory authorities, filing annual returns, and performing certain tax compliance functions.

The Channings Law Firm Lagos, Nigeria

Corporate Counsel/Executive Legal Assistant December 2018 to November 2020

• Performed company secretarial functions and responsibilities and ensured corporate and regulatory compliance for Companies such as Chase Express Ltd, Obi Jackson’s Group of Companies and Constant Capital Ltd, to understand and comply with the Codes of Corporate Governance; complied with the provisions of CAMA on company meeting requirements and filings with regulatory authorities.

• Actively represented commercial banks in Nigeria and certain mortgage debtors in all areas of corporate restructurings, debt acquisitions and recovery, and insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings in court; reviewed and executed payment change Notices, Post-Petition fee Notices, Transfer of claim and Proofs of Claim; drafted Statement of Claim, Defense, Notices of Appeal and all other pleadings.

• Drafted and reviewed contractual agreements such as Founders Agreement, Partnership Agreement, Shareholders Agreement, Joint Venture Agreements, Deeds of Assignment and Memorandum of Understanding and so on for First Bank of Nigeria and other Corporate Organizations

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Bar Membership: Nigeria (Admitted to practice as Barrister & Solicitor, November 2018). Professional Affiliations: Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Member, ABA International Law Student, Member, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (AICMC).

Volunteer Activities: Volunteer, Project Freedom- Prison Visits and inmates’ representation in Court (probono) Volunteer, Privacy Hub Africa (PHA) - Furthering the development of Data Privacy and Protection Law in Africa.