SOUTH AFRICA
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NIGERIA
122 Awolowo Road.
Ikoyi, Lagos
+234 913 524 9000
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Malabo 11, Carretera entre
Arab Contractors y SOGECO
Casa Centurion, Malabo
+1 647 308 6325
GHANA
74 Church Crescent
(Behind Cal Bank)
Labone, Accra
+233 302 798 860
CAMEROON
2nd Floor, Immueble Pallas (Besides MTN Head Office)
Rue Drouot, Akwa
P.O. Box 1319 Akwa – Douala
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+27 82 560 4383
CONGO - BRAZZAVILLE
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Rond Point Ex-Bata
Point Noire
+242 05 061 3280
CENTURION LAW GROUP IS A SIGNATORY OF
JULIUS MOERDER
International Associate – Germany
Julius is an International Associate Attorney at Centurion’s Equatorial Guinea and South Africa offices with significant experience in corporate and commercial law as well as litigation in related matters.
Julius has advised clients on corporate law such as the establishment and structuring of companies and joint ventures, international transactions and in post M&A disputes. Moreover, he has experience in general trade and distribution law in both, domestic and cross-border matters and handling high-volume commercial disputes.
Prior to joining Centurion, Julius has worked for leading German law firms Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and Beiten Burkhardt as well as Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Julius completed his First and Second Legal State Examination in Munich, Germany (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the Higher Regional Court of Munich) and earned an LL.M. degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a member of the Munich Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer München) and the German-South African Lawyers Association.
ONEYKA OJOGBO
Senior International Associate
Oneyka Cindy Ojogbo is an International Senior Associate Attorney and Team Lead at Centurion’s German, Nigerian and Equatorial Guinea offices with significant experience working on finance, infrastructure, energy, start-up, entertainment and sports projects across the African continent, Europe and North America. She leads the Group’s Sports, Media and Entertainment Practice.
Oneyka has gained significant experience working with and leading multicultural and multilingual teams in structuring and executing epoch-making deals across the African continent while advising governments, private investors and industry players alike.
Over the course of her career, Oneyka has worked extensively in research, negotiation, advisory and document preparation and review capacities on projects, corporate, finance and investment transactions of varying complexities and across multiple sectors of the economy. She has also gained experience coordinating regulatory compliance in local legal systems including OHADA, CEMAC, ECOWAS, WAEMU, ECCAS, EAC and COMESA.
Oneyka is qualified in New York State and Nigeria. She is passionate about the right to education, gender equality, equal representation and economic empowerment through sports and energy.
Prior to joining Centurion , she worked as an Associate in Olaniwun Ajayi, a leading Nigerian firm and played a pivotal role in advising investors and sponsors on landmark power and infrastructure transactions.
She also worked with the Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment based in New York where she advised on the peculiar provisions/terms in exploration and production contracts relating to the extractive industries in different countries around the world with the aim of helping governments, international investors and other stakeholders better understand the prevalent extractive industry investment framework.
Qualifications
LL.B. – University of Ibadan
LL.M. – Columbia University
Bar Admission
New York State
Nigeria
LEON VAN DER MERWE
Director, Centurion Plus
Leon is currently the Director of Centurion Plus, an alternative legal solution platform embracing NewLaw, legal services that are process-driven, technology-enabled, and client-oriented.
He heads up a team of 80 lawyers across Africa, representing 40 countries on the African continent. This platform recently expanded into Europe, where Leon plays an active role in the daily operations and management.
Leon is a practicing Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and holds almost 8 years post admission experience. He heads up the team with all matters pertaining to the South-African legislative framework.
His expertise includes Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Law of Contract, General, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency, Compliance, Property Law, Regulatory Law, Competition Law, Company Law, Compliance and risk.
Drafting and negotiations of contracts, risk analysis and providing complex corporate advice to public, private and JSE listed enterprises are some of the projects Leon has worked on.
He has provided legal services to major national and international corporations in various industries, such as forestry, mining, construction, engineering and retail.
Leon is actively involved in the Company’s Business Development Strategies and client relationship. He prides himself in integrity, strong ethics and quality delivery.
He has represented numerous of high-profile clients, inter alia:
• Legal representative for third largest state-owned forestry company in South Africa, under the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE).
• Legal representative for one of the biggest fibre optic and telecommunication companies in Africa.
• Legal representative for an international infrastructure and resources company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
• Legal representative for one of the largest financial services groups in Africa offering wholesale and retail banking services as well as insurance, asset management and wealth management.
• Legal representative for two renowned Property Development and Investment Companies.
• Part of legal representatives instituting action against a major financial institution in the sum of R1.1 billion to recover investors’ money.
• Major Cross Border Projects and tax compliance.
John Doe
Tax Coordinator, Africa Tax Desk
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Jane Doe
Tax Coordinator, Africa Tax Desk
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BOB JONES
Tax Coordinator, Africa Tax Desk
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AKINDELE PHILLIPS
Tax Coordinator, Africa Tax Desk
Akindele is Tax Coordinator, Africa at the Centurion’s Africa Tax Desk. He has over a decade experience as a chartered accountant and tax expert providing audit, financial and tax advisory services to organizations in the Energy and Oil & Gas industries in Nigeria and some other African countries.
Prior to the current role at Centurion, Akindele has been leading as a partner of PW Consult. He has been leading the team of chartered accountants providing professional service to organizations operating in a wide range of industries including Oil and Gas. Prior to this, he practiced audit at KPMG Professional Services, Lagos providing audit services to organizations in the Oil and Gas industry.
Akindele holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK) and Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN, Nigeria). He believes strongly in self-development and in addition has attended a few courses in recent time including ‘Building, leading, and sustaining the innovative organization’ at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Sloan School of Management, USA and ‘Mastering competitive and blue ocean strategy’ at the Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria.
KESEENA CHENGADU
Head of Investment- Africa Investment Desk
LLM International Business Law
Keseena is the Head of Investment at the Centurion Africa Investment Desk. She also serves as Executive Director of Centurion Mauritius and is Co-Chair of Centurion Plus.
With over a decade of hands-on international investments experience, Keseena is a powerhouse for Africa-bound investment structuring. She has advised a cross-section of institutional, government entities and private investors on business structuring within Africa and is a household name in energy sector investment.
Her deep understanding of the whole gamut of African financial markets, her familiarity with the overall corporate needs of an organizations investing in Africa with respect to corporate and tax structuring places her at the pinnacle of investment relevance.
Keseena sits on the board of a plethora of local & international companies having a presence in Africa and comes with over a decade of experience in advising high-worth investors on the fiscal security of their organizations.
An “out-of-the box” legal thinker with ability to devise legal and financial solutions to unique fact situations, Keseena has a proven track record of providing accurate and effective legal and general investment advice; and of adding value to organisations through the development of comprehensive attention to help mitigate risk and enhance the businesses of our clients.
She is also an asset in the corporate/investment industry with the legal and commercial aspects of international contracts, international corporate framework, fiscal management, contract management and investment risk assessment. She is also well versed in the OHADA, CEMAC laws and regulations and continues to advice on key sector investments in all African regions.
EDEM ANDAH
Lead Consultant- Africa Tax Desk
LLB HONS, BL, LLM, MA Taxation, FCTI.
Mr. Edem Andah comes with decades of Africa-wide tax experience.
Mr. Andah started his legal career as state counsel, rising early to become Assistant Director of criminal prosecutions and Litigations. He joined Shell Nigeria Development and Production Company (SPDC) as legal adviser and contracts draftsman in 1989. He was the pioneer Head of Tax in SPDC. He did his first expatriation to Shell Expro, UK and Shell International (SIPM) in the Hague in The Netherlands in 1995 to returning to Nigeria in 1997.
Mr Andah was also head of Shell Africa Oil Products Tax from 2004 to 2007, based in Nairobi Kenya, responsible for Shell downstream Africa tax in 30 African countries.
On leaving Shell, Mr Andah relocated to London, as the International Tax Manager for Sub -Sahara Africa, with Baker Hughes UK Limited. He returned to Nigeria and joined Ernst & Young (EY) as the Partner responsible for oil and gas tax services.
In 2016, Mr Andah became Tax Partner with the commercial law firm of Olaniwun Ajayi LP, one Nigeria’s premium firms.
Mr Andah is a graduate of the University of Lagos and also holds a master’s degree in law from the same institution. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1980. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and Nigeria. Andah is also an alumnus of the Harvard University Comparative Tax Policy and Administration program. He holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Aberdeen and an MA in Taxation from the University of London’s School of Advanced Study.
Mr Andah’s legal and tax journey has seen him pioneer the setting up of tax practices and has coached and mentored several tax persons and practitioners, who occupy strategic tax positions in multinational companies as well as with the Big- 4/5 consulting firms globally. Mr Andah continues to encourage and engage with young and aspiring lawyers and accountants who are interested in taxation. He has continued to engage in thought leadership and is an Examiner of a UK based taxation body. He belongs to several fiscal study groups and is a member of UK based Chatham House.
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