Fabian Ajogwu

As an accomplished author, he has written several books such as‘Ship Acquisition & Finance: Law & Practice’; ‘Corporate Governance & Group Dynamics’; ‘Corporate Governance in Nigeria: Law and Practice’; ‘Commercial Arbitration in Nigeria: Law and Practice’; ‘Fair Hearing’; ‘Mergers & Acquisition in Nigeria: Law and Practice’; ‘Law and Society’. He is the co-author of ‘Petroleum Law and Sustainable Development’; ‘Legal & Regulatory Aspects of Commerce’ and ‘Trade & Investments in Nigeria: Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Commerce’ and ‘Trade & Investments in Nigeria: Legal and Regulatory Aspects’; and ‘Oral and Written Advocacy: Law & Practice’. He has also had articles and technical papers published in international Journals and registered with the European Case Clearing House.

The Learned Senior Advocate has been lead Counsel to the Federal Government of Nigeria in several cases of national importance with emphasis in aviation, defence, energy, and financial services sectors. He also has extensive experience in deal structuring for complex financing transactions, and serves on the boards of some real estate and mall development companies in Nigeria with investments portfolios across the country. He serves on various boards and chairs Novare companies in Nigeria, ARM Harith Infrastructure Ltd (Nigeria's pioneer infrastructure fund) amongst others. He has served as Honorary Counsel to the State of Israel in Nigeria, Venezuela and Republic of South Africa in Nigeria. Ajogwu assisted the Securities and Exchange Commission in drafting Nigeria's pioneer Code of Corporate Governance. He chaired the Nigerian Communications Commission Committee on Corporate Governance that produced the 2014 NCC Code of Corporate Governance for the Telecommunication Sector.

Ajogwu assisted in drafting Nigeria's pioneer Code of Corporate Governance for the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2003. In 2005, he founded the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN), a registered non-profit committed to the development of corporate governance best practices and ethics. SCGN works with the active support of the International Finance Corporation, World Bank, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nigerian Stock Exchange and leading listed companies in Nigeria.

Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, FCIArb, (born at the end of the Nigerian Civil War, June 23, 1970) is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the founding Partner of the law firm of Kenna Partners. He has well over two decades of law practice experience in the field of Foreign Direct Investments and Corporate Restructuring in the Financial Services sector, and Natural Resources sector; including Litigation and Arbitration in related fields. He is an adjunct senior faculty of the Lagos Business School in Nigeria where he has taught courses on Business Law, Negotiations and lectures as a Professor of Corporate Governance over the past 15 years.

Fabian Ikenna Ajogwu, SAN, FCIArb was born on June 23, 1970 at the end of the civil war to Dr Michael Ajogwu, SAN and Mrs. Caroline Ajogwu. His father, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (Q.C Equivalent) of repute in Nigeria was once the Attorney General of Enugu State; and his mother was a School Principal. He had his formative education in St. Louis School, Kano, and proceeded to the Federal Government College, Kano for his secondary education. He obtained his law degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a master's degree in Law from the University of Lagos.