NBA- AGC 2018: George Etomi, Now Chairman of NBA Technical Committee on Conference Planning (TCCP)

George Etomi is now the new Chairman of the Technical Committee on Conference Planning (TCCP) of the NBA. This was made known to TheNigerialawyer (TNL) by the former chairman Prof. Koyin Ajayi, SAN while debunking the news attributing him as the current chairman of the committee. According to Prof. Koyin Ayaji SAN, George Etomi is now the chairman of TCCP while he remains a member of the committee. George is a distinguished transaction lawyer regularly consulted by multinational companies and top government agencies. He was closely involved in acting for the first mobile telephone service in the country and advises major foreign airlines operating in Nigeria. He has extensive experience in commercial transactions, spanning Arbitration and other ADR methods, Aviation, Building and Construction, Banking and Finance, Energy and Natural Resources. He has represented clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters including public and private offerings, privatization and major project finance transactions. Mr. Etomi also has a special interest in the Energy and Natural Resources field and is a member of Center for Petroleum Law Research [CPLR]. He has worked over the years with numerous multinational oil companies. In the power sector space, he supported power investors during the acquisition and concession of Successor Companies in the Nigerian power privatization process and provided high-level legal advisory services to the Government and core investors alike throughout the several stages of the privatization process. Mr. Etomi is a Director on the Board of one of the top performing Utilities in Nigeria where he serves as the Committee Chairman of The Board Legal, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Affairs Committee. Mr. Etomi is the first past Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law and recently, the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies named a centre after him: “The George Etomi Centre for Strategic Investment and Corporate Governance. Mr. Etomi has also been given a Professorial Chair at the Institute. In 2016 George Etomi was appointed a member of the Body of Benchers, the highest regulatory body of the legal profession in Nigeria. He is a regular facilitator at global business conferences. ]]>