Department of Commercial and Industrial Law

Prof. Joseph E. O. Abugu

SAN

Specialisation Company and Securities Law, Industrial Law, Law of Banking and Negotiable Instruments

Education / Training

Institution and LocationDegreeCompletedField of Study
Urhobo College, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
Centre for Business Studies, Royal Hill, Greenwich, London
University of Nigeria Nsukka1988
University of Lagos (1991 and 2003)

Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honours

  • Called to the Bar (1989)
  • Professor (2012)
  • Ag. Chairman, University Legal Research Committee
  • Coordinator, Advanced Diploma in Commercial Law and Practice
  • Coordinator, Interdepartmental LLM Programme
  • Rotary International Exchange Ambassador of the State of Arizona, USA (1999)
  • Fulbright Scholar resident at the Centre for Law and Financial Markets of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT, Chicago, Illinois (2002)
  • Training Fellowship at the ILO Training Centre, Turin, Italy (2007)
  • Senior Advocate of Nigeria (2020)
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
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