Nigerian Wins ‘Attorney of the Year’ at African Legal Award 2017

A Nigerian youth, Adaku Ufere, has won the ‘Attorney of the Year’ in this year’s edition of the African Legal Awards.

The Awards, hosted by Legal Week, organizers of the British Legal Awards, recognizes exceptional achievements from within Africa’s legal community. Ufere was selected from thousands of entries across the African continent. She is the youngest ever, and first Nigerian winner of the Attorney of the Year Award.

Ufere, a Law graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, also bagged a Second Class Honours Upper Division grade from the Nigeria Law School, Abuja, before proceeding to the University of Aberdeen in Scotland for her Master’s Degree in Law with specialization in Oil and Gas Law.

Born to Chief and Chief Mrs. Kingsley Ufere, from Arondizuogu in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Ufere is an international oil and gas lawyer and is Head of the Energy Practice at the Pan African Law firm, the Centurion Law Group with its Headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Last year, Ufere received an award as one of the 40 under 40 Leading Lawyers in Nigeria at the Nigerian Legal Awards 2016, which held at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.