Nkem Isiozor

Nkem Isiozor is a Senior Associate in Jackson, Etti & Edu's Corporate Commercial Department, based in Victoria Island, Lagos, where she serves as the lead for the General Commercial Team. Her practice focuses on Corporate Law.

Nkem has extensive experience in commercial transactions, with expertise in drafting, negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements, as well as providing legal advisory services on commercial issues impacting clients' businesses.

Her notable projects include advising on the rebranding of The Nigerian Stock Exchange to NGX Group of Companies, including modalities for market, product and index rebranding post-demutualisation. She also advised NGX Group of Companies on operational plans, preparing contracts for asset and liability transfers between emerging companies, drafting service level agreements for shared services, and assigning contracts during the demutualisation and restructuring of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc.

She has expertise in negotiation, drafting and reviewing various contracts, including commercial, real estate, joint venture, consultancy, licence and reseller agreements, as well as contracts of sale, facility management agreements, dredging contracts, software licences, master services agreements, intellectual property and technology agreements, and service level agreements.

Nkem has held key roles including secretary of the Legal Committee of the Africa Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) until May 2024, and member of the Reconstituted Policy and Regulatory Working Group of the Africa Securities Exchange Association (ASEA). She holds a BL from the Nigerian Law School and an LLB from the University of Nigeria, and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association. She was a two-time finalist for the "In-House Rising Star" award at the African Legal Awards (2020 and 2021) and a recipient of the ESQ Legal "40 Under 40" Rising Star Award in 2022.