Kenna Partners

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Kenna Partners
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Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
No. of officesThree (Lagos, Abuja, Enugu)
No. of attorneys71
No. of employees112
Major practice areas Commercial Law,
Civil Litigation,
Energy & Natural Resources,
Dispute Resolution,
Intellectual Property,
Labour & Employment,
Estate & Wealth,
Telecommunications,
Taxation,
Private Equity,
Corporate Governance,
Arbitration,
Maritime
Key people
  • Professor Fabian Ajogwu SAN, OFR
  • Dr. Michael Ajogwu, SAN
  • Ituah Imhanze, MCIArb
  • Charles Nwabulu LL.M.
  • Adekunle Omidiora
  • Matthew Echo
  • Adeola Adeniyi
  • Justina Fakulude
  • Okey Ekweanya
  • Nimma Jo-Madugu
  • Afolabi Laoye
Date founded1993
Company type partnership
Website kennapartners.com

Kenna Partners, typically shortened to Kenna is one of Nigeria's leading law firms headquartered in Lagos, with offices in Abuja and Enugu. The firm is known for its work in dispute resolution and specialized transactions in energy, telecommunications, and financial services. The firm is regulated by the General Council of the Bar. [1]

Contents

History

Founded in 1993 as Kenna & Associates and registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, the firm underwent a restructuring to become Kenna Partners in 2011. [2]

In the year 2013, the firm celebrated its 20th anniversary [3] with the presentation of a book titled ‘Law & Society’ authored by Fabian Ajogwu SAN (Senior Partner in the firm) [4] [5] and presented by Dr Christopher Kolade CON. The firm marked its 25th anniversary in 2018 with the presentation of the book Brief Insights: A Selection of Milestone Cases, authored by the firm. [6]

In 2023, the firm announced a leadership change with the appointment of a Managing Partner and Deputy Managing Partner, with a Practice Director at the helm of its administration. [7] It also celebrated its 30th anniversary with a colloquium of national importance which featured Professor Mervyn King SC in the same year, [8] and presented the second volume of its book Brief Insights: A Selection of Milestone Cases.

The firm's client list includes public and privately held commercial businesses and financial institutions, multinational firms, as well as governments and state-owned entities. [9]

Practice Areas

Kenna Partners is fully registered with the Africa Finance Corporation. [10] The firm is structured into three main Groups – Commercial Law (corporate & investment dealings) Group, Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group, and Civil Litigation and Dispute Management Group. [11] The firm’s practice areas include:

Publications

The firm continues to contribute immensely to legal development practice in Nigeria through the authoring of notable books that were published by Center for Commercial Law Development (CCLD). Some of which are:

The firm continues to represent Nigerian Government on some notable cases and has made other key contributions to the legal jurisprudence, among which includes:

Social Responsibility

Kenna has a history of supporting charitable causes in the arts and education. In 2015, the firm supported the establishment of the AIFA Reading Society, a non-profit organisation committed to promoting literacy and a reading culture among children and adults in Nigeria and continues to support the causes of the organization. [25] [26] [27] [28]

The firm also played a key role in the founding of the Society for Art Collection (SARTCOL), a charitable organization providing a platform for educated collection and promotion of the arts, in 2015. [29] [30] [31] The firm was also involved in the founding of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria in 2005. [32]

The firm also supports various student-driven initiatives and periodically awards scholarships to recipients, through the Kenna Foundation and Fabian Ajogwu Foundation. [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] The firm is pro-green and actively promotes green practices. [40]

The firm was involved in the establishment of corporate governance forum, The Governance Platform in 2023. [41] Kenna has shown support to the Lagos Business School over the years with firm members hosting sessions on business law, governance, negotiation & ethics. [42]

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