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Mfon Ekong Usoro

Author Ayomikun Lawal

Published on: May 28, 2022

1. Managing Partner, Paul Usoro & Co, one of the top law firms in Nigeria.
2. Member, Body of Benchers
3. Honorary Life Member, NBA Section on Business Law
4. Chairperson, Inter-Ministerial Committee for the National Transport Policy.
5. Chairperson, Nigerian Bar Association African Continental Free Trade Agreement Committee.2020 -2023
6. Member, Bar Issues Commission International Trade in Legal Services of the International Bar Association
7. Chairperson, Akwa Ibom State Government Technical Committee for the Development of Ibom Deepsea Port & Ibom Industrial City.
8. Immediate past Secretary General of the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central African Region (Abuja MoU).
9. Pioneer Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA).
10. Mfon Ekong Usoro holds
11. M in Maritime Laws from University College London,
12. LLB (Hons) from the University of Buckingham, B.L (Hons) from the Nigerian Law School,
13. BSc (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Calabar.
14. Usoro currently serves as

• Chairperson, Board of Directors of TIB Asset Management Limited;
• Non-Executive Director (Independent), The Infrastructure Bank Plc;
• Non-Executive Director (Independent), First City Monument Bank Ltd;
• Non-Executive Director, on the board of Board of Geometric Power Limited.

Mfon Usoro is the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite Maritime, a National honour of the Republic of Cote D’ Ivoire, 2015.

Officier de L’Ord de Mono, a National honour of the Republic of Togo, 2002.

Selected Nigerian Bar Association Experience

• Chairperson, Nigerian Bar Association African Continental Free Trade Agreement Committee, 2020 – 2023.
• Vice Chairperson, NBA Lagos Branch Bar Centre Building Committee, 2018 – to date;
• Chairperson, NBA Section on Business Law, 2010/2011;
• Chairperson, Conference Organizing Committee, 4^th Section on Business Law Annual Conference, 2009;
• Alternate Chairperson, NBA Liberalization of Legal Services Working Group (2012-2014)

Relevant Law Reform Experience

Mrs. Usoro has led the Paul Usoro & Co [PUC] team in the drafting and legislative advocacy for:

• Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Act 2007.
• Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003.
• Coastal and Inland Shipping Cabotage (Bareboat Registration) Regulations 2005.
• Coastal and Inland Shipping Cabotage (Ship Detention Order) Regulations 2005.
• Carriage of Goods by Land (Road and Rail) Bill 2019
• National Transport Commission Bill 2005 and the 2008 revised Draft (World Bank/BPE consultancy).
• Port and Harbour Authority Bill 2005 and the 2008 revised Draft, (World Bank/BPE consultancy).