Justina Akpoabugo Lewa is the rapid previous Firm Secretary and Chief Authorized Counsel of Sterling Financial institution Plc. An alumnus of St. Louis Faculty, Jos, the College of Jos (from the place she obtained a Bachelor of Legal guidelines diploma in 1987), the Nigerian Regulation College and the College of Lagos (the place she bagged a Grasp of Legal guidelines diploma in 1998).
She is presently a companion at Chapitre LLP, a progressive full service regulation agency offering authorized companies to shoppers throughout a broad spectrum of sectors. At Chapitre, they perceive the enterprise terrain in Nigeria and the challenges companies face in any respect levels of their development and growth. They listen not solely to the finer particulars of the regulation, but additionally to all the opposite points which have the potential to influence their shoppers’ companies.
Justina began her profession with the Ministry of Justice, Jos, Plateau State as a State Counsel from August, 1989 to September, 1990. She was employed by NAL Financial institution Plc in September, 1990 as Supervisor with the Authorized and Firm Secretariat Division, and was appointed Senior Supervisor, Authorized and Firm Secretariat, and Head, Debt Restoration Workforce in 2005.
Her employment was transferred to Sterling Financial institution Plc in January, 2006 following the consolidation train of the banking trade. She was appointed Assistant Normal Supervisor and Head, Authorized Division in 2007.
In June, 2009, Justina was appointed by the Board of Administrators as Firm Secretary and Chief Authorized Counsel, and Group Head, Credit score Collections and Restoration. As Group Head, Credit score Collections and Restoration, she was accountable for setting and executing strategic objectives for recovering the unhealthy mortgage portfolio of the financial institution and guaranteeing that criticised belongings stay performing.
She was additionally appointed Firm Secretary and Authorized Adviser of Sterling Financial institution’s subsidiary Firms: Sterling Asset Administration Firm Restricted (SAMTL) and the Nigerian Stockbrokers Restricted (NSL) from 2009 to 2011.
As Firm Secretary and Chief Authorized Counsel, her position required authorized professionalism and enterprise mastery given the complexities and challenges surrounding banking enterprise.
Akpoabugo Lewa has drafted, reviewed, and suggested on many complicated transactions and agreements on challenge and asset primarily based financing, private and non-private debt fairness points, mortgage syndications, energy, oil and fuel, mergers and acquisitions. A major a part of her operate additionally concerned negotiating and settling disputes arising from buyer/banker enterprise relationships and worker administration.
Justina Akpoabugo Lewa has served as useful resource individual on buyer/banker, mediation, authorized, profession growth points at coaching and conferences.
