Prior to the incorporation of it`s holding company, Lawquest Limited in August 2003, the group
has been carrying on business of Continuing Legal Education Training under the platform of ALPHA
JURIS WORKSHOP SERIES since 2001.
The group has since expanded its business to include Publishing, Real Estate and Printing.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHIJOKE H. ORJI
Chairman. A lawyer with nearly two decades of experience in corporate law practice.

His vast knowledge and experience in Real Estate Law has contributed largely to the realization of several Real Estate Projects in different parts of the country.

Well known for his ability to co-ordinate large organizations and partnerships. Under his leadership, the company established its scholarship scheme which to date has recorded more than 780 young lawyers as beneficiaries. He is also the Chairman of the research and editorial board of JURISCOPE Publications.

Mr. Orji had at different times worked with IBRAHIM HARUNA & CO. and OBIOHA JUDE IDIGBE & CO.

He is currently a Managing Partner of ALPHA-JURIS Chambers, a firm of legal practitioners with offices in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar and Port Harcourt.

As a strong member of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture, he was the Chairman of the Trade Group on Consumer's Protection, Compliant and Arbitration. Mr. Orji is both a
Member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Bar Association and has attended
several courses locally and internationally.

MORRIS MORDI
Executive Director (Operations). A graduate of Calabar Polytechnic and a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. A Market Analyst with over 18 years experience in Marketing and New Businesses, Good knowledge of Events Management and Logistics.

He joined the firm of Woodywhite Concept as Head, Marketing and was responsible for Market Research and International Procurement. He joined as Team Leader, Tranter International Limited, Port Harcourt where he handled NLNG and Agip Project Accounts on International Procurement and New Business Development.
He is also presently responsible for the operations of Juriscope Press Limited.

GLORIA TOBIN
Executive Director Finance & Human Resources. A member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), she is widely experienced in the areas of accounting, auditing, taxation and management. Since graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt in 1991, she has worked with various institutions and in diverse capacities; notable among these are Akintola Williams Deloitte and Touche, a firm of Chartered Accountants of International repute, Schlumberger Nigeria Ltd and Out Consortium and Finance Ltd and is currently the Group Financial Controller of Lawquest Group.
She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.

JERRY EDEMEKA
Director (Research & Training. He obtained his LL.B degree from the University of Calabar in 1991 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1992. He has worked at various times as Associate Counsel in the law firms of Owhonda-Wopara & Co. and Sonny O. Wogu & Associates. He joined Alpha-Juris Chambers in January, 2000. He is a member of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. His area of practice includes Litigation and Corporate Tax Management Consultancy. He is a member of the Nigeria Bar Association.

Mr. Edemeka is also responsible for the operation of the Lawquest Training Company Limited.

CONSULTANTS
NDUKA IKEYI
Mr. Nduka Ikeyi holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nigeria, graduating in 1990 as the best student of the faculty. He also holds a Master of Laws degree (with focus on International Business and Economic Law) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Nduka has several years’ experience spanning Academics, Public Service, Litigation and Commercial and Corporate Legal and Business Advisory Services.

He began his career in academics as a Graduate Assistant at the Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, and later as a research fellow at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Lagos.

Nduka engaged briefly in active law practice with the firm of G. Elias & Co. Among others, before joining Anderson (now KPMG Professional Services) as a Tax and Business Advisor. He Later served as Consultant to the Enugu State Government on
Economic and Development Matters on Leave of Absence from Andersen/KPMG (1999 - 2002), and returned to KPMG in 2003. He is presently a partner with Ikeyi, Egudu & Co.

Mr. Ikeyi has advised on several Foreign Investment, Tax, Business/Corporate Structuring/Re-organisation matters. He has also published articles in local and international journals on commercial and business law, especially in the areas of Taxation, Arbitration, Corporate Governnance, Foreign Investment Regulation and Technology Transfer. Nduka has also been engaged as speaker at various seminars and workshops.

Mr. Ikeyi is a member of
i) The Nigerian Bar Association,
ii) The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria,
iii) Society for Advanced Legal Studies, London, and
iv) An Honorary Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Austria, among other professional associations.
Mr. Ikeyi is presently the Enugu State Attorney General and Commissioner for Jusitce.

KEMELA OKARA
Kemela Okara graduated at Law with an LL.B (Hons.) from Middlesex University, London and was called to the Bar of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, England and Wales, in 1989. He was enrolled as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the same year.

In his over 15 years standing at the bar, Mr. Okara has been actively involved in various aspects of Commercial and Corporate Law Practice. With core competence in Corporate Restructuring, Capital Markets and ADR, he has severally conducted due diligence and advised on Merger Transactions involving public and private companies and has also acted as a Solicitor to Public Issues and to companies engaged in various forms of financing on the Nigerian Capital Market. He has participated in the following transactions:
 Acted for the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in 2000 in the privatization and sale of
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) to a foreign core investor, SCANCEM.
 Acted for Deutch Telecom in the conduct of due diligence on NITEL prior to the bid for NITEL in
2001.
 Acted for Emperion Denmark, an Enterprise Solutions Service Provider and VSAT Based
Broadband Solutions Company in the acquisition of a Nigerian company in 2002.
 Acted for SOLGAS in its bid for a Federal Government Concession under the auspices of the
Federal Ministry of Power & Steel and the BPE, to run the Ajaokuta Steel Plant, in 2003.
 Currently acting for a consortium of investors in conducting due diligence in their bid to buy
majority shareholding in the Leasing and Power Engineering subsidiaries of a listed Nigerian
conglomerate.

Mr. Okara has attended courses under the following aegis:
 Securities Law & the Capital Market (A Review of the Investments & Securities Act, 1999) -
Organised by the Securities & Exchange Commission, December 2001.
 Introduction to the Nigerian Capital Market Organised by Newman Legal Training, Lagos,
2002.
 Project Finance for Infrastructure Development Organised by the Section on Energy Law &
Natural Resources of the International Bar Association, April 2003.
 International Mergers & Acquisitions A Practice Diploma Programme organised jointly by the
IBA and the College of Law, Guildford, England.

He has also done papers at the following fora:
 “Choosing the Right Business Combination”, presented at the ALPHAJURIS Continuing Legal
Education Workshop held at the Mirage, Calabar, June 2002.
 “Legal Issues in Mergers & Acquisition in Nigeria”, presented at the Nigerian Institute of
Advanced Legal Studies, Lagos, 2002, 2003 & 2004 consecutively.
 “Legal Issues in Investing in the Nigerian Financial Services Sector”, presented at the British
Nigeria Business Council Seminar, London Chamber of Commerce, June 2003.

Mr. Okara's work experience spans the following establishments:
 George Etomi & Partners (Solicitor & Advocate), 1989-1993
 Irukwu, Ayanru, Okara (Partner),1993-1994
 Center for World Missions (Administrator), 1994-1997
 Universal Finance and Investment Limited, London (Chief Executive Officer), 1997-1999
 Employment Service (Administrative Officer), 1999-2000
 George Etomi & Partners (Managing Partner), 2001-2004
 Okara & Associates
 KöHN Associates

He is the Social Welfare Secretary of the Capital Market Solicitors' Association, Member of the International Law Firms Network, the International Bar Association and the Working Committee of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association.

GERALDINE E. OKU
Geraldine Oku obtained her Bachelor's (LL.B) and Master's (LL.M) degrees at the University of Buckingham and the University of London respectively. She subsequently attended the Nigerian Law School where she obtained a B.L (Hons) and was called to the Nigerian bar.
Ms. Oku cut her teeth in legal practice in the Firm of Lovell, Whyte & King. She subsequently took up appointment with the University of Calabar as a lecturer-at-law.

After five years, Ms. Geraldine Oku joined the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc as a Legal Officer. She further developed a corporate career in banking and, at various times, became the Corporate Secretary/General Counsel in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Societe Bancarie Nigeria Limited, Diamond Bank Limited and Platinum Bank Limited.

AWA U. KALU ESQ. SAN
Mr. Awa U. Kalu trained in law at the University of Ife and did his graduate programme in University of Lagos. He then enrolled as Barrister & Solicitor in the Supreme Court in 1978. During the period, Awa won several prizes including the justice Olu Ayoola prize, the justice Charles Macmillan prize and the Irving & Bonner Scholarship.
Mr. Awa Kalu was at several times a lecturer-in-law with the University of Lagos and the Imo State University. He was severally a Special Assistant to the then Honourable Attorneys-General (Prince Bola Ajibola & Clement Akpamgbo, Esq).
In 1999, he became the Honourable Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice Abia State a position he held till March 2005.
Mr. Kalu has been a member of the Council for Legal Education and the body of benchers. He has authored several learned articles, edited several books and journals including “Lawyer Bi- Annual” and “Nigerian Lawyer”.

PROFESSOR TAOFEEQ ABDULRAZAQ
Professor Taofeeq Abdulrazaq obtained a first degree Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979. In 1980 he was called to the Nigerian bar after obtaining his B.L (Hons) from the Nigerian Law School.
Taofeeq proceeded to become a Master of Laws (LL.M) at the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London, UK in 1982. In 1986, he became an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (AMNIM), and in 1991 a Doctor of Philosophy in Laws (Ph.D) of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
Prof. is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (FCT), 1992, an Associate Member of the Institute of Personnel Management (AOPM), 1994 and fellow of the London Chartered Institute of Bankers (LCIB) 1998.
A scholar & author, Taofeeq Abdulrazaq has published severally on Tax Law and related matters. He has variously been Dean of Law, University of Ilorin, Professor of Business and Tax Laws, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Registrar & Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Company Secretary/Legal Adviser to various banks & corporate institutions.

He was a local consultant for the assessment of the Lagos State Tax Policy with the DFID in April 2005, an examiner for the FIRS Tax Inspectors Examination in June 2005, a member of the Editional Team for the World Bank (Lagos State Procurement) Policy in 2003, and lead examiner at the Chartered Institute of Taxation. In addition, Prof. Abdulrazaq has acted in several tax roles for the private sector in areas of tax complacence, tax management and tax planning.