Ifeanyi Okonkwo

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Ifeanyi Okonkwo

Ifeanyi Okonkwo

Senior Associate

Ifeanyi E. Okonkwo is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property department and Deputy Sector Head Media with over 10 years experience focused on Intellectual property (IP), commercial IP, technology, fintech, data, health and medical law practice.

About

Ifeanyi E. Okonkwo is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property department and Deputy Sector Head Media with over 10 years experience focused on Intellectual property (IP), commercial IP, technology, fintech, data, health and medical law practice.

He is IP Portfolio Manager, Nigeria & Africa and has handled high profile matters. He is a renowned Google Scholar with hosts of over 20 stimulating International and local articles to his name. He is a front-fighter for the projection, sustenance, and development of African businesses. He has argued some novel cases on IP-Tech and His years of experience from Stillwaters, IP-Unit UCT, TNK SA, DLA-Piper as well as JEE, offers great comfort and reassurance to clients. Ifeanyi is a critical thinker and a solution provider.

Professional Membership

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Faculty, Intellectual property, Tekedia Institute.
Lead, IP Research Committee of NBA Section on Business Law.
Member, IBA; NBA; NBA-SBL; SBL-; SBL-IP Committee; Golden-Key Honours; etc.

Mentor, MasterCard Scholars, University of Cape Town.
Mentor, Faculty of Law Mentorship Programme, University of Cape Town.
Non-Executive Director, DeCritic.
Member, Corporate Lawyers Network
Member, Africa Law Tech
Member, International Advisory Experts

Education

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University of Cape Town (PhD-in-view)
University of Cape Town (LL.M, IP & Technology)
Quantic (Diploma MBA)
Oxford School of Climate Change (Advanced Diploma)
FGV Dint Latin America (Advanced course on Fintech)
WIPO Advanced courses on Intellectual Property
Nigeria Law School (B.L)
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (LL. B)
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (BSc. Phil)