About
Uwa is a Senior Partner in the Firm.
She has specialist experience in all aspects of IP law & practice and handles the local IP portfolios of numerous blue chip international corporations based particularly in the US and Europe. Uwa was appointed a panel member of the US National Arbitration Forum in 2002 to arbitrate on the largest Domain Name dispute involving a well-known cable provider. She is the only Nigerian Panelist of the WIPO Domain Names Arbitration & Mediation Center and has been consistently nominated as a leading Nigerian IP practitioner by the Who’s Who Legal Publication.
Sector
Professional Membership
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International Bar Association (IBA) (IP & Entertainment Law)
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Intellectual Property Law Association of Nigeria (IPLAN)
IP Committee Section on Business Law (SBL)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
INTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (2002-2004) and INTA Bulletin Committee (2005-2007)
Chairperson, Panel on Review of Nigerian Draft Trademarks Act (2002)
Institute of Trade Mark Agents (ITMA)(Overseas Member)
Asia- Pacific Lawyers Association (APLA)
Education
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Harvard Business School Boston, USA – Leading Professional Service Firms 2013
Executive MBA for Lawyers London, UK 2007
Lagos Business School (Pan African University) – Human Resources Management 2005
Nigerian Law School B.L 1986
University of Benin Nigeria LL.B 1985
