Consultants

Ayoade has lived and worked on four continents, with extensive experience as an in-house Corporate and large firm counsel in diverse business and legal firms. He holds business and law degrees and professional certificates in Nigeria, the United States, and Switzerland.

He is licensed to practice law in the United States, and also as a Solicitor in England and Wales, with a right to practice in the European Union and other nations where English solicitors have a right to practice law.

He has worked in the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission, an associate in the Law Firm of Ice Miller LLP, Assistant General Counsel, Senior Global Operations, The Scott’s Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE SMG), Assistant General Counsel, Americas, Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) and more recently pioneer Group Head, Corporate Governance, Central Bank of Nigeria as a global trade counsel, he has served as special advisor and counsel to global corporations and government entities on diverse transactions, portfolios, and strategies including corporate, financial, compliance, regulatory affairs, and policies.

Helen is the firm’s consultant with extensive academic and practice experience in the creative and innovation industries. She posseses nearly two decades of experience in academia, specialising in intellectual property law.

Helen holds an LLB from the University of Calabar, an LLM from the University of Lagos, and a PhD in intellectual property law from the University of Cape Town. Her expertise in intellectual property law is reflected in her teaching experience, including specialised programmes for creatives. Helen has published both locally and internationally and serves as Assistant Editor of the NIALS Intellectual Property Journal (NJIP).

Helen is currently Associate Professor of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Helen’s international scholarly experience includes research fellows at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; the University of Ottawa and the University of Cape Town. She currently coordinates the Harvard CopyrightX courses in Nigeria.

Before joining the law firm, Helen has practiced law for over two decades.

Izuoma holds a PhD in Environmental Law and Climate Change and has over 15 years of teaching, research, consultancy, and training experience. She has led major climate governance projects funded by Natural Justice, the Ford Foundation, and the Centre LSD.

She has facilitated numerous national and international workshops and has published over 38 peer- reviewed papers.

She coordinated 60+ continuing legal education trainings and was part of the Legal Working Group that reviewed and redrafted the Nigerian Climate Change Bill (now Climate Change Act 2021).

A 2022 Fellow of the Oxford School of Climate Change and a 2025 Fellow of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Italy, Dr. Izuoma brings invaluable environmental and climate governance expertise to the firm.