b'Michael Okowondo\n208J King Street\nAberdeen\nAB24 1HL\nPhone: 07719235222\nEmail: m.okowondo@yahoo.com\nEDUCATION\nSept 2016 \xe2\x80\x93 July 2017\n\nLLM (Oil and Gas)\n\nUniversity of Aberdeen\n\nCourses include: Oil and Gas Law: State Control, Oil and Gas Law: Contracting, Oil and Gas Law:\nRegulation, Principles of Environmental Regulation.\nDissertation: \xe2\x80\x9cThe impact of current UK environmental legislation on the long term viability of energy\nproduction in diminishing fields with regard to licence renegotiation\xe2\x80\x9d\nSept 2009 \xe2\x80\x93 July 2013\n\nLLB\n\nUniversity of Lagos, Nigeria\n\nCourses included: Introduction to jurisprudence, private and property law, public law. Specialised in\nCommercial and Industrial law\nAug 2003 \xe2\x80\x93 July 2009\n\nWASC Merit\n\nKings College, Lagos\n\nMaths, Physics, Chemistry, English, Biology, Economics\n\nSKILLS\nCommunication: Developed extensively while working for Femi Sunmonu and Associates in Lagos\nNigeria representing corporate clients in legal disputes and extended negotiations over contracts and\ntrade agreements. Presentation of information using powerpoint has been a regular feature of both my\nundergraduate and postgraduate studies where I have presented on a number of legal issues related to\nthe oil and gas sector\nBusiness awareness: Providing legal advice to major oil producers gave me a great insight to the\nessentials of effective business such as the importance of good management, branding, marketing,\nproduct development and building and maintaining a customer base with a view to overall profitability.\nTeam work and Individual contribution: Essential while on secondment to the Cisco Oil Corporation\nin Nigeria where I worked as part of a six person team to research, investigate and report on corporate\nliabilities.\nProblem solving and Analysis: Developed through work experience with a major oil company as well\nas for a firm of solicitors in Lagos where clients presented with highly complex legal difficulties which had\nto be analysed, assessed and legal precedent sourced and explained. Attention to detail and the\ncomprehension of possible negative outcomes underpinned all of the legal advice I provided.\nTime management: Throughout my Masters in Law, I have undertaken voluntary work with the\nInternational Association in Aberdeen while working in a major national retailer and conducting my\nstudies with considerable success.\nI.T. competent using Word, Excel, Access, and the internet for communication and research as well as\nand legal research packages such as Westlaw\n\n\x0cLEGAL EXPERIENCE\nSept 2015 \xe2\x80\x93 Aug 2016 (Secondment)\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\nLegal Adviser\n\nDeveloped an understanding of the legal processes inherent in a major commercial organisation\nwithin the oil and gas sector.\nParticipated in all aspects of legal process over a twelve month period in three teams specialising\nin procurement, environmental impact assessment and drilling bid preparation.\nAssessed the impact of environmental legislation on new production processes advising the\ncompany on their statutory liabilities.\nAnalysed and advised on procurement contracts providing end of year reports to the senior\nmanagement team.\n\nSept 2014 \xe2\x80\x93 Aug 2015\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\nCisco Oil Company, Lagos, Nigeria\n\nFemi Sunmonu and Associates, Lagos Nigeria\n\nSolicitor\n\nRepresented corporate clients with regard to commercial disputes arising out of international\ntrade, intellectual property infringements, breach of construction agreements, interpretation of\ncompany rules and procedures and recovery of debts and assets\nAdvised entities wishing to supply goods, works and services to the Nigerian government and\nprocurement proceedings.\nResponsible for the negotiation and preparation of service contracts, management contracts,\nlease contracts and joint venture agreements.\n\nOTHER WORK EXPERIENCE\nSept 2016 - Present\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\nNational Youth Service, Nigeria, Lagos\n\nCollege Tutor/Teacher\n\nPlanned lessons for students in groups of up to thirty, aged 16-18.\nWorked as part of a team to deliver extra curricular activities such as football, volleyball and\nTaekwondo.\n\nJune 2011 - Aug 2013\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\nSales Adviser\n\nDeveloping business awareness of the retail sector in the UK particularly the impact of employee\nownership schemes on company success, while providing excellent customer service.\n\nAug 2013 \xe2\x80\x93 Aug 2014\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\xef\x82\xa7\n\nJohn Lewis\n\nBernhard Joffe Associates Ltd, Lagos\n\nCommercial Assistant\n\nWorked as a commercial assistant in this export firm conducting internet research into possible\nmarkets, contacting potential customers and answering queries on the food products offered by\nthe firm.\nContributed to the design of a new website and piloted the use of social media to provide trade\nupdates to their customer base.\n\nINTERESTS\nTravel: Extensively around Europe prior to studying for a Masters visiting France, Germany, Italy,\nBelgium, Hungary and Poland.\nFootball: Sixteen years experience competing both for school and university teams.\nRunning: Enjoy running and have taken part in a number of 10K and half marathons. Currently training\nfor a full marathon.\nMusic: Experienced accompanist on piano and director of youth choir for three years \xe2\x80\x93 twice winners of\nthe Lagos Musical Festival (Youth section).\nREFEREES\nAvailable upon request.'