Trainee Associate
Joshua Uchechukwu Olewu
Joshua is a Trainee Associate in the Firm’s Dispute Resolution, Company Secretarial and Capital Market Practice Units. He is a serial leader and commands a professional personality of curiosity, progressiveness, and is value-driven. As a Trainee Associate, Joshua actively supports the firm’s legal team in executing innovative legal strategies for domestic and international clients.
He has shown a strong academic and professional foundation through continued professional education, earning him certifications with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) and the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb).
Joshua is an active contributor in thought leadership on various burning legal issues in his areas of interest (including Arbitration, Consumer Protection, and Intellectual Property) and has been published in reputable international and domestic peer-reviewed journals and other legal depositories.
Being impact-driven, Joshua consistently commits to not-for-profit groups and engagements geared towards the scaling of both personal and professional development of aspiring lawyers in Nigeria. Prior to joining Alliance Law firm, Joshua had interned with reputable law firms in Lagos, Abuja, and Enugu, Nigeria
- Nigerian Law School (BL)
- University of Nigeria (LL.B)
- Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN)
- Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb)
- Corporate/Commercial Dispute Resolution (Litigation & Alternative Methods)
- Corporate Governance & Company Secretarial Services
- Business Advisory
- Consumer Protection
- Intellectual Property
- Taxation
- Employment Law
- Co-Author: Arbitral Proceedings and Award Enforcement in Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co Ltd v Nigeria – Revisited (The Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law Volume 15, Issue 3 p. 18 . Sept. 2024)
- Co-Author: Revaluating the Regime of Celebrity Endorsement, Product Liability, and Consumer Protection in Nigeria (SSRN eJournal Jan. 13, 2024)
- Author: Generatie AI and Consumer Protection: Directives for Regulation in Nigeria (SSRN eJournal Sept. 18, 2023)
- Author: The Intersection of Insolvency and International Commercial Arbitration: Nigeria and Selected Jurisdiction (The Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law Volume 14, Issue 2 p. 25 . June 2023)
- Co-Author: Consumer Dissatisfaction in E-Commerce Transactions: Protecting the Nigerian Consumers (Business Law Review Volume 44, Issue 3 p. 117 · May 26, 2023)
- Author: Originality And Novelty: Generative AI And IP Rights Protection Under Nigerian Laws – Published on May 27, 2023 – TheNigerianLawyer
- Author: Examining the Igbo Apprenticeship System and Children’s Right to Work – Published on March 12, 2023 – Lawyard