Marcel is a shrewd, perspicacious, resourceful and success driven legal practitioner, with experience in finding and handing in solutions to legal puzzles and a result oriented legal Professional. Marcel is versatile in Nigerian laws and practices and some common wealth countries legal framework. However, his core areas of practice are: Corporate Commercial Transactions and Services, Real Estate & Probate, Intellectual Property & Data Protection/Preservation, Regulatory Compliance, General Legal Advisory Services and Crises Management.
Prior to becoming the Managing Associate at The Law Suite, Marcel founded and practiced under Grit & Mettle Attorneys, where based on his vast experience, he has represented various Clients both locally and internationally.
As Core Litigator and dispute resolution enthusiast, Marcel had successfully defended various law suits and resolved complicit commercial transactions and other disputes. Marcel has represented and advised clients on a wide range of practice areas spanning Commercial and legal advisory services, litigation and dispute resolution, Real Estate and Probate, Legal Due Diligence, Business Formation and Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Documentation & Contract Reviews and Intellectual Property and Data Protection Rights.
With the coming into effect of the Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Artificial Intelligence Regulation, he is a crusader/vanguard of Data Protection and preservation. Marcel has successfully challenged obnoxious government policies that adversely affected the personal and business rights of citizens and immigrants. He successfully challenged the revocation of the Banking License of a certain Microfinance Bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria
Marcel’s off work/work balance activities include playing volley and tourism.
Marcel is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, BRIPAN & ICSAN Associate aspirant and awaiting his LLM admission at the University of Lagos.
Certification:
- Barrister at Law (BL) Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus (2015)
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (2014)