Samuel Okoronkwo
Head of Chambers
Samuel Okoronkwo is a barrister and Head of Chamber at Mercantile Barristers with 34 years of commercial, professional and legal practice experience and is an expert in written and oral advocacy in litigation often involving complex technical and legal issues. He represents his client’s interests efficiently and presents their cases tactfully and forcefully.
Samuel’s practice areas include:
- Sports Law
- Construction & Engineering Law
- Company Law & Commercial Litigation
- Property, Planning Estates & Trust Law
- Adjudication
- Arbitration
- ADR
Samuel also has specific industry expertise having primarily had a hands-on professional career within his fields of expertise.
Samuel has worked within the sports industry for several years at the highest levels as an FA-Registered Lawyer with high profile personnel, clubs and organisations. He has been involved in designing, negotiating and implementing the most innovative and profitable relationship arrangements covering all aspects of talent employment, intellectual property rights including image rights, merchandising, sponsorship, licensing and broadcasting rights.
In the Construction and Engineering industry, Samuel initially trained and practised as a Professional Quantity Surveyor. Thereafter, Samuel spent several more years as a Construction Project Manager during which he had first-hand managerial responsibility for the planning, organising, directing and delivery of multi-million pound construction and engineering projects.
With this significant experience and broad horizon Samuel understands life outside of the law. He appreciates that legal advice and representation cannot always be given in a bubble, but also within a business context
Our Address
10-11 Gray’s Inn Square
London
WC1R 5JD
Phone Number
020 3034 0077
Email Address
enquiries@mercantilebarristers.com
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