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Sandra Osinachi-Nwandem

Work Department

Energy and Natural Resources

Position

Associate

Career

Associate, Tope Adebayo LP (TALP), law firm, Nigeria: July 2023 till date.

Senior Associate, H’sTripes Law Firm, law firm, Nigeria: May 2018 –

Associate, Grace Ann-Coker, law firm, Nigeria: March 2016-April 2018.

Associate Trainee, K.O Obamogie (SAN), law firm, Nigeria: August 2013 December 2015.

NYSC Trainee, Otung Okoho & Co, law firm, Nigeria: January 2013- July 2013.

Languages

English and Igbo

Memberships

Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) – Member

Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) – Member

Association of Environmental Lawyers of Nigeria (AELN) – Member

Lawyers in Energy Network (LIEN) – Member

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Section 103 – Member

Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE) – Member

Nigerian Energy Institute – Member

Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) – Member

The Greener Picture Club (TGP) – Member

Education

LLM (Comparative Oil & Gas Law): Rivers State University, Nigeria: 2021-2023.

Certificate in Gas Market Design, Structure and Regulation, Florence School of Regulation, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies European University Institute, Italy: April 2022.

Barrister & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Nigeria: November 2012.

LLB (Hons): University of Benin, Nigeria: 2006-2011.
(Second Class Upper Division).

 

Personal

Sandra E. Osinachi-Nwandem is a veteran legal practitioner with the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) practice group of the law firm of Tope Adebayo LP. She is a certified energy law expert with an in-depth knowledge acting for and advising clients on legal issues about energy and environmental laws, policies, regulatory compliance, due diligence, and multiplex energy transactions. She has significant experience advising multinational oil and gas companies on their roles and responsibilities to host communities in line with the relevant petroleum legislation.

She is a regular contributor to energy and environmental law platforms. Her publications on legal issues affecting the petroleum industry in Nigeria offer practical guidance to players in the industry. Asides being a regular contributor to the Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) Newsletters, her articles have been featured in some of the most widely read law journals in Africa: Her article, “Regulatory Framework Governing Gas Operations and Utilization in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry” co-authored with the renowned Professor of Energy Law, Prof. S.C Dike, was recently published in the African Journal of International Energy and Environmental Law (AJIEEL), Volume 7, No. 1 (2023). Her article, “Legal Framework for the Development of Marginal Fields in Nigeria: A cursory Look at the Petroleum Act (PIA) 2021” was also published in the Journal of Environmental and Human Right Law, Volume 3, No. 1 (2023).

Sandra is one of the contributors selected across Africa by the International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE) to co-author the book titled “Energy Transition and Climate Change Policy: Pathway for Sustainable Development in Africa” edited by Professors; Yinka Omorogbe, Wunmi Iledare & Adeola Adenikinju.

Leisure

Travelling, reading biographies and self-help books, dancing, jiving to good music.