AELEX

Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Transportation Practice

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Rafiq Anammah is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Transportation Practice Groups at AELEX. His areas of specialization are Aviation Law, Maritime Law, Telecommunication Law, Environmental Law, and Labour/Employment Law. Rafiq represents clients at various levels of the Nigerian superior courts. He also regularly advises clients on Oil and Gas Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, and Criminal Liability matters.

He is a member of the team currently representing a major international oil company (IOC) in Nigeria in an action filed against it by one of the communities in the Niger Delta for surface right compensation and another dispute in respect of the attempted seizure of one of the IOC’s oil blocks by one of the state governments.

He is part of a team representing a major international engine manufacturing company and a world-renowned energy company in both litigation and non-litigation related matters. He is, also, a member of the team representing one of the major telecommunication companies in Nigeria in several cases before the Nigerian courts.

Rafiq has been involved in several vessel arrest proceedings for the enforcement of maritime claims. He was a member of the team that represented the Plaintiff in a multi-million Great British Pounds transnational maritime claim in which the arrest of the Defendant ship is was keenly contested before the Nigerian Courts.

Rafiq regularly advises international and local clients on aircraft financing and aviation laws and regulations in Nigeria. Rafiq has been recognized in 2021, 2022, and 2024 by Legal500 as a “Rising Star” in the Transportation and Shipping Industry in Nigeria. In his further recognition in the industry, he was appointed Chairman of the NBA-SBL Aviation Committee in 2024. He has also been appointed a member of the Dispute Sub-Committee of the Nigerian Chapter of the Aviation Working Group in 2024.

English

Nigerian Bar Association

International Bar Association

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (CIArb)

Instituted of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC)

BL, Nigerian Law School.

LL.B, University of Nigeria.