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During a relatively finite in-house legal career, Achadu Attah has already proven his ability to successfully implement comprehensive legal systems in diverse industries.

As ‘the pioneer legal head’ for leading the global energy group’s Nigerian offering, Achadu Attah laid out the entire function’s foundations, compartmentalised into secretariat, regulatory, compliance and litigation.

He had previously completed the same exercise at Nigeria’s largest internet solutions provider, Suburban Telecom. ‘Being able to put in place structures, systems and processes in the departments of the said companies as well as defining and implementing a well-articulated robust successor plan is a feat I cherish in my short career’, Attah says.

In both cases, he faced the added challenge of designing legal functions within a context of regulatory flux, due to their ongoing liberalisation in the jurisdiction. Attah is also praised for his work on Talaveras’ acquisition of Power Holding Company of Nigeria’s assets, during the nation’s wide-scale energy privatisation.