Precious Azubuike, Esq., LL.B, B.L.
Associate
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
- Associate, Chartered Institute of Arts Management & Professionals
A graduate of Rivers State University, Rivers State, and 2018 First Class Graduate of the Nigerian Law School, duly called to the Nigerian Bar, Precious comes to HARLEM with an extensive leadership and razor-sharp legal expertise garnered from C & P Attorneys, Abuja, where she cut her teeth on the profession prior to joining HARLEM Solicitors.
Endowed with a cast-iron ability to craft effective strategies and facilitate constructive agreements, Precious excels in the intricacies of Legal Research with significant strength and mastery of Maritime Law, Intellectual Property, Mortgages, Real Estate and Leases, Brokerages, Conveyances, etc. She is an intelligent, dynamic, highly motivated and passionate learner whose daily interactions with clients have availed her the opportunity to maintain enviable, lasting customer relationships, great professionalism and work ethics. She is equally an ambitious team member with a sensuous nose for details and unquenchable thirst for success and client satisfaction, which redounds to our firm’s practice in terms of the efficiency which she inevitably brings to our business.
Precious has acquired several professional trainings and certifications such as HIPAA for Business Associates and Strategic Business Planning aside from being awarded a Diploma in Human Resource Management. As a key member of the firm’s Corporate/Commercial practice group, Precious constantly advises clients in disputes relating to labour and employment matters, real estate and general corporate, commercial/regulatory matters.
Precious enjoys reading, writing, researching and engaging in light physical exercises as a firm believer that balance is the key to a healthy lifestyle.
Phone: +234-9169989113/8094907777
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Akintunde Omotoso, Esq., LL.B, B.L.
Associate
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
A graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State of Nigeria, and duly called to the Nigerian Bar in 2020, Akintunde brings a unique fusion of business savvy and legal expertise garnered from Olalekan Ojo (SAN) & Co, from where he established and founded Broadway Legal, a Corporate/Commercial Law Firm located in Ibadan, 0yo State.
Full of creative energy, calm resilience and great persistence, Juwon, as he is fondly called, joined the HARLEM team with renewed hardihood, great professionalism and unimpeachable work ethics, continuously maintaining an active litigation caseload and significant mastery of different aspects of the legal practice, making him red-hot and passionate about litigation and Corporate/Commercial practice.
Akintunde has, over the years, gained significant strengths in Corporate/Commercial Transactions, high-conflict civil and commercial litigation and set a textbook example of success drafting of real estate documents, researching litigation matters, easing individuals’ worries with unbelievable ease and top quality ‘on-call’ legal solutions. He combines analytical precision with creative processes, matched with his robust ability to encourage bold commitment and unrelenting hard work within the team.
Akintunde loves singing, reading, writing and researching during his leisure time.
Phone: +234-9169989110/8182403775/8033852360
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Grace Kalu, Esq. LL.B, B.L.
‘Of Counsel’
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Grace graduated magna cum laude (Top 5%) with a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Uyo and also graduated with a First Class from the Nigerian Law School while emerging as the 7th Overall Best Student, with three awards to her name.
Having cut her teeth in the legal profession at the time-honoured law firm of Aare Afe Babalola, SAN & Co., Grace has been suitably groomed and adequately equipped to handle complex legal issues with minimal supervision. Constantly craving for success over the long haul, Grace is an ambitious team member with a sensuous nose for details and unquenchable thirst for client satisfaction, arriving HARLEM with a high volt of Corporate/Commercial and Litigation experiences as well as a demonstrable expertise in dispute resolution through litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), leveraging on her deeply entrenched commitment towards addressing the broader policy and institutional barriers which confront litigants in pursuit of ADR.
A remarkably protean thinker, Grace has acquired certifications in Copyright from the Harvard Law School, Intellectual Property from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Digital Marketing from Google, among others. She is a bundle of creative, goal-oriented and problem-solving skills, blessed as she is with great wit, intelligence, keen sense of proactive pre-planning and forward-looking resourcefulness.
Grace loves reading, researching, writing and watching movies in her spare time.
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Timilehin Olalusi, Esq., LL.B, B.L
Executive Associate
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Timilehin received her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree from University of Ibadan, graduating cum laude before being duly called to the Nigerian Bar.
She is an industrious lawyer whose unquenchable desire for excellence and perfection has contributed to delivery of top-notch services to our Clients, combining analytical precision with creative processes.
Timilehin enjoyed an illustrious career with Kunle Kalejaye, SAN & Co. from where she joined HARLEM with a high volt of trial experience, tremendous courage under fire and strong professional values, bringing a broad perspective and skill set to bear on producing excellent outcomes, as she perfectly understands both the immense pressure and responsibility of ownership as well as the massive, intense rush of entrepreneurialism.
An inveterate people person, Timilehin has also garnered cogent experience in Intellectual Property and the Capital Markets, among others. She joined HARLEM as a lawyer of exceptional stamp and a valuable asset to our team providing tenacious, client-oriented legal services. To say that she displays a powerful drive for progress and client satisfaction in these areas is to say that Albert Einstein knows his sums!
In her free time, Timilehin loves listening to music, reading and writing.
e-mail: timilehin.olalusi@harlemsolicitors.com
Phone: +234-8182403775/8033852360
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Favour Awemakinde, Esq., LL.B, B.L
Associate
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Favour is a graduate of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State, and was duly called to the Nigerian Bar.
Adept at conducting in-depth legal research, preparing briefs and providing invaluable insights on complex corporate/commercial matters, Favour is a systemic and Protean thinker, an invaluable addition to HARLEM’s handling of all transactional matters and procedural issues. Her dogged determination and unmatched professionalism are the main ingredients of her uniqueness while her problem-solving skills are a major asset.
In her B-suite role as an Associate at HARLEM, she brings a holistic approach, being irrevocably committed to employing a ‘big picture’ assessment in the handling of Clients’ specific situations while breaking down silos and building strong bond and collaboration with the entire team.
Driven by a business-goals oriented approach, Favour’s character is very large as is her intelligence, professionalism and skill. It is also helpful that her fixation with always winning, which is inextricably intertwined with care and respect, is also her motivation for helping Clients navigate through faster and sustainably, rather than having them spend both their time and money still stuck in the middle!
Favour’s hobbies include reading, singing and listening to music.
e-mail: favour.awemakinde@harlemsolicitors.com
Phone: +234-9090041104/8033852360
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William Oyeniyi, Esq., LL.B, B.L
Associate
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
William graduated from University of Lagos, and was duly called to the Nigerian Bar. Full of creative energy, he joined HARLEM with great professionalism and unimpeachable work ethics in tow, making him an excellent team member for roles that require an admixture of legal insight and business acumen.
William articled at Adelaja Oguntimirin & Associates and cut his teeth in the legal profession at Swiss Attorneys, where he learnt to go beyond problem-solving skills to using design-thinking to build enduring legal practice methods that harness available diverse cross-functional insights and perspectives. He is blessed with significant strengths in drafting legal documents, researching litigation matters, ADR issues and Corporate/Commercial issues, including Intellectual Property. He also designs lasting solutions in areas of Wills & Probates, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Mortgages.
A stickler for accuracy, William is credited with being a committed lawyer and a valuable asset to our team providing tenacious, client-oriented legal services and working very hard to ensure that clients’ interests are represented and their legal rights, properly protected.
William enjoys walking 18 holes on a golf course during his leisure and anytime his busy schedules permit him to golf.
email: william.oyeniyi@harlemsolicitors.com
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Jadesola Esan, Esq., LL.B, B.L
Associate
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Jadesola bagged a Second Class Upper Bachelor of Laws Degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, before being duly called to the Nigerian Bar, also graduating with a Second Class Upper.
As a linchpin of HARLEM’s Dispute Resolution practice group, Jadesola brings an exceptionally strong commercial and business perspectives to her legal advice, constantly advising and representing clients in disputes relating to real estate, labour and employment, corporate and commercial matters.
Quick of wit, Jadesola is blessed with a rare knack for ingenious creativeness, bringing a high level of professionalism and an enormous capacity for dedication and enthusiasm to bear on her duties and relationship with clients while leveraging on her practice model which believes that the substratum of legal representation is to build an integrity based on mutual trust by putting clients first. While Jadesola’s practice in HARLEM is ultimately driven by client needs, she is the team’s main point of contact on ADR matters, Cyber Law, Regulatory & Compliance Issues, General Mediation as well as Governmental affairs.
Her interests outside of legal practice include listening to music, travelling, reading and writing.