Legal Nigeria

Nigerian wins global law experts award in legislative drafting

By Joseph Onyekwere

Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja

A Nigerian, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has emerged winner of 2022 Global Law Experts yearly award in Legislative Drafting and Law Reforms organised by London based Global Law Experts (GLE).

The Rivers-born lawyer won in the category of legislative drafting, his area of specialty in a stiff competition with other lawyers worldwide.

In a letter addressed and signed by the Manager, GLE, James Bailey to Dr. Jaja confirming he had won the award, the organisers stated that: “Over recent months, we have conducted the extensive nomination and research process for the 2022 GLE yearly awards.

“The shortlisted candidates were judged on client testimonials, key cases, legal rankings, overall reputation, publication contributions, speaking engagements and the performance and standing of teams and individual lawyers.”

“I am pleased to confirm that you have been chosen as the winner in the category – Legislative Drafting & Law Reform Lawyer of the Year in Nigeria – 2022.

GLE is one of the world’s leading online resources for locating specialist legal advisers for the services required by businesses, investors and individuals around the world.

The GLE awards have been running since 2009 and have helped many winners to further enhance their exposure to potential clients and to reaffirm their position as a market leader in their fields.

“As a winner we would like to invite you to take part in the official 2022 GLE awards publication, which will be circulated to all registered users of the GLE website via hard copy and email (over 340,000 people worldwide).

“An e-version of the publication will also be added to the GLE website and will be available to download for free. 2021 awards publication has had over 430,000 unique visitors to date.

“If you take part in the publication you will be provided with an electronic and hard copy version of the publication. The exposure of the Awards Publication will be vast and due to the relevance of the recipients, (in-house counsel, business directors, finance professionals, the international legal community globally, etc.), it will be a great endorsement of your services. Any user of the website will be able to see the awards publication for free via the home page,” the organisers stated.