GEORGE .O. AKWAZIE & CO. is a private limited company registered on November 22, 2005 to provide legal and tax consultancy services and is wholly owned by Nigerians. We started full-scale and structured commercial operations in the same year. Though registered in 2005, some of the lawyers have been in practice for over 30 years.
Our services are of international standards and we employ the latest technology to give our clients extra edge in very keen competitive business environment.
We have a team of dynamic and seasoned professional with a wealth of experience and proven track record in various fields including Tax Advisory Services, Capital and Money Markets, Joint Venture Partners, Immigration, Commercial Litigation, Legal Representation, Company Registration, Recapitalisation, Searching, Receivership and Property Consultancy among others. In addition, we have trainees and other support staff who provide secretarial and related services.
BUSINESS OFFICE
4, Asenuga Street, (1st floor), Off Osho Street, Opebi, Ikeja, P. O. Box 742, Marina, Lagos.
Telephone: 08037640173, 01-8948159, 8920699, 7432129, 08055871815, 08033158573, 08037640173, and 08080914611.
Email: legal@geomelgroup.com, goakwazielegal2@yahoo.com, ceo@geomelgroup.com
Our business office is located at No. 4, Asenuga Street, (1st floor), Off Osho Street, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos.
OUR BUSINESS CONCEPT
Our business concept is built on the philosophy – Passion for creative business ideas, Customer for life and Continuous Benchmarking of our work and driven by a value system that promotes honesty, integrity, reliability and personal growth in all our dealings with stakeholders. This is expressed in our mission statement, our vision statement, our values and our guiding philosophy.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
GEORGE .O. AKWAZIE & CO. (Legal Practitioners) is a multi-specialist Law Firm providing services to the Business Sector of the Nigerian Economy that services its clients as trusted ally, dedicated to providing complete quality business solutions for their current and future needs with value pricing. We believe in establishing a successful partnership with our clients and make sure that they have what they need to run their business as well as possible, with maximum efficiency, reliability and control.
We conduct our business responsibilities to achieve superior financial returns balanced with our long-term growth, benefiting shareholders, staff and fulfilling our commitment to the community, environment and government.
Our success will be measured by our clients, who choose us because of their belief in our ability to meet or exceed their expectations, deliver their required services, with high expertise and professionalism.
OUR VISION STATEMENT
GEORGE .O. AKWAZIE & CO. (Legal Practitioners) will be an international Legal and Tax Consultancy Company, recognized throughout Africa for its quality services as preeminent by our employees, customers, competitors, investors and the public. We will be the standard by which other consultancy firms measures their performance. Our hallmark will be innovation, initiative and teamwork of our people and our ability to anticipate and effectively respond to changes and to create opportunity.
OUR VALUES
Our values are the rules by which we operate: Tell the truth, be fair, keep your promises, respect the individual and encourage intellectual curiosity. This is built around three basic concepts: People, Product and Profit.
People: Our people are the source of our strength. They provide our corporate intelligence and determine our reputation and vitality. Involvement and teamwork are our core human values.
Product: Our products are the end result of our efforts, and they should be the best in servicing our customers. As our products are viewed so we are perceived.
Profit: Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide our customers with the best products and services for their needs. Profits are required for survival and growth.
OUR GUIDING PHILOSOPHY
Our guiding philosophies are the manner in which we conduct our selves, our customers and our business:
Quality Service: To achieve customers’ satisfaction, the quality of our services must be outstanding and continuously innovating.
Customer: These are our partners. We must maintain mutual beneficial relationship with our customers and business associates. Our work must be done with our customers in mind, continuously providing with better services than our competitors.
Excellence: We strive for excellence in everything we do: in our services, competitiveness and profitability.
Employee: We work as a team and treat each other with trust and respect.
Integrity: The conduct of our company must command respect for its integrity and for its positive contribution to society.
KEY TO SUCCESS
Our key to success are the issues we never lose sight of in order for us to succeed: – Quality, Participation, Productivity and Cash Flow.
PROFILE OF OUR STAFF
Our partners and members of staff are made up of seasoned and outstanding Nigerians in their areas of endeavor.
GEORGE. O. AKWAZIE: (Principal Partner) (LL.B, BL, B.Sc, MBA, MILD, FIMC, FNIM, FCTI, FCA,)
It may interest you to know that the Principal Partner of the chamber Barrister George. O. Akwazie apart from being a lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws degree as well as a Masters degree in International Law And Diplomacy (MILD) from the University of Lagos also holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration, a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) (specializing in Marketing), Also, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) (FCA) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation Of Nigeria (FCTI). Furthermore, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) and a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management (FNIM). Mr. George Akwazie (FCA, FCTI) has been called to the Nigerian Bar and is a member of the International Bar Association.
George O. Akwazie also had a successful banking career that spanned over twenty years covering both commercial and merchant banking. His banking experience covers Inspection/Internal control, Operations, Accounts and finance. Before joining Geomel Investment And Consultancy Services Limited as the Managing Consultant, he has worked in Union Bank Plc and Trust Bank Of Africa Limited where he held several positions across different units such as Financial Controller, Head of Operations & Administration, and Chief Inspector.
Furthermore, George Akwazie has attended several courses in Information Technology, Treasury, Credit Administration, Foreign Operations, Customer Services, Internal Control, and Management Development.
Professor Akintunde Olusegun Obilade,
LL.B (Hons) (Lagos) 1966; LL.M (Harvard) 1970. Called to the Bar in 1967. He was formerly the Dean, faculty of Law of the University of Lagos; previously Head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the same University. He joined the Faculty in 1967 as a Graduate Assistant and was appointed Professor in 1987. Between 1982 and 1983 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Law School. He has won several academic scholarships and prizes including: The Mobil Oil Scholarship (1963-1966); the Faculty Prize (1964); the Vice Chancellor’s Prize (1966); the Elder Dempster Lines Prize (1967) and the Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship (1969-1970) He has served variously as Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Bar Journal; Editor of the Nigerian Law Journal; Editor-in-Chief of the Law Reports of Nigeria; Member, Editorial Board of Harvard International Law Journal (1969-1970) and Member of the Papers Committee of the 1980 Commonwealth Law Conference. He has contributed several learned articles to journals and books and is the author of the treatise The Nigerian Legal System which was published by Sweet & Maxwell in 1979. Prof. Obilade has attended several conferences within and outside Nigeria. His areas of special interest are Legal Theory, Social Theory, Legal Institutions, Judicial Process and Law Reform
OYEME SILAS OGAGAOCHENE ESQ
Oyeme Silas Ogagaoghene: attended Anglican Grammar School Ile-Ife now Osun State and Oyo State College of Arts and Science also in Ile-Ife where he obtained his G.C.E Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates 1981 and 1985 respectively. He proceeded to the University of Lagos and obtained his LL.B, (Hons) degree in 1992.
Oyeme was called to bar in 1993 and has since being in active legal practice. Oyeme’s areas of interest are legal drafting and conveyancing including preparation and perfection of securities. He is also very vast in civil litigation and Recovery matters. Oyeme is the Head of Chambers and Litigation.
