Jumoke Lambo is the Managing Partner of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (UUBO), a leading Nigerian corporate law firm.
Jumoke, an alumna of the University of Bristol, has over three decades’ experience in Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Data Protection, Cybersecurity, Aviation, Employment, Business Establishment, Corporate Immigration and general corporate law. She heads the firm’s TMT /Data Protection practice and co-heads its Aviation and Employment Law practice, which encompasses the firm’s business establishment and corporate immigration practice. Jumoke’s practice spans corporate advisory, legislative drafting, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, corporate restructuring, regulatory compliance, due diligence, and general corporate advisory.
She also oversees Alsec Nominees Limited, the firm’s company secretarial and governance practice, which manages a portfolio of over 350 companies. Her areas of specialisation include TMT, data protection and cybersecurity, foreign investment, regulatory compliance, aviation, employment law, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate advisory.
She was part of a consortium of international experts retained by the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), to conduct a comprehensive review and reform of Nigeria’s legal and regulatory framework for the telecommunications sector. The team went on to draft the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, the sector’s principal legislation.
Jumoke has assisted numerous companies across her areas of expertise in establishing and doing business in Nigeria, and advises a range of investors on acquisitions of interests in Nigerian companies and related regulatory compliance. She has also supported clients with employment and end-of-employment documentation, the negotiation and settlement of employment-related contractual and trade disputes, and advice on employee matters arising from bankruptcies, liquidations, mergers, acquisitions, divestments and restructuring.
She has further assisted the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in their efforts to raise stakeholder awareness, both within Nigeria and internationally.
Jumoke is recognised for her TMT expertise by the international legal directory Chambers & Partners. Jumoke is also recognised by Chambers Global for her expertise in data protection matters and has been described as an expert with vast knowledge in data protection regulation, who ensures smooth collaboration and displays strong commercial awareness, which enables her to provide valuable insights and drive meaningful results. Jumoke is noted by the Nigerian edition of Lexology in “Data – Data Privacy & Protection” for her practice. Her work has also been noted in the International Financial Law Review’s Expert Guides. She has authored several publications for international directories in her areas of expertise.
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and is a fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies.
Jumoke is also a Notary Public.