Abdulhakeem Uthman Mustapha, SAN
Principal Partner & Founder
Abdulhakeem Uthman Mustapha, SAN is the Principal Partner and Founder of A.U. Mustapha & Co. With over 30 years of post-call experience, he is one of Nigeria's most distinguished legal practitioners. Conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on September 19, 2016, he has built a formidable reputation in high-stakes litigation, corporate advisory, election petition, and arbitration. He holds an LLM from Suffolk Law School, Boston USA, an MBA from Business School Netherlands, The Hague, and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and Manchester Business School.
Education
LLM
Suffolk Law School, Boston, USA
1995
MBA
Business School Netherlands, The Hague
1998
Harvard Business School Executive Programme
Harvard University, USA
2005
Manchester Business School Executive Programme
University of Manchester, UK
2008
Professional Experience
Principal Partner & Founder
A.U. Mustapha & Co.
1994 – Present
President
CAF Board of Appeal
2015 – Present
Chairman
Kwara State Education Trust Fund
2012 – Present
Member, Legal Committee
National Council on Privatisation
2005 – 2010
Senior Legal Officer
Nigeria Merchant Bank Plc
1988 – 1994
Practice Areas
- Corporate Law
- Election Petition
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Civil Rights
- Taxation Law
Bar Admissions & Memberships
- Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
- Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) — 2016
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (FCIT)