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Commercial Law • Corporate Law • Dispute Resolution • Energy & Natural Resources • Infrastructure • Public Law

Fidelis was educated at the University of Lagos and the University of Oxford, qualifying as a Nigerian lawyer in 1985 and as an English lawyer in 1993. He began his legal career at Oxford University in 1989 after completing his doctoral degree, where he taught corporate finance, corporate insolvency, company law, contracts, and trusts for several years before moving into full-time commercial practice.

He practised as a commercial barrister at South Square Chambers, Gray’s Inn, London, providing transactional advice, drafting, and litigation services to clients in England and internationally. In 2003, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) in England, and in 2004, on his appointment as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)—the Nigerian equivalent of QC—he founded ODITAH, alongside his Lagos-based colleagues.

Fidelis possesses extensive knowledge and practical experience in Nigerian and English commercial law, banking and finance, corporate law, energy and natural resources, and insolvency. He has advised oil and gas companies, banks, multinational corporations, and SMEs on diverse aspects of Nigerian commercial law and practice. Clients value his practical and authoritative advice, hands-on approach, and deep understanding of the marketplace.

With his combined experience as an English KC, Nigerian SAN, and leading arbitrator, he is widely sought after for complex and high-value commercial and investment disputes in Nigeria and beyond.

Fidelis has also lectured and written extensively on contracts, banking and finance, company law, commercial arbitration, public law, legal practice, and insolvency.

Contact: Email: Fidelisoditah@oditah.com