Senator Udoma has been described in Who’s Who Legal as “one of the pillars of the Nigerian legal community”.

As the firm’s founding and senior partner, he has been involved in a plethora of general corporate transactions, and has developed particular specialisations in oil and gas, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions.  

In the course of his legal practice, he has been invited to advise and participate in legal and regulatory reviews as well as the review of public policy and implementation of reform programmes across several sectors of the Nigerian economy, including petroleum and solid minerals, industrial policy as well as revenue allocation and fiscal issues. 

He has served on several national committees and is currently the non-executive Chairman of the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).

A former legislator, Senator Udoma has held a number of public positions, such as Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and Special Adviser to the Federal Minister of Petroleum Resources. 

He serves on the board of several companies and was recently appointed as the non-executive chairman of Nigeria’s largest conglomerate.

1989-91 Consultant, Shearman and Sterling, Paris 

1984-8 Member, implementation team, Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Project 

1983 Founded Udo Udoma & Co (now Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie)   

1981-3 Consultant, Nigerian Liquefied Nigerian Gas (LNG) Project 

1980-2 Associate, Chris Ogunbanjo & Co (Solicitors) 

1980 Investment Analyst, Chase Merchant Bank, Lagos 

1979-80 Lecturer in Law, University of Lagos

PUBLIC SERVICE APPOINTMENTS

2004-7 Chief Whip, Nigerian Senate 

2003-4 Chairman, Senate Committee on National Planning 

2001-3 Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee 

1999-2007 Member, Nigerian Senate 

1993-4 Special Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources 

QUALIFICATIONS 

1978 BL, Nigerian Law School

1977 BCL, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University 

1976 B.A (Jurisprudence), St. Catherine's College, Oxford University 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Inaugural member, Nigeria Economic Summit Group

Nigerian Bar Association

International Bar Association

EMAIL

udoma.udoma@uubo.org