The joint military exercise code named «African Winds» and spearheaded by the Nigerian Navy, is designed to improve the capacity of Nigeria's armed forces in its war
against oil theft and other criminal activities in the creeks and high seas.
Notable examples include acting for accountants in long - running litigation arising out of a failed tax avoidance scheme; acting for the developer and manufacturer of an offshore drilling system following an accident in operation; representing one of the Defendants in Novoship v Mikhaylyuk & Others, concerning allegations of bribery and secret profits; appearing in a substantial LCIA arbitration about the
theft of
oil stocks in East Africa;, successfully representing a broker in litigation
against a former client under a futures brokerage contract in Sucden v Fluxo - Cane [2010] 2 CLC 216; and The «Ekha» [2011] 1 All ER Comm 1077, long - running litigation in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal about an offshore drilling contract.