Steve is a Dispute Resolution lawyer and heads the Dispute Resolution team of Perchstone and Graeys LP. He also heads the Sports and Entertainment team of the firm. Steve obtained his LL. B (Hons) from University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2008. He was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2009. He is renowned by his colleagues and peers for the depth of his knowledge of the law and has, over the course of his career, demonstrated capacity in a string of notable cases.

Steve has been involved in some aspects of corporate and commercial dispute resolution in Nigeria, and has expertise in litigation involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, banking law, intra-company shareholder disputes, as well as insolvency and insurance litigation. Several of the matters in which he has been involved have come before the highest appellate courts in Nigeria, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Steve also has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial arbitration, both domestic and international.

Steve has also demonstrated commendable competence in Maritime litigation and has represented midstream energy companies in negotiating voyage and time charters, contracts of affreightment, sub-freight agreements, and the shipping terms of its crude oil sales agreements, as well as developing the company’s general terms and conditions for its marine terminals.

Throughout his rather eventful career, Steve has been opportune to develop competence in various specialized fields, including Arbitration, Corporate Practice, Maritime, Chieftaincy, Election Petition, and Intellectual Property. He has, however, recently made remarkable inroads into the sports and entertainment law practice.