Bio
Amushi is a tenacious litigator with multi-faced training, education and experience spanning banking, auditing, accounting and law. He graduated from University of Nigeria in 1997 and was called to the Nigeria bar in 1999. In 2011, he obtained a Master of Laws degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Amushi is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), member of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, an associate member of the Chartered Instituted of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and an associate member of the Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN). Prior to transitioning to legal practice, he had a sterling banking career in Standard Trust Bank (STB), United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Keystone Bank.
Amushi’s litigation experience cuts across high courts, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He regularly represents clients in courts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and across various states in Nigeria particularly in the South East, North Central and North West geopolitical zones. His specialties are banking and finance, land matters, insolvency and debt recovery, contractual disputes and licensing. He also regularly engages with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on behalf of his clients which includes banks, mining companies, educational institutions and governments. He recently represented a client to challenge the revocation of a mining licence over an area in one of the North Central states of Nigeria. Amushi also regularly represents his clients in arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
In addition to heading the firm’s dispute resolution practice, Amushi provides other specialist services including end to end legal services in the licensing of banks, financial technology companies, finance companies and Bureau De Change (BDC) operators. He also recently advised the borrower in a US$20 million loan transaction for the financing of oil field development and the acquirer of 17.56 percent interest in an upstream petroleum asset. He has negotiated several shareholders agreements and assisted several promoters in setting up legal structures for their Nigerian operations including providing country entry due diligence.