Ofie Consulting is built on a team that combines Nigerian regulatory depth, cross-border commercial experience, and specialist expertise in tax, immigration, and legal advisory — all oriented towards one type of client: international businesses entering and operating in Nigeria.
Paul Owokonu
Esq
Managing Partner
Paul Owokonu leads Ofie Consulting's client operations and market entry practice. With over four years as lead counsel for a diversified Nigerian holding company, he has built legal and compliance infrastructure from the ground up — structuring joint ventures with federal government agencies, drafting board governance frameworks, and managing regulatory licensing across multiple subsidiaries. His cross-border credentials extend across thirteen African countries and markets including the US, Mexico, and Guyana — giving him a commercial fluency in how international businesses navigate unfamiliar regulatory environments that few Nigerian advisors can match. He holds an LLB from the University of Calabar and a Barrister-at-Law licence from the Council of Legal Education.
Market Entry
Corporate Governance
Cross-Border Compliance
Joint Ventures
Paul Ebiala
LLM, PhD
Principal Advisor, Legal & Regulatory
Paul Ebiala brings together two decades of legal practice, academic scholarship, and institutional leadership to Ofie Consulting's advisory work. His practice centres on corporate legal advisory, regulatory compliance, and the Nigerian legal frameworks that most affect foreign-owned businesses — from CAMA 2020 governance requirements to intellectual property protection for manufacturers and technology companies. His published research on Nigerian intellectual property law and international legal frameworks is directly relevant to foreign investors in manufacturing, technology, and extractive industries.
Corporate Law
Regulatory Compliance
Intellectual Property
International Law
Zangeta Imong
Principal Advisor, Tax & Business Advisory
Zangeta Imong leads Ofie Consulting's tax and business advisory practice, bringing deep expertise in international tax policy, financial controls, and regulatory compliance for both Nigerian and multinational organisations. Her work sits at the intersection of finance and market entry — helping foreign businesses build compliant financial structures from the ground up, navigate NRS obligations, and align their tax positions with the realities of operating in Nigeria. She has led significant engagements in the energy sector and brings an entrepreneurial approach that goes beyond compliance to help clients build financial systems that actively support growth.
International Tax
Financial Controls
NRS Compliance
Energy Sector
Emmanuel Ekanem
Esq
Advisor, Immigration & Regulatory Compliance
Emmanuel Ekanem brings a broad commercial law practice to Ofie Consulting, with particular depth in corporate governance, tax, and commercial transactions across media, entertainment, technology, and finance. His core practice spans intellectual property, corporate advisory, dispute resolution, fintech, and venture capital — making him especially well-placed to support foreign businesses in Nigeria's fast-growing technology and digital economy sectors, where the regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly and the stakes of getting structure wrong are high.
Immigration
Fintech & Venture
Intellectual Property
Dispute Resolution
