Anita-Salma Alegeh is a Senior Associate at the firm’s Lagos Office. She graduated with Honours from the University of Bristol in 2016 with a Bachelor of Laws Degree and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2017. She obtained a Master of Laws (Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights) from Leiden University (the Netherlands), where she graduated cum laude. She specialises in International Children’s Rights and Advocacy and is deeply involved in the Firm’s advocacy work through the Alegeh Law Foundation.
She has worked to ensure favourable outcomes for clients during Litigation against multinational companies, enabling them to recover damages and access justice. She is tasked with coordinating the Firm’s interns and externs, as well as ensuring that information and updates are shared with clients timeously. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, specifically the Family Law and Human Rights Committee and is also a member of the International Bar Association. She continues to work on policy surrounding Children’s Rights in a bid to raise awareness in society of the necessity for children to be empowered but also protected.
