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The powerful friends of star oil lawyer NJ Ayuk

Published on 12.07.2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 7 minutes

NJ Ayuk in Dubai on 30 March 2023. © Ali Haider/EPA/MaxPPP

With 20 years' experience in legal counsel and lobbying for African governments keen to secure their countries' place on the oil map, Cameroonian NJ Ayuk, a thorn in the side of anti-fossil fuel civil society, now fancies his hand at investment.

Last December, the most well-connected lawyer in African oil, NJ Ayuk, handed over the reins of his Johannesburg-based law firm Centurion Law Group (now owned by Nigerian Zion Adeoye) to focus on his new venture at the head of an investment firm. The details of this new project have yet to be finalised, but one thing is certain: the funds for it will

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Inner Circle | Africa
The powerful friends of star oil lawyer NJ Ayuk