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Franklyn is a Partner at M.J. Partnership; Solicitors. He oversees the Energy & Natural Resources unit of the firm which encompasses Oil, Gas, and Power. Franklyn has over three (3) decades of Legal practice experience in corporate/commercial law predominantly in the Oil and Gas Industry. A robust thinker and pragmatic business advisor, Franklyn has advised on the legal aspects of a broad range of corporate and commercial issues with particular emphasis on Oil and Gas, Mining, Power and Infrastructure, Licensing, Corporate Restructuring, Acquisition and Disposals, Foreign Investment/Joint Ventures, Investments, Regulatory Compliance, Financing, Fiscal and operational matters as they affect Natural Resources, Power and Transportation.

Franklyn focuses on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Issues in the Energy, and Infrastructure sectors and on the commercial and transactional matters arising in project development. Whilst at Okolocha, Ufuah & Co, Franklyn worked on a variety of energy, corporate and commercial transactions for both domestic and international clients including involvement in the negotiation of several Production Sharing Contracts (PSCS) between NNPC and some Local and International Oil Companies (IOCs).

Franklyn was part of the team of lawyers that advised the 4-Nation Ministerial Steering Committee on the 4400 km Trans -Sahara Gas pipeline project. Admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1989, Franklyn currently holds two (2) Degrees of Master of Laws in Petroleum Law and Policy (Merit) from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) and Commercial Law from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the Energy and Natural Resources and Construction Law Sections of the International Bar Association.

Franklyn is also a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (“AIPN”), Energy Institute, United Kingdom and the Nigerian Gas Association. 

Education
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State (1988)
Nigerian Law School (1989)
The University of Dundee, UK (LLM)
University of Lagos (LLM)

Areas of Practice
Energy & Natural Resources
Corporate & Commercial Practice

Memberships
Nigerian Bar Association
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
The Energy Institute, UK (EI)
Nigeria Gas Association (NGA)
International Bar Association