Goke Adesiyun
Summary
Analytical Contract Analyst known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in contract negotiation, risk management, and compliance monitoring. Thrive using critical thinking to solve complex problems, active listening to understand stakeholder needs, and clear communication to articulate contract specifications and requirements. Excel in collaborative environments, adapting quickly to new challenges and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Analysts
ICON PLC
Houston, USA
05.2022 - 02.2025
- Coordinate, develop, and negotiate contracts and change orders for newly awarded projects.
- Solicit input and review of contracts and change orders from the relevant operational departments.
- Reviews, and negotiates legal language contained in MSA's, Letters of Intents, Start-up Agreements, and standalone contracts and the business impact of such language.
- Delivering commitments in a reliable, risk sensitive, agile and creative manner.
- Devises tools, materials and templates to simplify the internal customers’ interactions with the contracting process.
- Adapting working knowledge of laws and regulations relating to Government and Non Governmental Contracts.
- Strong business focus, solution and problem solving oriented, and ability to assess contractual topics in ways to improve contracts’ productivity.
Briefing Attorney
Thomas J Henry, Injury Attorneys
Corpus Christi, USA
02.2020 - 05.2022
- Drafts pleadings, discovery requests, motions to compel, special exceptions, motions and responses on cases assigned to group.
- Legal research and briefing, and prepares deposition book for senior litigation group.
- Prepares demands letters, clients’ update letters, and letters to opposing counsel.
- Locate/interview witnesses for group assigned cases.
- Negotiates settlement of high dollar amounts in personal injury cases with defendant(s) insurance companies through preparation of mediation power points, and demand letters.
- Prepares mediation presentation slides, and ensures trial readiness by preparing case checklists assigned to group.
Contract Review Associate
Special Counsel
Austin, USA
08.2019 - 01.2020
- Document review of a data breach case with Relativity, including data analysis and report of data on specialize spread sheets; documents reviewed includes Statement of work, Insurance policies, Bank Guarantees, RFI, RFP, RFQ, FCO, and various construction agreement.
- Discovery; made notations and comments on certain documents indicating privacy breach and concern to clients.
Senior Legal Associate
Grey & Grail Legal Practice
Lagos, Nigeria
01.2016 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: (Works remotely from the United States)
- Contract review, Contract Analysis, and Contract Management; distributorship agreements, Non-disclosure Agreement, service levels agreements, syndications, software licensing agreement and hire purchase agreements.
- Contract Advisory and negotiation for oil & gas multinationals in Sub Sahara Africa and Dubai; Prepared legal opinions, and terms of settlement for clients in the commercial, maritime and oil & gas sector.
- Represented a private construction entity as contractor in meeting up with the contract award requirements of its Employer on a road construction bid dealing with issues such as offer, acceptance, consideration, and was largely responsible for representing my client’s interest from the contract award stage to the actual execution of the contracts.
- Drafted and reviewed various commercial agreements such as tenancies, service levels, syndications, software licensing agreement and hire purchase agreements.
- Build relationships with project teams, sales, proposals, finance, project analysis, and management.
- Prior experience in the area of contract management / legal and commercial / contracts negotiation, on the side.
- Understands overall corporate resources and formulating contract management strategies to satisfy customer requirements.
- Identifying new business opportunities in the region’s sphere of operations, as well as in terms of growth of business with existing customers, driven by the promotion of integrated security solutions.
- Advised on compliance procedure for clients, including accepted business practices and professional standards.
- (Works remotely from the United States)
Legal Intern (Volunteer)
Lone Star Legal Aid
Clute, USA
02.2017 - 05.2017
- Provided support to attorneys in drafting wills, resolving probate related matters, writing opinion on property rights of clients, advising on landlord- tenant issues, and employment related problems.
- Assisted in administrative appeal cases; unemployment benefits, workman’s compensation, veterans’ benefits, disability benefits, food stamps, guardianship of minor, debt collection, health-related (Medicaid, Medicare), social security benefits, consumer and landlord/tenant issues.
Legal Officer/ Research Asst/ Law Librarian
Wayne State University
Detroit, USA
01.2015 - 12.2015
- Interviewed community clients and was engaged in various environmental law project execution within the Detroit area.
- Researched on various environmental law projects including but not limited to topical issues under the Environmental Protection Act, Clean Air Act, and Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act.
- Drafted Internal and external memos, legal opinion, and retainer agreements.
- Assisted law library patrons in locating useful library resources and referencing via phone and in person using the law library’s sophisticated research tools.
- Maintained records of items received, stored, issued, returned, and filed catalog cards.
- Reviewed, analyzed, categorized and reported patrons’ records on a weekly basis.
- Assisted in developing a dynamic set of resources through the school database.
- Assisted the LL.M Program Director in the compilation of Master of Law Alumni database.
- Maintained resources archives for both computer files and hard copy materials.
- Worked closely with faculty to set up educational research resources for specific projects.
Senior Associate
Prowess Legal
Lagos, NGR
02.2013 - 12.2014
- Reviewed complex commercial agreements, reviewed Franchising agreements for franchisor and franchisee clients, deeds of assignments, syndication agreements, and Charter Parties Agreements.
- Provided legal guidance, compliance, and support services to clients on the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry; as well as refineries and Chemical plants.
Litigation Associate
Akinwunmi & Busari Legal Practitioners
Lagos, NGR
10.2011 - 09.2012
- Performed company secretarial functions such as preparing minutes of meetings and statutory filings at the corporate affairs commission.
- Worked extensively on a major mergers and acquisitions projects and labor related document crafting in Africa and Europe.
- Prepared in chambers various court processes, written depositions, final written address, motion to quash, application for bail and supporting affidavits.
Legal Officer
Skye Bank Plc
Lagos, NGR
10.2009 - 09.2010
- Attended court on behalf of the bank, and followed up on garnishee proceeding matters on behalf of Skye Bank Plc.
- Reviewed agreements between Skye Bank Plc and service providers, such as service level agreements, employment agreements, and others; namely performance bonds, bid bonds, payment guarantees, debentures, and mortgage agreements.
- Performed functions of a Contract Manager; including processing legal documents relating to Contract Award letter issued to bank clients; preparing bid bonds, performance bonds and bank guarantees as part of the requirements for meeting Government and private contract requirements.
Education
Master of Law, LL.M (Honors) - U.S Law
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI05.2016
Master of Law, LL.M (Merit) - Maritime & Commercial Law
Swansea University
Swansea, U.K.12.2012
Nigerian Bar Qualifying Certificate - Procedural Law
Nigerian Law School
Lagos, Nigeria11.2009
Bachelor of Law, LL. B (Honors) - Equates J.D
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria06.2008
Skills
- Relativity
- My Case
- Clio
- Practice Manager
- ProDoc
- LexisNexis
- Westlaw
- Hein Online
- Bloomberg
- MS Office
- Data Entry
- Typing
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Research
- Analysis
- Bilingual (English, Yoruba)
- Self-starter
- Team Player
- Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Detail Oriented
- Critical Thinking
Affiliations
- National Contract Management Association (NCMA), Member
- Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Member
Publications
- Towards a statutory framework for modern English Personal Property Security Law, 2015, http://www.academia.edu
- Key legislative and practical issues engaged by fighting piracy; jurisdictional problems, rights of the accused and the use of private military contractor, 2014, http://www.academia.edu
- A critical evaluation of contemporary judicial attitudes to contractual prohibitions on assignment of debts under English Law, 2013, http://www.academia
Training Certificates
- Certified Commercial Contract Manager, CCCM, National Contract Management Association (NCMA), US & Canada, 2019
- Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners' Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN)
- Scrum Master Accredited Certification, International Scrum Institute
- The Young Lawyers Conference Certificate
- Certificate of Eligibility to practice under Michigan Court Rules 8.120, Wayne State University Law School Clinical Education
- University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) summer exchange program in Criminal Justice
Timeline
Contract Analysts
ICON PLC
05.2022 - 02.2025
Briefing Attorney
Thomas J Henry, Injury Attorneys
02.2020 - 05.2022
Contract Review Associate
Special Counsel
08.2019 - 01.2020
Legal Intern (Volunteer)
Lone Star Legal Aid
02.2017 - 05.2017
Senior Legal Associate
Grey & Grail Legal Practice
01.2016 - 07.2019
Legal Officer/ Research Asst/ Law Librarian
Wayne State University
01.2015 - 12.2015
Senior Associate
Prowess Legal
02.2013 - 12.2014
Litigation Associate
Akinwunmi & Busari Legal Practitioners
10.2011 - 09.2012
Legal Officer
Skye Bank Plc
10.2009 - 09.2010
Master of Law, LL.M (Honors) - U.S Law
Wayne State University
Master of Law, LL.M (Merit) - Maritime & Commercial Law
Swansea University
Nigerian Bar Qualifying Certificate - Procedural Law
Nigerian Law School
Bachelor of Law, LL. B (Honors) - Equates J.D
University of Ibadan