Vincent is an assiduous, highly determined and astute lawyer; endowed with a creative mind and unique flexibility, which attributes, saw him rise from Trainee Associate to Partner in Aina Blankson LP. He then joined in the formation of Pentagon Partners Legal Practitioners, a quintessential legal practice with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, where he heads the Dispute Resolution team of the Firm.
VI, as he is fondly called by colleagues and friends, is a consummate practitioner with core expertise in effective dispute resolution practice. Although an avid litigator, he brings his litigation experience in Nigeria’s trial and appellate courts as well as his skills in mediation and arbitration into advising clients on various commercial transactions towards demystifying highly complex and knotty legal issues and has been a part of several landmark financing transactions. He has an uncanny aptitude for deciphering complex legal problems and proffering unique solutions to clients’ needs. His commercial expertise traverses business organization and reorganization, financial restructuring, capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, securities regulations, international franchising, transnational contracts negotiations and real estate developmental JVs. He is the Secretary of the Capital Market Solicitors Association. He sits on the Boards of several companies.
Vincent is also a seasoned arbitrator and an active member of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (Nigeria Branch). He is also a member of the Nigeria Bar Association, Centre For
Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) and the International Bar Association.