[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1625253651453{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2453″][vc_single_image image=”2281″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”`{`cl_highlight`}`NJ Ayuk`{`/cl_highlight`}`” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:27px|text_align:left” css=”.vc_custom_1625842769094{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Partner” font_container=”tag:h6|font_size:16px|text_align:left” css=”.vc_custom_1625842776917{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” accent_color=”#d2ae6d”][vc_wp_text]NJ Ayuk is founder and CEO of Pan-African corporate law conglomerate, Centurion Law Group; Founder and Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber; and author of Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals and co-author of Big Barrels: African Oil and Gas and the Quest for Prosperity. He is recognized as one of the foremost figures in African business today.[/vc_wp_text][vc_wp_text]A Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum, one of Forbes’ Top 10 Most Influential Men in Africa in 2015, and a well-known dealmaker in the petroleum and power sectors, NJ is dedicating his career to helping entrepreneurs find success and to building the careers of young African lawyers.[/vc_wp_text][vc_wp_text]NJ strives through his work to ensure that business, and especially oil and gas, impacts African societies in a positive way and drives local content development.[/vc_wp_text][vc_wp_text]NJ graduated from the University of Maryland College Park and earned a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology[/vc_wp_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”63px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]