About

Attorney Owolabi M. Salis is a Brooklyn, New York-based, multi-award-winning CPA and attorney at law. He has over thirty years of practical experience in legal, accounting, financial, and general consulting. He is a sustaining New York State Bar Association member and managing partner of a Brooklyn-based general practice law firm.

As a political consultant, the lawyer and accountant frequently travel back and forth between the U.S. and Nigeria. Graduate of the University of Lagos and Nigeria's Ahmadu Bello University, he has a long list of prestigious professional memberships and associations.

Owolabi M. Salis is well-known for his charitable works and ongoing efforts to improve community service relationships. He founded the Niger Delta Peoples Development and frequently contributed to other critical philanthropic causes. He has many interests and hobbies outside his legal work, political consulting, and charitable work.

CURRENT ROLE & DUTIES

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Award-winning attorney he runs the world-renowned law firm Salis Law in New York City. 1992 saw the establishment of Salis Law, which moved to New York in 2002. The general practice law firm and its associates handle legal matters in several specialized law areas from their Brooklyn offices. These include private wealth management and personal management.

Confidential management from Salis Law protects clients' businesses and assets from judicial assaults on corporate and personal wealth. Salis Law safeguards its clients' financial, familial, and business confidence by managing it through detailed drafting, escrow management, structural development, and trust services.

Salis Law specializes in profit and extensive debt recovery, diversified democracy, emergency financing, estate administration, and settlement. Led by its practice manager and attorney at Law Salis, the global law firm provides worldwide solutions to businesses and individuals.

Academic History

Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

Attorney Owolabi M. Salis is a two-time graduate of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. Ahmadu Bello University is a federal government research university in Nigeria's Kaduna State. It is named after Sir Ahmadu Bello, the first premier of Northern Nigeria.

Founded in 1962, the university operates three main campuses, including its Kongo campus, where he studied. Ahmadu Bello University's Kongo campus hosts the institution's faculties of law and administration. The university is also home to one of Nigeria's largest teaching hospitals.

It is from Ahmadu Bello University that he holds his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in accounting.

University of Lagos, Nigeria

Owolabi M. Salis also studied at the University of Lagos. The University of Lagos is a public research university in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria's largest city sprawls inland from the Gulf of Guinea across the vast Lagos Lagoon.

The University of Lagos first opened its doors in 1962. Today, major education publications rank the University of Lagos among the top universities in the world. Salis received his Legum Baccalaureus in law from the Lagos-based university.

Associations & Memberships

Attorney at law Salis is a New York State Bar Association member and is regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, headquartered in Washington, D.C. The New York-based lawyer also holds certified public accountant status from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Operating between New York in the United States and Lagos, Nigeria, he maintains a recognized barrister at law status courtesy of Nigeria's Council of Legal Education. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria also accredits him. He earned the Nigerian chartered accountancy qualification from the institute, the ACA.

His other memberships and associations include an associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, an associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, and a member of the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce.

Professional Skills

As a multi-award-winning attorney at law and certified public accountant, Attorney Owolabi M. Salis's list of professional skills is as long as it is varied and impressive. Just some of his many professional skills and abilities include:

• Contract disputes

• Corporate services

• Drafting and lawsuits

• Global representation and connections

• Government Relations

• Immigration advisory and applications

• Independence and compliance services

• International litigation and arbitration

• Investment relations

• Large debt recovery

• Litigation against fraud

• Litigation against misrepresentation

• Private wealth advisory

• Private wealth management

• Real estate advisory

• Real estate sale and management

• Recovery of seized assets

• Revenue generation and cost-reduction

• Systems and procedure testing and critique

• Taxation advisory and preparation

• Taxation representation

• Trust management

Charitable Involvement

He proudly supports many charities, nonprofit organizations, and other good causes. A lifelong philanthropist, he is one of the names behind the Niger Delta Peoples Development, which has its offices in New York. Elsewhere, just some of the other charities, nonprofits, and further good causes backed by the attorney and accountant are:

• African Diaspora Network

• American Civil Liberties Union

• Amnesty International

• Equity Union

• Nigerian Boys Scout

• Retired and Old People's Foundation

• The University of Lagos Kegites Club

• United Nations

Owolabi Salis is the founder of Niger Delta Peoples Development. He established the New York-based Niger Delta Peoples Development in 2003. The organization focuses on fighting for the causes most important to Niger Delta people living in the United States. He has also completed extensive nationalist and multi-religious work on many Ethno-religious conflict issues.

A keen proponent of the significance of supporting community-focused initiatives, he is committed to advancing the interests of less privileged members of society in the U.S., Nigeria, and elsewhere worldwide. He has directly contributed vital funds toward medical, housing, and education costs for those needing help.

Awards

• Best Governorship Candidate for Peace

• Bond 92.9 FM Man of the People Award

• Distinguished Men of Achievement Award

• Lagos State Police Command Peace Award

• Recognition for Patriotic and Selfless Service to Nigeria

• University of Lagos Distinguished Alumnus

Personal Interests

Away from his legal work, political consulting, and charitable efforts, Attorney Owolabi M. Salis enjoys numerous hobbies and other interests. Among these interests is international travel. The attorney at law and certified public accountant have widely travelled to South and West Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. To date, he has visited more than 100 countries in total.