Ekemeabasi Essen, LL.M.
Research project:
Examining the Legal Ecosystem of Digital StartUps from Newness to Sustainability: A comparative study between the AU & EU
Vita
Undergraduate Law studies from 2008 – 2013 at Igbinedion University, Nigeria (LL.B.). Called to the Nigerian Bar in 2014, and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association. Postgraduate Law studies from 2019 – 2021 at Rivers State University (LL.M.).
From 2014 – 2015, worked as Associate Counsel at the Chambers of Milton Paul Ohwovoriole, SAN (Senior Advocate of Nigeria). From 2016 – 2018, worked as Legal/Compliance Officer at Universal Energy Resources. From 2018 – 2019, worked as Associate Counsel at Bailey Chambers. From 2019 – 2021, worked as Company Legal Secretary at M. R. Square Ltd.
Since December 2021, PhD-Candidate and DAAD-Scholarship holder at Humboldt University of Berlin, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Grundmann. Also currently a research fellow at the DFG-Graduate College “Dynamic Integration” (DynamInt).
Research Interests
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Law, Technology and Society
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Data Privacy and Security
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Cross-border conflict of Laws
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Sociology of Law
Publications