Safiya Adenekan

Safiya Adenekan

Safiya Adenekan is a Legal Counsel at a leading financial institution and is based in Toronto. Her areas of expertise include Privacy, Contracts and Corporate Governance.

Adenekan earned her law degree from the University of Maiduguri, where she attended the Nigerian Law School, and was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 2003. She was admitted into the Law Society of Upper Canada (now Law Society of Ontario) in 2014.

Adenekan also holds the following certifications: Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), and The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA).

She is also a Diversity and Inclusion Advocate.

My licensing journey

Safiya Adenekan describes the challenges faced by internationally-trained lawyers in Canada