Awarded “Leading Lawyer in Banking, Energy, Oil & Gas, Project Finance, 2017” by IFLR 1000 (a global internationally recognized ranking agency)
Awarded the Women in Law Awards 2016 as the “Oil and Gas Lawyer of the Year, Nigeria” by Lawyer Monthly (a global internationally recognized online legal magazine)
Awarded “Oil and Gas Lawyer of the Year, Nigeria” by ACQ Global Awards, 2016 (a global internationally recognized ranking agency)
Awarded ‘Outstanding 7 of the 40 Under 40 of Nigeria’s Leading Lawyers’ by ESQ Legal Awards on 7th October, 2016 (an internationally recognized Nigerian ranking agency)
Nominated as Spoken Word Artist of the Year, 2016 Nigerian Writers Award; Ranked as a Rising Star by the IFLR 1000, Energy and Infrastructure (2015)
Ranked as a Rising Star by the IFLR 1000, Banking, Mergers/Acquisitions and Project Finance (2015)
Had a playground named in my honour in Port Harcourt. On 19th November, 2015 I went to officially launch the ‘Donna Obaseki‐Ogunnaike Children Playground ‘ at Yitzhak Rabin Interna onal School.
Nominated for the “Seasoned Professional Award” by Access Bank Plc’s “W Awards”‐ an ini a ve for Women, 2015.
Ranked as a Rising Star by the IFLR 1000, Energy and Infrastructure (2014)
Described as possessing “an excellent level of competence in oil and gas commercial law… top class”, IFLR 1000, Energy and Infrastructure (2014)
Currently the youngest recipient of the Yitzhak Rabin International Award for Excellence in Leadership, 2014.
Best female spoken word artiste (Nigeria), 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Recognized as one of 11 strong female poets by ONE.ORG in celebration of the National Poetry Month, April, 2014 amongst greats like Maya Angelou.
