Claudius Sokenu is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Unisys, a global information technology services and consulting company.
In this role, Sokenu is responsible for legal and regulatory affairs, corporate secretary’s office, corporate development, and the ethics and compliance program.
Before Unisys, Sokenu served as Senior Vice President, Global Deputy General Counsel, and Chief of Staff to the General Counsel at Cognizant, a Fortune 200 information technology Company. Over the course of his career, he has also served in various leadership roles, including Deputy General Counsel, Global Head of Ethics and Compliance and Global Head of Litigation and Investigations at Andeavor.
Sokenu is widely recognized as a leading practitioner and has been ranked by the National Bar Association, Corporate Law Section, as Corporate Lawyer of the Year.
Sokenu earned an LL.M in securities and financial regulation from Georgetown University Law Center, where he has also taught classes as an adjunct professor; an LL.M in corporate and commercial law from the University of London’s London School of Economics and King’s College London; and an LL.B with Upper Class Honors from London South Bank University.
