Kunbi Odubogun

Expertise

Kunbi is a New York-admitted business attorney and Partner at gunnercooke LLP, advising founders, creative professionals, and small-to-mid-sized businesses on the legal infrastructure behind growing and scaling a company. Her practice spans commercial contracts, intellectual property and trademark strategy, fractional general counsel services, and US business immigration.

On the corporate and commercial side, Kunbi handles the full lifecycle of business agreements — from formation documents, operating and shareholders’ agreements, and asset purchases, to vendor, licensing, talent, and influencer contracts. She works closely with clients in the creative industries, including events, fashion, media, hospitality, and design, where she is known for translating complex legal mechanics into commercially practical terms.

Her trademark and IP practice covers US federal trademark filings, office action responses, opposition strategy, and global brand protection planning, with a particular focus on creative and lifestyle brands building cross-border footprints.

Kunbi also represents individuals and sponsoring companies in US business immigration matters, including EB-1A and EB-1B petitions for individuals of extraordinary ability and outstanding researchers, EB-2 National Interest Waivers, O-1A petitions for individuals of extraordinary ability in business and the sciences, and H-1B specialty occupation petitions. She is frequently retained by founders, executives, and creative professionals relocating to or expanding into the United States, and by US employers sponsoring foreign talent.

A significant portion of her work is cross-border, spanning Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and she advises on the legal considerations that arise when businesses, intellectual property, and people move between those markets.