Chinelo is the Managing Partner and a Founding Partner at Templex & Kim LP. She is a graduate of law from Obafemi Awolowo University, where she ranked 3rd in her graduating class and was the highest-ranking female student of her set, and the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus.

She is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a core practice focus on governance, compliance, transactional advisory, and startup and business structuring. Her work spans advisory support to individuals and businesses across Nigeria and the diaspora, particularly in relation to business formation, commercial contracts, company secretarial advisory, data protection and privacy, intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, tax advisory, and arbitration. She also handles personal legal matters including family and probate law and immigration law. Across these engagements, her practice is anchored on structured legal reasoning, careful transactional design, risk-sensitive advisory judgment, and commercially grounded legal analysis, with a focus on delivering commercially effective, sustainable outcomes for clients.

Beyond law, Chinelo delights in sudoku and scrabble, swims occasionally, and is a budding chess enthusiast. She takes pleasure in robust intellectual discussions and has a strong preference for classical music and reading.