Justice Sam Rugege

MEET ONE OF OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE SPEAKER, JUSTICE SAM RUGEGE.

Justice Sam Rugege retired in December 2019 after 8 years as Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Rwanda. Before that, he served as Deputy Chief Justice for another 8 years. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws at Makerere University in Uganda, Lan LM at Yale Law School, and a D.Phil. at the University of Oxford. He started his legal career as a lecturer in law at Makerere before being forced to flee the terror of the Idi Amin regime in 1976. He then taught at the National University of Lesotho and the University of Swaziland. Before being appointed to the bench, Rugege was a professor of law at the University of the Western Cape, in South Africa.

As Chief Justice, Justice Rugege was responsible for the proper functioning of the Judiciary, developing judicial policy, and presiding over the Supreme Court hearings. He oversaw reforms encompassing the use of court technologies, continuing legal education, and specialization training for judges. Under his watch access to justice was enhanced through constitutional challenges, public interest litigation, and promotion of court-connected mediation and other forms of ADR.

For 10 years, Justice Rugege was also the Principal Judge of the First Instance Division of the Court of Justice of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), an adhoc Court dealing with commercial disputes arising in the Common Market.

Justice Rugege was elected Honorary Fellow of St. Peter’s College, Oxford “in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of law”. He was honored by the East African Law Society “in recognition of distinguished service to the legal profession”, by the Rwanda Bar Association for “outstanding contribution to the development of the Legal Profession and the Justice Sector in Rwanda” and by the Kigali International Arbitration Centre for “contribution and dedication to the promotion of ADR”.

Justice Rugege is an accredited mediator, and Chairperson of the Court Annexed Mediation Committee of the Judiciary and is a Member of CIArb (UK). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Weinstein International Foundation, which focuses on training and promotion of mediation around the world.


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Liborous Oshoma Esq.

Liborous Oshoma Esq, or Liborous, as he is fondly called, is a leading public interest/human rights lawyer, who has also handled many mediation and arbitration related matters, legal commentator cum advocate for good governance, policy analyst, essayist and the current Vice Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of the African Bar Association. He has written several articles on law, human rights, democracy and development-related issues in various print media and is currently a regular contributor on the very famous television program The Advocate. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, a Doctoral Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management and a Fellow of the Prestigious African Institute of Public Administration.

Claude Mentenon

Claude Mentenon is the President of the Côte d’Ivoire Bar, President of the conference of Bars in the UEMOA zone and managing partner of Mentenon law firm based in Côte d’Ivoire.
He is a registered arbitrator at the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA-OHADA) and the Cour d’Arbitrage de la Côte d’Ivoire (CACI) where he often sits as president and co-arbitrator.
He is equally a member of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA).

Dr. Erimma Orie Gloria

Dr Gloria Erimma Orie is former Head of Department, Private and Property Law of the Faculty of Law, National Open University of Nigeria. She is a qualified Mediator (ODR-EUROPE certified) and a member of Nigerian Maritime Law Association, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Law and Society Association, World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN-WCEL), the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) and the Academic Committee of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE). Dr Orie is a pioneer Associate Fellow of the Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies (CEMGS) and also a Research Fellow in the Directorate of Research Administration of her University, a Fellow of the Ife Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), University of Ife, Nigeria, and an Associate Editor of International Journal of Climate Change Strategies And Management.
Dr. Orie has attended several local and international workshops/conferences, including the annual UN Meeting of Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change. She has researched extensively in the area of climate change and renewable energy and has several 25 peer-reviewed articles to her credit among others

Professor Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, FCArb

MEET OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE CHIEF HOST, PROFESSOR FABIAN IKENNA AJOGWU, SAN, FCArb, OFR.

Professor Fabian Ikenna Ajogwu is the Current President and also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb).

Professor Fabian is also a Senior Partner at Kenna Partners Law Firm. He is Nigeria's first Professor of Corporate Governance and holds a full professorship with the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, where he has taught continuously since 2000.

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Dr. Olisa Agbakoba

Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, FCArb is the Senior Partner and Head of the Arbitration and ADR practice group in Olisa Agbakoba Legal. He is an alumnus of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is one of Nigeria’s leading experts in Arbitration and has presided over several complex arbitration. He is the brain behind the first Law Firm Annexed Arbitration/ Mediation Centre in Lagos (Nigeria), the Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) Arbitration & Mediation Centre. He has showcased his brilliance as a Counsel and an Arbitrator in major National and Cross border disputes relating to Aviation (Airport Terminal Concessions) Vessel Charter, Maritime Collision, Oil wells and Rigs, Telecommunications, Housing Development and Construction respectively.
Dr. Agbakoba was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (2006-2008), Fellow and former Vice President, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Legal Adviser, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) and a life member of the Body of Benchers. He is a member of the African Arbitration Association (AfAA), member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and listed as an Arbitrator at the Lagos Court of Arbitration

Deborah Aba Aikins

Deborah Aba Aikins is a Diplomat, solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Ghana and a member of the Ghana Bar Association. She is currently the First Secretary and Legal Advisor of Ghana’s Permanent Mission to The United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna. As part of her work, she negotiates on behalf of the Republic of Ghana at various UN Agencies including United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She is also the commercial officer for Ghana-Austria bilateral relations, trade, investment and Economic cooperation. She proffers advise and makes recommendations on various policy and international law issues for the consideration of Government, drafted and reviewed several contracts and represents the Republic at other national and international platforms. Ms. Aikins is the Vice-President of the 56th UNCITRAL Commission.

Dr. Mamadou Kone

Dr. Mamadou Kone is the Secretary general of the CCJA-OHADA arbitration center since October 1 2023. Before accessing these functions, he worked at the same court as a lawyer from 2019 to 2023. He holds a doctorate in law form the University of Bordeaux (France). Before joining the CCJA-OHADA, he was a teacher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Abidjan Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Mr. Mamadou KONE also has extended experience in legal consulting and has publications, works and teachings on commercial law, corporate law, labor law and the law of contracts.

Takashi Takashima

Takashi Takashima is the Legal Officer at the International Trade Law Division (ITLD) of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, which functions as the substantive secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). He manages UNCITRAL’s project on the stocktaking of dispute resolution in the digital economy (DRDE) and assists in servicing UNCITRAL Working Group II on dispute settlement. From April 2018 to September 2022, he was Senior Attorney with the Japanese Ministry of Justice. He started his career as a Judge of the Tokyo District Court in 2003 and has experience serving as Judge of various courts in Japan for 12 years. From 2009 to 2011, he was the second secretary of Japan's Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

Professor Ike Ehiribe FCIArb, C.Arb. QDR

High Chief (Professor Ike Ehiribe) FCIArb, C.Arb. QDR, is a Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Expert Determiner and Accredited Mediator practicing from 7 Stones Commercial & IP Chambers in London and the firm of Ike Ehiribe & Co. in Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 and the Bar of England & Wales by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1996.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, Accredited Mediator of the Academy of Experts in Gray’s Inn, CEDR Mediator in Investor-State Disputes, Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution based in Kuala Lumpur., officer of the African Users Council of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) from 2013 - 2019.

Thomas R. Snider

MEET ONE OF OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE SPEAKERS, THOMAS R. SNIDER.

Thomas R. Snider is a Partner and the Head of International Arbitration at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP based in the firm’s Dubai office. He is experienced in international commercial arbitration, international investment disputes, state-to-state arbitration, and foreign sovereign immunity issues.

Tom is recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration and is ranked for dispute resolution in Chambers United Arab Emirates. Tom was also named to the Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist–Middle East Region in 2022 and 2023. In the Legal 500 United Arab Emirates (2020), he was described as having “cross-examination skills [that] are excellent. He listens hard, is polite to witnesses, and yet wields an iron fist beneath his velvet glove.”

Among other roles, Tom is a member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and the Arbitration Committee of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA). Prior to relocating to Dubai, Tom was a professorial lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School.

From 2001 to 2009, Tom was a member of the legal team representing the Ethiopian Government before the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, an international arbitral tribunal that adjudicated claims for loss, damage, and injury arising during an international armed conflict. In this context, he worked as a resident attorney in Addis Ababa for three years.

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Melissa Kinzler

Melissa Kinzler is a distinguished American practitioner of Dispute Resolution. Ms. Kinzler has garnered acclaim in recent years as a lead mediator with OCHS in California Superior Court and Lead Mediator with Trusted Mediators International in US Federal Court.
Ms Kinzler is also an international peacebuilder in developing mediation programs for a project by Weinstein Int’l Foundation serving refuges in Kenya. Ms Kinzler also acts as an ACE Hearing Officer in Los Angeles. She is currently studying Arbitration trends and ADR Ethics in The United States.
Ms. Kinzler holds certificates from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School in Mediation and Conflict Resolution as well as Int’l Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. Ms Kinzler has an MA in Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, and Peacebuilding in progress at California State University and a BA in Psychology from Cal Poly Humboldt.

Mary Walker OAM

MEET ONE OF OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE SPEAKERS, MARY WALKER, OAM.

Mary Walker, OAM has been at the forefront of ADR in Australia for the last 33 years. During this period, as a member of an independent Bar, Mary has arbitrated, mediated, facilitated, and negotiated across jurisdictions and substantive legal areas.

Mary is an internationally recognized ADR practitioner and was Co-Chair of the International Bar Association Mediation Committee (2020- 2021) and Co-Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee Advisory Board (2022-2023). Mary is Chair of the Law Council of Australia International Law Section, Co-Chair of the International Dispute Resolution Committee, and Chair of the Federal Dispute Resolution Section ADR Committee.

She has been a member of many task forces on mediation and ADR including as a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Task Force on ADR and Arbitration (2020-2022 Paris) and committees such as the Supreme Court of NSW ADR Committee. She was sponsored by Harvard University to teach with Professor Frank Sander in 1995. Mary is a multi-award-winning mediator and was awarded the Inaugural Australian Mediator of the Year Award in 2016 by the Australian Disputes Centre, again awarded Mediator of the Year in 2017 and 2018, and was also awarded International Mediator of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Mary was inducted into the Australian ADR Awards Hall of Fame as its Inaugural member in 2019 (once inducted
into the Australian ADR Awards Hall of Fame, you are no longer eligible to be nominated for future ADR Awards, see here).

Mary is noted in the Inaugural Doyle’s Mediator List as a Leading Mediator in 2018 and subsequently in 2019-2023. She has mediated over 8,000 matters. Mary is a Fellow of the Australian Dispute Resolution Association (ADRA), awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Dispute Resolution in 2017 and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) “For Service to the Law “in 2021 by the Australian Government.


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Riyad Fakhri

Riyad FAKHRI, Director of the Business Law Research Laboratory, Hassan I University of Settat, Kingdom of Morocco. He was the Former vice-president of the university and Coordinator of the Masters in Business and Law at Hassan 1st University of Settat. He is the Vice President of the Association of Professors of Environmental Law in Universities in the Middle East and North Africa ASSELLMU, Practicing arbitrator and mediator, accredited to Moroccan courts and national and international centers. He is a Visiting professor in several Moroccan, Omani, French, Spanish and Chinese universities, a seasoned Lawyer at the Settat Bar, Kingdom of Morocco. He was Former legal advisor to the office of the Minister of Health of the Sultanate of Oman
Author of several researches and studies in the field of environmental law, arbitration and mediation, published in peer-reviewed scientific and professional books and journals.

Laura Alakija

Laura Alakija is an Independent Arbitrator and ADR expert with over 17 years of post-call experience. She has acted in several domestic and international arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Lagos Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (RCICAL), the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Laura is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an Accredited Mediator and a certified Online Dispute Resolution expert. She is a member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Shanghai Arbitrators Commission; Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. She is an active member of the Nigerian Bar and the international arbitration community, currently serving as Programs and External Affairs Lead, Office of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Member of ICC Africa Commission; Member of the Advisory Board of the Lagos Court of Arbitration Young Arbitrators’ Network (LCA YAN) among other positions and memberships. She served as the ICC YAF Representative for Africa from 2019 to 2021.

Emmanuel Dike

Emmanuel Dike is the principal partner of Jasmine Advocates. He is a Lawyer, an arbitrator and an alternative dispute resolution practitioner, including being trained in dispute adjudication boards and construction claims in FIDIC contracts. He is the Secretary-General of the Society of Construction Industry Arbitrators, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Society of Construction Law Nigeria and an alumnus of the Lalive/UNITAR (Geneva) course on investment arbitration/investor-treaty arbitration. He was formerly the General Counsel at the Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Lagos.
Emmanuel also attended several diplomatic meetings at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (Arbitration and Conciliation Working Group); which regularly drafts and updates UNCITRAL model laws on international commercial arbitration and UNCITRAL model arbitration rules in Vienna, and the Annual Sessions of the Asian- African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) on Arbitration Centres in many countries.

Natalia Petrik

Natalia Petrik is the SCC Deputy Secretary General and head of business development. She began her arbitration career as an associate at prominent Swedish law firms, gaining experience as a legal counsel and subsequently assuming the role of Deputy Secretary General at the SCC Arbitration Institute. Natalia leads the organizing committee for the SCC/SAA Diploma Course, a prestigious program designed for international arbitrators. She also represents the SCC in both UNCITRAL WGII and WGIII, is a Council member of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutes (IFCAI), member of the Solidarity in Arbitration and Mediation Board, as well as of Stockholm International Hearing Center Advisory Board.

Kwadwo Sarkodie

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Kwadwo Sarkodie is a partner in the International Arbitration group of the London office. He has wide-ranging international experience, having advised in relation to projects and disputes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, India, Russia, and the Middle East. He regularly advises in relation to international arbitrations, including under the ICC, UNCITRAL, and LCIA rules. Kwadwo has written extensively regarding dispute resolution and arbitration in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition, Kwadwo has a well-developed practice in the construction and engineering field. He regularly advises employers, insurers, contractors, subcontractors, and consultants in relation to disputes under a variety of forms of construction contract (both standard form and bespoke). He has extensive experience with regard to litigation, mediation, and adjudication.
Kwadwo is a member of the LCIA African Users' Council, the African Arbitration Association, and the International Bar Association, and has spoken at numerous conferences in Europe and Africa on international arbitration and investment disputes.

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Professor Oludayo Amokaye, SAN

Professor Oludayo Amokaye is specialised in Property and Environmental Law and Secured Credit Transactions. He has written over 50 papers in peer review journals locally and internationally and has also delivered over 40 papers at local and international conferences and symposia. He has also authored leading textbooks in the areas of his specialisation among which are Environmental Law and Practice Law in Nigeria, Planning and Compulsory Acquisition Law and Practice in Nigeria and Land Use in 21st Century” which he co-edited with Dr. Akintunde Otubu
Professor Oludayo Amokaye has served the University in several capacities. He was thrice elected as the Sub-Dean of Law, a Member of Admission Committee, and Head of the Department, Department of Private and Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka. He has also served the Senate’s Committees and one time Senate’s Representative at the Centre for Energy Conservation, Staff Housing Committee. A former UN Fellow on Climate Change and International Union for Conservation of Nature Scholar.

Balkissa Alfa Hasssan Sido-Kabo

Balkissou Alfa Hassan Sido-Kabo holds a magistrature degree (the equivalent of a postgraduate degree specialised in law) and has specialised in trade law, international trade law and competition law since 2011, during which she was seconded to serve as Director of Legislation at the Ministry of Trade and Promotion of the Private Sector from 2011 to 2016. During her time at the Ministry of Trade, she was a member of several committees and commissions dealing with trade and trade negotiations.
Since May 2020, she has been seconded to the AfCFTA Secretariat as Legal Expert and then Acting Head of the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Division since March 2022 to contribute to the implementation of the Agreement. She is responsible for implementing the AfCFTA dispute settlement mechanism, which is now operational with a functioning Dispute Settlement Body, an Appellate Body that is also functional following the successful selection of 5 of its 7 members and an Indicative List of Panels.

Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, FCArb

Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, FCArb is an experienced and accomplished lawyer with nearly four decades of active legal practice. He is the Chairman Board of Partners at one of Nigeria's top-end law firms with a strong background in Litigation and ADR. He is also very strong in advisory, policy formulation, and parliamentary consultancy. Chief has been involved as counsel to the Nigerian Government in the largest Arbitration claims by a private firm (P&ID). He has also represented Claimants in International Arbitration including claims over the Mambilla Power Project and recently acted for a private firm in a successful multimillion-dollar claim against a State Government in Nigeria.
Chief Ayorinde is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria since (2005), Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, former Chairman Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, former Pro-Chancellor, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, and Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since 2014. He is currently a Special Counsel to the Governor of Oyo State of Nigeria, an honorary and advisory position.

Dr. Martial Akakpo

Dr. Martial Akakpo, was recently ranked among the most influential business lawyers by the Jeune Afrique magazine, Dr. Martial AKAKPO is the head of Martial AKAKPO & associés, a law firm founded a few years earlier by his father, Charles AKAKPO, after a rich career as a teacher and magistrate.
Specialised in International business litigation in particular, with a focus on corporate financing and capital markets, he assists his clients on the new OHADA markets. The law expert helps Togolese firms regarding financings provided by international institutions such as Proparco, the IFC, or the AfDB. Doctor of Law, Martial AKAKPO also holds an Executive Master’s in corporate finance and capital markets from SciencesPo Paris and a university degree in international business litigation. He is also a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

Collin Rule

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Colin Rule is CEO of Mediate.com and Arbitrate.com. In 2011 Colin co-founded Modria.com, an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) provider based in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2017. From 2017 to 2020 Colin served as Vice-President of ODR at Tyler. From 2003 to 2011 Colin was Director of ODR for eBay and PayPal. Colin is the author of Online Dispute Resolution for Business and co-author of The New Handshake: ODR and the Future of Consumer Protection. He is currently Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution at UMass-Amherst and a Fellow at the Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School.

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Chinenye U. Onyemaizu, LLM, MCIArb

Chinenye U. Onyemaizu, LLM, MCIArb is a Managing Partner at Lex Luminar, a boutique legal advisory and consulting firm in Abuja, Nigeria. Recognized for her expertise in arbitration, mediation and transaction advisory.
She has served as counsel and arbitrator in arbitral proceedings under the rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and serves as Mediator at the Court of Appeal ADR Center Abuja.
An empanelled Neutral of Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Lagos (RCICAL), Federal High Court Dispute Resolution Centre Abuja, Uwais Dispute Resolution Centre Abuja (formerly Abuja Multi-door Court House), Mediator with the Court of Appeal ADR Center Abuja.

Dr. Karel Osiris Dogue

Dr. Karel Osiris Dogue is an international legal practitioner with expertise in International business contracts with a focus on long-term contracts. He is a prominent figure in the OHADA legal environment; he is a Trainer in OHADA Law certified by the Regional High School of Magistrature (ERSUMA) of OHADA. He has vast experience in OHADA arbitration system, with years of Academic and Research experience in International arbitration and other ADR.
Dr. Kogue also has under his belt many years of professional experience in Canadian Federal labour relations and Quebec Provincial Labour law, as well as some significant experience in Corporate social responsibility in Canada with Lawyers without Borders Canada.

Prof. Edwin Obimma Ezike

Professor Edwin Ezike, FCArb, studied and researched arbitration and ADR for Master’s degree at the University of Nigeria, 1991 – 1997. He teaches Law of Arbitration in the same University from 2000 till date and has published many articles on arbitration.
He also teaches Law of Contract from 1991 till date. He is the author of Nigerian Contract Law (LexisNexis 2015). Professor Ezike has authored more than forty scholarly publications in international and national journals. He has at various times been Head of the Department of Public and Private Law. His teaching of Arbitration for many years has motivated him to always opt for ADR especially Arbitration in settling commercial disputes.

HRM King Alfred Papapereye Diette-Spiff, CFR FCArb,

HIM Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III

His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III in his training attended the Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus, and was called to the Nigerian Bar as Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He was educated at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, where he bagged Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B Hons) and Master of Public Administration Degree (MPA). He equally attended the then Ondo State University, Ado Ekiti, now Ekiti State University, where he bagged Bachelor of Arts Degree (B. A. Hons) in Religious Studies.
Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III since his appointment as Administrative Officer by the Ondo State Government in year 2001 has served in the management of various Ministries, Departments, Agencies of Government where he functioned. He contributed not only to the proper management of the various MDAs

HR Engr. Otis Anyaeji, FNSE, FAEng, ktsGG

His Royal Highness, Engr. Anyaeji has over 40 years of experience in multiple engineering sectors including Electric Power, Automobiles, Steel, and Oil & Gas. He is the Chief Executive of O.T OTIS Engineering, a firm he founded in 1987. Before founding O.T OTIS ENGINEERING, Anyaeji worked in various engineering and management roles for Peugeot, the Nigerian Airports Authority, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).
Engr. Anyaeji served as the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) president from 2016-2017. He was elected the Vice president of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in 2015. Engr. Anyaeji also served as the President of the West African Federation of Engineeering Organisations (WAFEO) from 2017 to 2020 and as chairman of several institutes, including the Institute of Appraisers & Cost Engineers, the Automotive Engineers Institute, and the Electric Power Foundation. HRH Anyaeji has significant public sector service experience, being instrumental to the establishment of the Center for Automotive Design and Development (CADD) and several other institutions.

HRH Olusegun Aderemi

His Royal Highness (Dr) Amb, Olusegun Aderim JP, FICMC, CMC, MCArb is a great achiever, Philanthropist, caring father, loving and doting husband, an astute builder & motivator, an employer of labour, a devout Christian and a lover of his people.
In 1996, He ventured in Business by establishing Segmat Springs Ltd, Segmat System & Secretariat Institute and Automatic Fit and Energy Ltd, an auto care company that provides auto express services at Lube Bay across the nation in partnership with Total PLC. It has franchise with Super Tracker – UK, Fasep – Italy, GUD Holding South Africa. He also established O-SEMILORE INVESTMENT LTD, Autofit Spare Parts Ltd and FIXIT and Go Ltd, which deals in auto care on the go.
He is a member of many national and International societies and Groups which includes but not limited to Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria, the Governing Council member LBS (Alumni Association) Nigeria, and Regional President of OSH Association UK. In 2019, he received the House of Common (UK) recognition award and also the ECOWAS Youth Council (EYC) Leadership Award.

Professor Ike Ehiribe FCIArb, C.Arb. QDR

High Chief (Professor Ike Ehiribe) FCIArb, C.Arb. QDR, is a Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Expert Determiner and Accredited Mediator practicing from 7 Stones Commercial & IP Chambers in London and the firm of Ike Ehiribe & Co. in Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 and the Bar of England & Wales by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1996.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, Accredited Mediator of the Academy of Experts in Gray’s Inn, CEDR Mediator in Investor-State Disputes, Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution based in Kuala Lumpur., officer of the African Users Council of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) from 2013 - 2019.

Habibatou Toure

Habibatou specialises in International Business Law and African Law relating to investments. She is an attorney at law at the Paris Bar for more than 25 years and is MCIARB. She practised in United States, France and in Senegal. Habibatou is involved in projects financing, international contracts, banking and financing laws of West African Economic and Monetary Union States members (UEMOA), corporate law, securities and OHADA legislation. She joined a leading international law firm and was based in the Projects Group, where she gained substantial experience relating to energy, mining and oil and gas fields, international contracts in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania and various African countries. She currently has her own practice in Senegal, including commercial dispute (mediation or arbitration) and the one related to State contracts (projects natural resources (mining, oil and gas, energy). She is a MCIARB, panel member in ICC, KIAC, OHADA Arbitration Court and dispute boards. She is fluent in French and English.

OLADIMEJI OJO

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Oladimeji Ojo is a Legal Counsel with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the World Bank and is responsible for the procedural and financial management of treaty-based disputes. He was previously a Senior Associate (Litigation and Arbitration) with Aluko & Oyebode in Lagos, Nigeria, and a Visiting Lawyer with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York(2019 – 2020). In these roles, he has acted as counsel in proceedings before Tribunals and the Nigerian federal and appeal courts in commercial and investment disputes across a range of industries. Mr. Ojo obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Lagos in 2011; and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Aberdeen in 2015 and is a member of the Nigerian Bar.

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Francis Ohiwere Oleghe

Francis Ohiwere Oleghe is the Senior Counsel at F. O. Oleghe Law Firm in Lagos, Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990 received his LL.M. degree from the Lagos State University in 2008, and is currently undergoing a PhD degree at Babcock University, Nigeria, His latest article (co-authored) was indexed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in 2023 as relevant to its work. He is actively involved in research in the field of ADR and has authored and co-authored over 30 academic articles published locally and internationally.
Francis has served as arbitrator and counsel in arbitration matters and Company Secretary to several companies in Nigeria. He is currently a Member of UNCITRAL Working Groups II and III. He was an Observer at the just concluded UNCITRAL 56th Commission Session in Vienna, Austria, an accredited Mediator at the Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse, a Member of the Austrian Arbitration Association, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.

Prof. Momodu Kassim-Momodu

Professor Momodu Kassim Momodu was a Senior Lecturer Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Lagos, Lagos Nigeria, before moving to Gulf Oil Company Nigeria Limited (now Chevron Nigeria Limited). He worked for the company in Nigeria, United States of America, and the United Kingdom for twenty years before re-joining the law firm he established in 1984. In academic research and practice, he has sustained his interest in Oil and Gas Law, Extradition Law, Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, public International Law, Arbitration, Mediation, Organizational Development, Human Resource Planning and Performance Management.
A Distinguished Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators. He has published articles and book chapters in Nigeria, United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Switzerland on topics in Oil and Gas Law, Public International Law, Extradition Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Arbitration, Land Use, Technology Development and Transfer of Technology, Human Resources Management and the Electoral Process in Nigeria.

Hon. Justice Esther Y. B. Lolo

Hon. Justice Esther Y. B. Lolo, (Rtd) FCArb , MICMC , MIDR is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984. She practised in a private law firm before joining the Kaduna State Ministry of Justice as a state counsel in 1994. She was an active member of FIDA, and served as President and Deputy Country Vice President. She is a human rights activist and advocate of Women's and Children's Rights.
Jus Lolo was elevated to the High Court of Justice of Kaduna state in 1999. She was the ADR Judge during the annual settlement week organised by the NICArb Kaduna State branch in collaboration with the Kaduna Multi-door Courthouse. Justice Lolo retired from Kaduna State Judiciary in April this year but is still actively involved with ADR Advocacy. She is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Member of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, and a Member of the Institute of Dispute Resolution (UK).

Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni

Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni is a Cameroonian Magistrate, currently the Director of Legislation at the Ministry of Justice in Cameroon; he obtained a Doctorate of International Economic Law at the University of Paris I (Pantheon Sorbonne) in 2005, a Certificate on trade, negotiations and settlement of trade disputes at the Kennedy School of Government –Harvard University (USA) in 2004 and a Habilitation to Direct Researches at the University of Pau in France. He is the Editor of the “Revue Camerounaise de l’Arbitrage”, the President of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA),
He is registered on the list of arbitrators and conciliators at the ICSID, at the OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration and a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI acts as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and President of arbitral tribunals in CRCICA, ICC, ICSID, CACI, CEPAM, OHADA, and ad hoc arbitration, Member of the Board of Directors of the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), the International Federation of Arbitration Centers and Associations (IFCAI), and a former Chair of the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). He has also served as the President of the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission of the International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and Vice-President of the 60th Session of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO)

Joe Tirado

Joe Tirado is a partner in the International Arbitration and ADR Group at Garrigues. He is a highly experienced and globally recognized as a ranked individual for international arbitration and ADR. Joe has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience and has handled hundreds of cases across a broad range of industry sectors as counsel, arbitrator, mediator, ICSID conciliator and expert determiner in more than 65 jurisdictions.
Joe has represented sovereign governments, multi-national corporations and high net worth individuals. He has handled high value cases in a number of sectors and industries. Joe has conducted and advised on international commercial and investment arbitration under all the major international arbitration rules before the leading international arbitration institutions as well as “pure” ad hoc and UNCITRAL arbitration. He has also conducted and advised on a number of mediations and other alternative dispute resolution processes.

Mr. Charles Nwabulu

Charles Nwabulu is a Partner in Kenna Partners who specialises in commercial litigation, dispute prevention and resolution. Mr Nwabulu’s practice covers blue chip corporations in banking, investments and financial services, oil and gas, infrastructure, and property development, as well as regulators in several industries. With extensive experience of the Nigerian court system at all levels, he advises Clients on a wide range of areas including dispute resolution, energy and natural resources, maritime, business ethics, environmental law, intellectual property, insolvency, tax, corporate law and governance. His recent cases have bordered on mediation and arbitration of complex commercial disputes.
Charles Nwabulu has undertaken some teaching engagements. He is on the Editorial Boards of both the Journal of Commercial and the Journal of Corporate Governance.

Professor Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, FCArb

MEET OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE CHIEF HOST, PROFESSOR FABIAN IKENNA AJOGWU, SAN, FCArb, OFR.

Professor Fabian Ikenna Ajogwu is the Current President and also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb).

Professor Fabian is also a Senior Partner at Kenna Partners Law Firm. He is Nigeria's first Professor of Corporate Governance and holds a full professorship with the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, where he has taught continuously since 2000.

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Sopi Patricia KAKOU

MEET ONE OF OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE SPEAKER, SOPI PATRICIA KAKOU.

Sopi Patricia KAKOU, is a Barrister (Avocat à la Cour), Founder of AHEAD, a Pan-African law practice based in Douala (Central Africa hub), and Maître KAKOU Cabinet d’Avocats based in Abidjan (West Africa hub), dedicated to international companies, in particular those active in the energy sector. Sopi Patricia has developed expertise in OHADA law and in the local law of OHADA member countries, mainly in the field of energy and investments.

For more than a decade, Sopi Patricia acts as legal counsel for major international groups in the field of energy, particularly renewable energy. She also acts as counsel in arbitration and is active in the field of alternative dispute resolution methods.

She mentors young professionals and is always keen to give advice to those starting in the field. She holds a Master II degree in Business Law and a Master II degree in Political Science from
University of Paris X Nanterre, France. She also holds a Certificate of studies from New York University, USA, and a Certificate of studies from Skidmore College, New York State, USA.

Sopi Patricia is fluent in French and English, intermediate in Spanish, and a beginner in Portuguese and Chinese (Mandarin).

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Victoria Olagbegi-Oloba

Banke Olagbegi-Oloba is a Legal Practitioner called to the Nigerian Bar, a Law Lecturer, Peacebuilder and Dispute Resolution (Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration & Litigation) trainer/practitioner with keen interest and experience in International law.
She is well seasoned in Advocacy, Arbitration, Negotiation, Peacebuilding and Mediation; Lecturing and advanced legal research; Pro-Bono legal services & representation; Corporate & Commercial law practice; Refugee issues, Statelessness & Human Rights; Ethics in the Legal Profession, Access to justice, Rule of Law and Bar issues; Legal conference, workshop & seminar planning.

Najib Hamisu

Najib Hamisu has an LL.B and Master's Degree (LL.M) in International Law and Jurisprudence from Bayero University, Kano and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016. He is currently looking forward to completing another Master's Degree (LL.M) in Cyber Law at the University of Lagos. He is the Managing Partner of Hegemon Attorneys, a law firm based in Kano State. He has been involved in several arbitration matters from induction, either as arbitral secretary or sole arbitrator. His other legal practice areas include Mediation, Corporate and Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Sports Law, Tax Law, Property Law, Regulatory Compliance, General Litigation and Election Litigation.
Mr. Hamisu is currently the Chairman of the Young Lawyers Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association, Kano Branch; a member and Alternate Chairman of the Young Arbitrators Network and the Kano/Kaduna Young Arbitrators Representative of NICArb.

Omono Blessing Omaghomi

Omono Blessing Omaghomi is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group at Streamsowers & Köhn. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Benin and a Master's degree in law from the University of Lagos. She is a Fellow of the National Labour Institute, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), and the International Federation of Women Lawyers, amongst others. Mrs. Omaghomi co-authored legal publications on the enforcement of foreign judgments in Nigeria and the Nigerian chapter on the enforcement of judgments. She has extensive experience as counsel in complex arbitration cases. Currently, she is involved in arbitration concerning a contract dispute in the oil and gas sector with a claim value of approximately $12,051,648.55.

ODUBELA OLUMUYIWA

Muyiwa Odubela is a plugged-in Attorney and has been referred to by many as a “break from the norm”. He is an Associate at Pinheiro LP, Nigeria. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliator (ICMC), a member of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrator (NICArb) and an integral member of the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). He has participated in mock international commercial arbitral proceedings as lead counsel. Muyiwa has been recognised as ‘Arbitrator of the Week’ by NICArb, where he has also served as the Vice-Chairman, Content and programme sub-committee for the Institute’s Annual General Conference for 2022. He has received numerous Excellence-in-Leadership Awards for his exemplary, notable, and astute leadership skills - with over fourteen (14) meritorious awards and recognitions to his honour

Esther Moutngui Ikoue

Mrs Esther Moutngui Ikoue is the President of CCJA – OHADA since April 2022, and has served in the same institution as a Judge since June 2018. Sworn in as a magistrate in 1987, Esther is today a Cameroonian senior-ranking Magistrate. In her country, she held various positions of responsibility, including the role of President of the High Court of Wouri and First Advocate-General of the Court of Appeal of the Littoral region, Cameroon. She holds, inter alia, a master’s degree in Private Judicial Law, a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Private Law, a certification as a Mediator from McGill University, Canada, and has a thorough knowledge of OHADA laws and regulations. Knighted by the Head of State of her country as Officer of the National Order of Valor, CJ. Esther is fluent in French and English and is frequently invited as a Speaker worldwide.

Adeleke Olaniyi Agbola SAN, FCArb

Mr. Adeleke Agbola SAN, FCArb is the Principal Partner of Cheakley Chambers, a multi-disciplinary law firm that has existed continuously since 1954. Adeleke is a versatile arbitrator and has been involved in arbitration practice, both domestic and foreign, for over three decades as a litigator and arbitrator. He has been involved as an arbitrator either as a sole or as a panel member in numerous arbitrations involving insurance claims, construction, architectural disputes, aviation claims and intellectual property disputes.
Adeleke was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987 and has been in active legal practice and involved in complex litigations relating to property, banking finance, maritime claims, insurance, aviation and employment matters. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, a member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Bar Association. He has delivered many papers on arbitration practice and procedure and has acted as a trainer for arbitration students.

François-Xavier, Mbono

François-Xavier, Mbono, a senior magistrate, has served in several jurisdictions in Cameroon, and is currently the President of the Court of Appeal of West in Cameroon.
Besides his training as a magistrate, he also holds a Master degree in intellectual property law and a specialist diploma in economic and financial matters, obtained in 1990 from the Paris National School of Magistracy. He is currently preparing a doctoral thesis in intellectual property law. He is also a qualified trainer in OHADA law.
Recipient of the distinction of Officer of the National Order of Valor, he was recently enrolled on the roll of arbitrators at the OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration.

Festus Onyia

Festus Onyia is a Partner in the firm’s dispute resolution practice and specialises in civil, corporate and commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration. His other practice areas include labour, employment and industrial relations, and tax litigation. He has trained as an international commercial arbitrator with several Nigerian and international arbitration institutions, including the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, (NICArb) Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK,) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris.
Festus has acted as counsel in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the Rules of Arbitration of the ICC. He has extensive hands-on experience in arbitration, litigation and transactions and recently represented a client at the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in a claim for compensation and damages over $700 million for alleged oil spillage and gas flaring. He is recognised by the Legal 500 for his experience with high-value commercial arbitrations. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Nigerian Tax Law Report.

Dr. Amira Mahmoud

Dr. Amira Mahmoud is a dispute resolution practitioner dually qualified in Paris and Egypt, with practical multidisciplinary experience and world-leading credentials gained in both jurisdictions. She worked in major cross-border dispute cases at ICSID, ICC, CRCICA, LCIA, CCFA and Iran-USA tribunals and has represented many States in investment arbitration at ICSID. Before acting independently, she worked at different international law firms in Paris, including the arbitration court of the ICC in Paris and the CRCICA in Cairo. She also regularly speaks as a Visiting Professor on commercial law and international arbitration at different universities in Europe and Africa. She is currently a member of the APAA (Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa) and represents it at the UNCITRAL sessions. Dr. Amira obtained her LL.M in international economic law, her PhD in investment arbitration at the Sorbonne, amongst others. She works across different jurisdictions and languages (English, French and Arabic).

Mr. Dare John Oloyede

Dare Oloyede, FCArb, is a law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, with 27 years of continuous legal practice under his belt. He also is a member of the International Bar Association and an Associate Member of Negotiation and Conflict Management Group – an international private initiative aimed at promoting mediation and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Often described by his peers as “a Lawyer’s Lawyer”, Oloyede possesses extensive and wide-ranging experience in Litigation before the High Courts, the Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court. He coordinates the Chambers’ Litigation practice, directing all Litigation and Litigation-related matters.
In furtherance of a desire to promote and participate actively in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), he enrolled in the reputable ADR institute, the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators Nigeria (NICArb) and is currently a distinguished Fellow of the institute.

Nnezi Ivenso

Nnezi Ivenso, FCArb, is a distinguished attorney with over 13 years of post-qualification experience, encompassing a wide spectrum of legal practice, including litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and corporate commercial law. She is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Enugu, where she graduated in 2006 and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 2007. Her academic pursuits further led her to the University of London, UK, where she attained a master’s degree in Financial Services Law.She holds the prestigious International Mediation Institute (IMI) qualification, CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) accreditation from the UK, and the ADR Learning Institute (ADRLI) in Alberta, Canada, Nnezi is a certified Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb). Her extensive expertise in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is complemented by her position as a faculty member at NICArb, and the Enugu State Multi-Door Courthouse (ESMDC) and her membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) UK.

Monsurah Yusuf - Giwa

Monsurah Yusuf-Giwa, a distinguished graduate of Law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, boasts a remarkable career spanning various sectors. Her diverse expertise has left an indelible mark on the non-governmental, private, and public domains.
With a background as a certified arbitrator and her current role as a facilitator at the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Monsurah is a legal luminary with an unwavering commitment to alternative dispute resolution. She also spearheads MARZ Chambers as its Managing Partner, while her exceptional skills have made her the trusted Company Secretary of CAMBIO DCI and Smart Relief Facilitators Limited. Monsurah is a multifaceted professional, a seasoned legal mind, and a passionate advocate for social betterment

Professor Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, FCArb

MEET OUR 2023 ANNUAL HYBRID CONFERENCE CHIEF HOST, PROFESSOR FABIAN IKENNA AJOGWU, SAN, FCArb, OFR.

Professor Fabian Ikenna Ajogwu is the Current President and also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb).

Professor Fabian is also a Senior Partner at Kenna Partners Law Firm. He is Nigeria's first Professor of Corporate Governance and holds a full professorship with the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, where he has taught continuously since 2000.

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