Shola is the Principal Partner in the Shipping and Dispute Resolution Group of Southgate Solicitors, a full-service
commercial law firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. He has extensive experience in Admiralty law, Shipping & Marine
Insurance Law & Litigation, Ship Registration, Cabotage Registration & Compliance, Ship Finance & Securitization
and International Trade Law & Commercial Arbitration. He was part of the Lagos Team that compiled and drafted the
Final Report for the Presidential Committee on Maritime Sector Reform in 2012. He has acted as counsel to several
Nigerian and foreign shipping companies. He also has a reputation as a debt recovery and insolvency practitioner.

He has represented clients on a broad range of commercial transactions before trial and appellate courts all over
Nigeria. In addition, Shola is a seasoned arbitrator and has represented the firm in numerous local international
arbitration cases. He is an adept researcher and has written several published works on maritime law, constitutional
law, developmental law and public interest matters.

He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (MAAN), Maritime
Committee of the Section on Business Law (SBL-NBA), Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA), Nigerian Institute
of Management (Chartered), a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators and a Notary Public of Nigeria.
He serves a Board Company Secretary and Member of the Advisory Board of Sickle Cell Advocacy and
Management Initiative (SAMI).

Clara Umeano, FCArb is the Managing Partner of Luminex Legal Consult and is responsible for the firm's service quality assurance and Client relationship management. Clara is active in mainstream litigation in State and Federal High Courts as well as the appellate courts with experience spanning over 19 years.
She represents a broad range of clients in disputes including actions relating to corporate law, complex commercial transactions, property law and banking law. She is well versed in dispute resolution techniques and is actively involved in litigation. She is also well versed in dispute resolution techniques and has handled major Commercial Arbitration nationally and internationally.

She is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators; as well as a member of the Institute's Faculty in Professional Training of Arbitrators. She has authored and co-authored major Moot Arbitration cases and Procedural Guidelines for conduct of Moot Arbitration for the Institute.

She has had extensive experience in conducting due diligence for Investment related transactions, and advises clients on legal and regulatory compliance and has been on team providing advice to the International Finance Corporate (IFC), World Bank on improving business establishment procedures in Nigeria. She serves as company secretary for various companies and sits as a non-executive director on some company boards.

Mrinal leads Secretariat International’s Economic Damages and Valuation Practice in India with the focus on quantification of damages, claims and losses involving complex economic, financial and valuation issues in domestic and international arbitration matters including investment treaty arbitration cases.

Mrinal is recognized as one of the leading expert witnesses in international arbitration by Who’s Who Legal’ s Arbitration 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Lists and Thought Leader Arbitration Expert Witness 2021 and 2022 (https://whoswholegal.com/mrinal-jain).

He is a Member of SIAC - Users Council and appointed on the Board of Society of Construction Law – India. He is a member of AIAC Academy, Tutors Panel and appointed on the Steering Committee of Africa Energy Arbitration Forum, LACIAC. He is also appointed as an Advisor to ENERAP (Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners) and Energy Disputes Arbitration Centre (EDAC), Turkey. He serves on the Advisory Board of C.O.R.D (Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes) and Centre for Arbitration and Research, Maharashtra National Law University in India. He commenced his professional career with Ernst & Young in New York in 2007 and brings with him about 15 years of relevant experience. He was awarded with All India Economics Merit Certificate in 2001 post which he graduated in Economics Honors from St. Stephen’s College (Delhi) in 2004 and pursued his major in Finance from Fordham University in New York in 2007.