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AARE AFE BABALOLA, OFR, CON, SAN, FNIALS, FCIA, FCArb, LL.D, D.Litt. PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL

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MRS. SHOLA OSHODI-JOHN, FCArb REGISTRAR/Chief Executive Officer NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ARBITRATORS

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PLANNING COMMITTEE

Adebayo Adenipekun, SAN, Chukwuma Ezeala Planning Committee Co-Chair. Planning Committee Co-Chair.

Lady Modupe Ajayi Gbadebo Rex Ibook Eyoita Abayomi Adedeji Bada Head, Media/Publicity Head, Information Technology Co-Head Advert/Sponsorship Sub Committee. Sub Committee. Sub Committee.

Dr. Chukwuma C. Katchy Nzeakor Atulomah Co-Head, Media/Public Head, Content/Programme Sub Committee. Sub Committee.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE

Rosecana Ankama Mary Itsueli Augustina Adebo-Young

Ifedayo O. Ganiyu Kemi Olafuyi Onochiengwu Obuna

Lucy Babafemi Maureen Nwomeh Faith Onyekperem

Victoria Udoh Dooshima Adaguusu Offurum Faith Ozioma

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Distinguished Participants,

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2020 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb), Nigeria's foremost arbitration institute. This year's conference is themed “Making Arbitration and ADR Work for Africa”, and is the first virtual annual conference of the institute.

Over time, adjudicatory processes have been in a flux in Africa. Expectedly, many investors and business proprietors are uncomfortable with this state of affairs. Investments and businesses suffer due to delays and high costs of resolving investment and commercial disputes in Africa through the traditional litigation track in the courts. In a stroke of paradox, Nigeria – and indeed Africa – has an array of distinguished investment and commercial dispute resolution experts; yet, we witnessed instances in which the arbitrators, counsel and all the parties to a dispute are compelled by the arbitration agreement to go to arbitral seats and venues overseas, notwithstanding that all the parties to and elements of the transaction are wholly traceable to Africa. The logistical challenges and economic impact of this state of play have been enormous.

Various conversations have been ongoing across the continent regarding the effective steps toward restoring investor confidence in the dispute resolution architecture. The aim is to ensure that the investor sees Africa as a self-contained environment in which investments can thrive and any resulting disputes resolved effectively. Recently, Nigeria's Honourable Attorney General & Minister of Justice inaugurated the National Arbitration Policy Committee with a view to providing a broader framework for the regime of arbitration in Nigeria. This is a welcome development.

One of the objectives of this Annual Conference is to promote Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as a viable mechanism for dispute resolution. This will in turn promote the African economy and ensure that disputes originating from and terminating in Africa are resolved within the continent. Invariably, having Africa as the seat and venue of these arbitrations will enable the investors save cost, boost the African economy and promote arbitration law and practice in the region. Therefore, the topic “Making Arbitration and ADR work in Africa” is not only timely, but is designed to contribute significantly to this ongoing conversation. At the end of the conference, the Institute will compile insights from the various sessions into a body of knowledge for charting a sustainable course for ADR and arbitration policy, law and practice in Nigeria and Africa.

No less than 10 live and showcase sessions as well as networking and business development opportunities are on offer. We have painstakingly selected an elite corps of speakers and facilitators to drive the conversation and deliver the conference. We are grateful to them for their time, expertise and commitment. We cannot thank enough the Arbitration Place, Canada, and the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA) for their generous support of this year's conference.

We thank the president/Chairman of the Institute, Aare Afe Babalola SAN, OFR, CON, FCArb; the eminent members of the Governing Council, and the great team at the Institute spearheaded by the Institute's trailblazing Registrar and Chief Executive, Mrs. Shola Oshodi-John for their commitment.

Distinguished participants, the benefits and triumphs of this first virtual annual conference of NICArb are yours for the taking. Please enjoy the Conference!

Chukwuma Ezeala, FCArb Adebayo Adenipekun, SAN, FCArb Principal, Chancellor Chambers Managing Partner, Afe Babalola & Co

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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS NICArb 2020 VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND INVESTITURE

Date: Wednesday 18 – Friday 20, November, 2020 Theme: Making Arbitration (and ADR) Work for Africa Venue: Virtual SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 10.00 - 10.20 Registration, video/audio testing Display of sponsors demos, brand and contact sharing Networking – attendees and sponsors (Text and video) 10.20-10.30 Welcome /Opening Remarks Aare Afe Babalola, CON, OFR, FNIALS, SAN, FCArb, President and Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrator, Nigeria Co-Chair, Planning Committee Address: Mr. Adebayo Adenipekun, SAN, Member, Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Nigeria 10.30 - 10.35 Goodwill message: Olumide Akpata, President, Nigerian Bar Association 10.35 - 10.45 Guests of Honour: Honourable Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, President, Court of Appeal, Nigeria

10.45-11.00 Keynote Address 1: Making Arbitration Work for Africa: Rethinking Investment Treaties and Sustainable Development for Africa Keynote Speaker: George Kahale III, Chairman, Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colts and Mosel LLP, Washington DC, USA 11.00 - 11.15 Keynote Address 2: Exploring the Institutional Opportunities in Mediation of Investor-State Disputes in Africa: An ICSID Perspective Keynote Speaker: Martina Polasek, Deputy Secretary General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, (ICSID), Washington D.C, USA 11.15 – 12.00 Plenary 1 (Breakout session): Making Arbitration Work for Africa: Rethinking Investment Treaties and Sustainable Development for Africa. Background: International investment treaties are a key part of the legal framework that inspire confidence in the global economy. An inclusive global reform process should guarantee that investment treaties do not sidestep the developmental priorities of emerging markets, or compromise sustainability. Therefore, many developing countries are calling for a review and reform of the treaties regime, including in particular bilateral

6 NICArb 2020 Annual Conference investment treaties between individual African states and foreign states. Concerns have been raised around the potential erosion of state authority on account of dispute resolution and anti-immunity clauses in a number of infrastructure investment contracts between African states and some lender states. Against the background of the mixed fortunes of Africa and the global South in international investment treaty arbitration, notions persist that investment treaties basically constitute an “investors Bill of Rights” and establish businessman's courts that compel non-hegemonic sovereign states to be accountable to foreign corporations. How can investment treaties be reformed or interpreted to address Africa's geopolitical apprehensions? The panel will examine key issues relating to investment treaties in Africa, particularly in Nigeria. The session will examine the extent to which international investment treaties incorporate traditional investment standards and address national priorities, and propose a roadmap for reform. Moderator: Dr. Abubakar Isa, Head, Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria Panelists: Rose Rameau, Managing Partner, RAMEAU International Law Dr. Roland Amoussou-Guenou, Partner, VovanTrocadelyo Group Thailand Dr. Khrushchev Ekwueme, Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Nigeria Professor Mark Feldman, Advisory Board Member, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), USA 11.15 - 12.00 Plenary 2 (Breakout session): Review of the Institutional and Legal Framework for Arbitration in Africa: A Way Forward? Background: The practice and application of arbitration in Africa has increased in the last decade. While Africa-related arbitration has kept lawyers and arbitrators busy for a number of years in traditional arbitration centres, the market is steadily changing, with an increasing number of arbitral centres such as NICArb and arbitral practitioners developing specializations. As the market becomes more mature, notably in jurisdictions such as Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, but also increasingly in francophone Africa, arbitrators are calling for African disputes to be arbitrated in Africa rather than 'exported' abroad to offshore centres at great cost in financial resources, national priorities, and environmental fidelity. The panel will engage with the ICSID with a view to forging common causes of action to elevate the institutional practice of arbitration in Africa and reduce the export of African disputes to ICSID and other institutions, in appropriate cases, in order to conserve

7 NICArb 2020 Annual Conference national resources, grow national and continental capacity, and address underrepresentation issues. Moderator: Anthony Idigbe, SAN, FCIArb (UK), Senior Partner, Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors Panelists: Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP, Washington D.C, USA Thierry Ngoga Garkuba, Partner, Legal Line Partners, Kigali, Rwanda Professor Rev. Fr. Edwin Obimma Ezike, Professor of Law, University of Nigeria, Nigeria 12.00 - 12.30 Break Networking – attendees and sponsors (Text and video) Visit to sponsor e-booths for demos, downloads and contact sharing 12.30 - 13.15 Plenary 3: The Role of Arbitration (and ADR) in the Development of a Post- AfCFTA Africa Moderator: Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni, President, Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA); Yaoundé, Cameroon, Panelists: Thomas Kendra, Partner, Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP; Dr. Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist, PwC Nigeria; Paul Gbededo, Group Managing Director, Flour Mills Nigeria Group, Nigeria Francis Anatogu, Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria and Secretary National Action Committee on AfCFTA; 13.15 – 13.30 Networking Break Networking – attendees and sponsors (Text and video) Visit to sponsor e-booths for demos, downloads and contact sharing 13.30 - 14.15 Plenary 4: Realizing the Full Value of ADR in Energy and Environmental Disputes in Africa Background: Over the last decade, the importance of arbitration and ADR in resolving complex oil and gas, power, utilities, competition, mining, energy infrastructure and environmental justice disputes has been widely recognized. Increasingly, stakeholders in the fast-paced, dynamic and competitive energy markets have embraced the flexibility, speedy resolution, and relationship preservation values of ADR. However, ongoing transformations in global energy markets such as the diversification of the main primary energy sources (conventional and unconventional oil and gas, coal, renewables, nuclear and solid minerals); rise in global primary energy demand; changes to established means of energy supply and distribution; geopolitical uncertainties; environmental pollution; climate change; sharp drop in the price of oil since 2014; rapid technological innovations, and the impact of COVID19 pandemic on

8 NICArb 2020 Annual Conference existing energy supply contracts, amongst other things all call for fresh approaches in the way regulatory and commercial energy disputes are resolved. The panel will examine the evolving role of arbitration and ADR in resolving energy disputes, with focus on developments, challenges and opportunities for maximizing the full value of ADR in Nigeria's energy sector. Speakers will unpick international best practices and strategies that could help arbitrators to enhance the efficiency and enforceability of arbitral awards relating to energy disputes, especially with respect to long term petroleum contracts. Moderator: Professor Damilola Olawuyi, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Afe Babalola University; Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria Panelists: Dr. Gabriel Suswam, Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, National Assembly, Nigeria Dr. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, Managing Director, Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET), Nigeria Danielle Morris, Partner, WilmerHale International Arbitration Practice, Washington, DC. USA 14.15 Closing Remarks/Adjourn THURSDAY, November 19 10.00 Welcome: Video/audio testing Display of sponsors demos, brand and contact sharing Networking – attendees and sponsors (Text and video) 10.45 Remarks: Hon. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip (FNIALS), President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria 10.55 Guest of Honour: Cesar Apollinaire Ondo MVE, President, OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivore 11.00 Keynote Address:The Nexus between Arbitration and Mediation: A Peep into the Singapore Convention on Mediation Keynote Speaker: Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Vienna, Austria. 11.15 – 12.00 Plenary 5: The Nexus between Arbitration and Mediation: a Peep into the Singapore Convention on Mediation The entry into force of the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation heralds a major dilation of the international ADR field and elevates mediation from the disadvantage of party-discretion, into a place of justiciability by way of enforcement in national courts. Will the Convention, in practice, succeed in reforming international mediation outcomes? If, as the UNCITRAL had hoped,

9 NICArb 2020 Annual Conference the Convention leads to a growth in settlement agreements, will there be a downswing in arbitrated disputes as a result? In other words, will the growth of one signal the decline of the other? Can arbitration and mediation grow side by side? What will be the growth enablers and critical drivers of such interdependence? The session will explore the highlights of the Singapore Convention, and any lowlights for arbitration as a result; identify any tradeoffs required for collaboration, and recommend strategies for an intermodal synergy between arbitration as an established dispute resolution mechanism and mediation as a nascent enforceable mechanism of international dispute resolution. Moderator: Rosecana Ankama, Alternative Chair, Kano/Kaduna Branch, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Nigeria Panelists: Professor Lawrence Boo, Head, The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore Ben Giaretta,Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Fox Williams LLP Dr. Adeyemi Agbelusi, Principal Partner, Berean Associates, Lagos, Nigeria Boli Bintou, Permanent Secretary, Ouagadougou Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 12.00 Keynote Address: Exploring New Frontiers in Arbitration (and ADR): Opportunities for Growth of Arbitration (and ADR) in Africa. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Christopher Ward SC, President, International Law Association (ILA) 12.15 - 13.00 Plenary 6: Exploring New Frontiers in Arbitration (and ADR): Opportunities for Growth of Arbitration (and ADR) in Africa Africa is the world's last frontier, and holds enormous potential for investment – in critical infrastructure and supporting systems. A robust market for investment must have a minimum level of assurance of the integrity and speed of dispute resolution systems for the many investment disputes that can be expected as a result. The entry into force of the AfCFTA is expected to push the frontiers of arbitration as intra-African trade grows and expands the field of arbitration into new areas like manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, sourcing, venture capital and private equity, and professional services. What are the keys for unlocking the arbitration boom in Africa? What will be the enablers of a new culture of arbitrated (rather than court-litigated) disputes, where negotiation fails, in these frontier areas? Panelists on this session will interrogate what opportunities there are for the growth of arbitration in Africa, in the under-arbitrated critical sectors of Africa's national economies, and define the function-specific actions required of critical stakeholders – governments, supranational bodies, sub-regional organizations, international civil

10 NICArb 2020 Annual Conference society, and other non-state actors – if the prospects for arbitration's growth in Africa were to see the light of day. Moderator: Edward Luke II, Managing Partner, Luke and Associates, Gaborone, Botswana Panelists: Annette Magnusson, Secretary General, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Stockholm, Sweden. Femi Falana, SAN, Principal, Femi Falana & Co; Narcisse Aka, Secretary General, OHADA Common Court of Justice Arbitration Centre, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivore Shola Oshodi-John, FCArb, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators 13.00 - 13.15 Networking Break Networking – attendees and sponsors (Text and video) Visit to sponsor e-booths for demos, downloads and contact sharing 13.15 - 14.00 Plenary 7: The New Normal: Positioning Africa's Post-COVID Arbitration Landscape through Digitization and Data. No one foresaw the COVID19 pandemic. Yet, it has forced the global economy into an emergency of sorts. In a way of speaking, while COVID19 is the necessity, digitization and data are the invention. Global players with leverage on technology have used the opportunities thrown up by the disruptions of the pandemic to thrive and lead change. Virtual working and remote conferencing applications have enabled court hearings, arbitration proceedings, post-award proceedings, moot arbitration sessions (notably the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moots) to continue unhindered. With low levels of high-speed internet penetration in Africa, especially mobile broadband, and the doubtful uptake of the controversial 5G technology, what are Africa's real chances at keeping pace with the rest of the world in terms of arbitration practice, training, enforcement and capacity building? What investments need to be made to achieve reasonable data and digitization levels to support the growth of Africa's arbitration? What data and digital leverage can the developed arbitration markets offer to Africa's nascent arbitration ecosystem? This panel will identify the institutional needs of the African arbitration market, chart a pathway for incremental investments in digital and data, dimension the case for a long- term approach to digital and data management for Africa's pioneers in institutional arbitration as the path-makers for the march toward a digital penetration in the arbitration ecosystem in Africa. Moderator: Dr. Chidinma Thompson, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada

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Panelists: Professor Louise Barrington, Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Place, Canada. Dr. Ismail Selim, Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN, Managing Partner, Omaplex Law Firm; Esther Ngo Moutngui Ikoue, Judge at the CCIA, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivore. 14.00- 14.45 Plenary 8: Closing the Gender Gaps in the African Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution landscape Bridging the gender gap in the African arbitration and ADR landscape can be either an opportunity or a temptation. And the clear distillation of policy and action imperatives will make the difference. Gender mainstreaming continues to hold significant promise for addressing imbalances and underrepresentation in industry, education and the workplace. Affirmative action has been shown to produce unsatisfactory effects at times, including in particular, the concept of reverse discrimination. Yet, doing nothing is not an option. Will it be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul? Or will there be common ground regarding areas of policy intervention to enable further and greater inclusion of women in the different spheres of arbitration – panelists, counsel, experts, registrars, secretaries, assessors? This panel will examine the opportunities for a more inclusive engagement of women and girls in arbitration education and practice in Africa, especially in light of the cultural and traditional constraints prevalent in much of modern Africa. It is expected that the panel will draw on transnational data to illuminate the conversation and propose templates for action. Moderator: Professor Yemisi Bamgbose, Chairman, Women Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association; Nigeria Panelists: Dr. Slyvie Bebohi Ebongo, Co-founder and Partner HBE Avocats, Paris. Mirèze Philippe, Special Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, ArbitralWomen Co-Founder & Board Member Alice Codjia-Sohouenou, Mediation and Conciliation Arbitration Centre of the Benin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (CAMeC-CCIB) 14.45 Closing Remarks/Adjourn to Investiture 14.50 - 15.30 Visit to sponsor e-booths for demos, downloads and contact sharing

Friday, 20 November, 2020 10.00 - 10.30 Registration, video/audio testing Display of sponsors demos, brand and contact sharing.

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Networking – attendees and sponsors (Text and video) 10.30 - 11.30 Plenary 9: Mainstreaming Arbitration as a Preferred Resolution Mechanism for Maritime Disputes in Nigeria The maritime industry is a complex, highly specialized component of the commanding heights of the national economy. Its workings (or failings) have direct consequences for the day-to-day affairs of the man in the street. The laws governing the industry are understandably strict, and seek symmetry with international standards and conventions, rightly headlined by the International Maritime Organization. From the Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, to the Merchant Shipping Act, to the NIMASA Act, to the Nigeria Ports Authority Act, to the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, there is clear evidence of an eminent governmental will to regulate and supervise. Maritime arbitration has gained traction in the last several years, aided by the rise of international institutional capacity, and greater intergovernmental willingness and cooperation. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act provides a clear framework for the arbitration of maritime disputes – falling, as they rightly do, under the categorization for commercial disputes. Yet, maritime arbitration has been on the fringes of mainstream arbitration, lagging behind flagship arbitration-market industries like construction, merchandising, and sale of goods. Structural and systemic gaps in the maritime sector on the continent of Africa, especially in the West and Central Africa – weak capitalization, limited manpower, protracted courtroom litigation of disputes with its severe strain on the already-lean resource base – all the more strengthen the case for deepening the uptake of arbitration and ADR mechanisms as the preferred dispute resolution mechanism for stakeholders in the sector. What are the impediments to the uptake of arbitration by maritime players? What are their frustrations and fears? This session will examine the challenges facing the development of maritime arbitration in Nigeria, and dimension the courses of action required of all stakeholders – operators, arbitrators, counsel, regulators, shippers, bankers and protection and indemnity groups – to advocate and drive change, and galvanize stakeholder consensus on the need to enthrone a regime of arbitration and ADR as a priority dispute management and resolution mechanism in the maritime sector on the Africa continent. Moderator: Matthew Egbadon, FCArb, Alternate Chair, Admiralty and Maritime Sectorial Committee, NICArb Panelists: Dr. Omogbai Omo-Eboh, Legal Consultant and Chartered Arbitrator Dr. Oluwole Akinyeye, Partner, Olisa Agbakoba, Lagos, Nigeria Jean Chiazor, Principal Counsel, Jean Chiazor and Co, Lagos, Nigeria Hassan Bello, CEO/Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council, Nigeria

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Aminu Umar, Managing Director, Sea Transport Limited 11.20-12.20 Plenary 10: Treading Uncharted Ground: Examining the Prospects of Arbitration in Aviation and Transportation Disputes In the last five years, the federal government of Nigeria has made significant investment in rail and road infrastructure. Completely new rail lines have been built, old lines have been upgraded, new contracts have been awarded, and new projects have been recently approved. The potential for increase in inland carriage contracts is huge, given the large population and land-mass of the country. The severe strain on existing road infrastructure greatly strengthens the case for an expected uptick in carriage of cargo by rail across the country. For its part, Nigeria's aviation sector has seen significant growth, accounting for about NGN100 billion of GDP. This growth numbers pales in significance when compared to the national potential. Nigeria's 25 airports averaged over 18 million passengers in 2019. Yet, only four airports accounted for over 90% of the passenger numbers, a self-indicting commentary on the sad state and underutilization of a majority of the airports. In this light, the recent proposal of the government of Nigeria to concession the airports to private investors is a welcome idea. Private management of this critical public infrastructure will call for significant investment, and should see a rise in air passenger traffic and carriage contracts. In this context, the stakeholders will need smart, effective, timely and efficient means of resolving disputes. Will arbitration step up to the plate? Nigeria lacks specialized arbitration institutional capacity comparable to the International Arbitration Court for Transport Justice (IACTJ) in Romania, or the Transport and Maritime Arbitration Rotterdam-Amsterdam Foundation (TAMARA) in the Netherlands. What institutional capacity can Nigeria lead all of Africa in developing? What are the investments needed to make this possible? What courses of action are needed to facilitate a move from the possible to the probable? This session will decouple and deconstruct the issues around the development of transportation arbitration, interrogate the prevailing assumptions and help beat a path forward in this all-important, yet uncharted, territory of the national and international economy. The panel will also examine the existing legal challenges and how arbitration and ADR can facilitate speedy resolution, and boost investor confidence as a result. Lead Speaker: Yele Delano, SAN, Managing Partner, Akin Delano Legal Practitioners

Moderator: Hon. Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu, Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria Panelists: George M. Oguntade SAN, Principal Partner, GMO LEGAL Chukuka Chukuma, Managing Partner, Racecourse Capital

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Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Principal Partner, Pinheiro, LLP 12.20 - 12.50 Audience Q and A

12.50 -13.00 Closing Remark/Adjourn to Investiture

2020 INVESTITURE AND AWARD CEREMONY PROGRAMMME

14.30 -14.40 Welcome/Introduction to Investiture

14.40 - 14.50 National Anthem

14.50 - 15.00 Opening Remarks - President and Chairman, Governing Council 15.00 - 15.15 Keynote Address on - Making Arbitration (and ADR) Work for Africa 15.15 – 16.30 Induction - Recognition and Admission of New Members

Ÿ Fellows Ÿ Members Ÿ Associates

16.30 - 17.00 Recognition of Awardees Ÿ Professional examinations Ÿ National Essay Competition

17.00 Closing Remarks/Vote of Thanks

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Keynote Speakers

Hon. Justice Monica Mensem, President, Court of Appeal Hon. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem is the President of the Court of Appeal. She studied at the Ahmadu Bello University, where she gained a LL.B and LL.M. She then studied for a postgraduate diploma at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. On 5 March 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari appointed her as acting president of the Court of Appeal. She was sworn in by Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, Chief Justice of Nigeria, on 6 March 2020. In April 2020, the National Judicial Council recommended her to President Buhari for confirmation as Appeal Court President. Her appointment was finally confirmed by the Senate on 11th June, 2020.

Mr Olumide Akpata, President, Nigerian Bar Association Mr Akpata is the Senior Partner and Head of the Corporate & Commercial Practice Group of Templars, which comprises the following practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Corporate Law; Labour & Employment; Immigration; Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment and Technology; and Regulatory Compliance. However, in his over two decades at Templars, he has practised across the diverse areas of his firm's practices, and had been privileged to lead or participate in some of the major groundbreaking transactions that have shaped commercial law practice in Nigeria and indeed the Nigerian economy. His ascendancy to the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association was winged on the promise of Bar that works for all, and the work to deliver on this key promise has kept him active since taking office this August.

Cesar Apollinaire Ondo MVE, President, OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration Cesar Apollinaire Ondo is the President of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA). From February 2017 to June 2018, he served as Second Vice-President of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) and served in the same institution as Judge at the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) from April 2015 to February 2017. In 2009, he became Deputy Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, after serving as Advocate General at the Court of Cassation. From 2002 to 2006, he was President Chamber, Court of Appeal of Libreville. From 2000 to 2002, he was legal advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Social Affairs. He has served as President of the Chamber, Court of Appeal of Port-Gentil. He was President of the Court of First Instance of Libreville in 1995, and from 1993 to 1995, he became First Vice President of the Court of First Instance of Libreville. From 1992 to 1993, he was Vice President of the Court of First Instance of Libreville, and from 1988 to 1992, Judge at the Court of First Instance of Libreville. He lectures at the Faculty of Law, University of Bordeaux and serves as ad-hoc Assistant Faculty at the Faculty of Law and Economics (Omar Bongo University of Libreville). He currently holds the Honor of Knight in the Gabonese National Order of Merit.

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Martina Polasek, Deputy Secretary General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) Martina Polaszek is Deputy Secretary-General and legal counsel at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Ms. Polasek joined ICSID in September 2001 and has served as secretary of tribunals in over 50 arbitrations under the ICSID Convention, the ICSID Additional Facility Rules and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Rules. She has also served as committee secretary in numerous annulment proceedings. She has published numerous papers on ICSID case law and practice and regularly speaks at conferences. Before joining ICSID, she worked as an attorney with the law firms of Jeantet & Associés, Paris and White & Case LLP, Prague, focusing on international arbitration. Ms. Polasek holds degrees from The George Washington University Law School (LL.M.), University of Paris V – René Descartes (D.E.S.S.) and University of Gothenburg (Master of Laws). She is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C.

George Kahale III, Chairman, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle LLP George Kahale is the chairman of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. He has represented many governments and State companies in international transactions and disputes, including several of the world's largest and best known international arbitrations. Legal 500 ranks Mr. Kahale in its “Hall of Fame” for international arbitration. Mr. Kahale has written extensively on legal topics of international interest, and has appeared as a featured speaker and lecturer at various seminars and conferences around the world. He is a two-time Burton Awards winner for Distinguished Legal Writing for his 2012 article entitled “Is Investor-State Arbitration Broken?” and his 2018 article entitled “Rethinking ISDS,” both of which have been the source of extensive commentary and debate. In 2014, he delivered the keynote address at the Eighth Annual Juris Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference, which received a nomination by GAR for best lecture of the year; in 2015, he lectured at the Arbitration Academy in Paris; in 2018, he delivered the inaugural Brooklyn Lecture on International Business Law in New York under the title “ISDS: In 2019, he was the only private practitioner invited to address the International Institute of Sustainable Development's 12th Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators held in Bogota, Colombia.

Hon. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip (FNIALS), President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria Hon. Justice Kanyip obtained his LLB degree from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in 1985 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986. After his Youth Service in Benin City, he proceeded to ABU, Zaria where he took up a teaching appointment as a lecturer in the Department of Commercial Law as a Graduate Assistant. He rose to the position of Lecturer II before leaving in 1992 for the National Commission for Colleges of Education as Legal Adviser in the rank of Principal Legal Officer. In 1995, he was appointed Senior Research Fellow by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). He took up this appointment and rose to the rank of Associate Research Professor of Law in 2000. He was appointed a

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member (Judge) of the National Industrial Court in 2000. Amongst some of the achievements of the Learned Judge is being part of the team initiated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) DECLARATION PROJECT. Hon. Justice Kanyip was commissioned by the ILO to review all the labour laws in Nigeria. With Professor (Mrs.) Chioma Kanu Agomo, the product of the exercise was the Analysis of Current Nigerian Labour Laws (Assessment Report). At the completion of this exercise, he was nominated by the Federal Government as one of its two nominees in the Technical Committee for the reform of all the labour laws in the country. The outcome of this work was formally presented to the Government on May 26, 2005 and is now before the National Assembly.

Dr. Christopher Ward SC, President, International Law Association (ILA) Dr. Christopher Ward is a recognized expert in the field of international law. He has particular expertise as an advocate in cases which involve the domestic and international law interface, and has worked regularly in areas as diverse as human rights, maritime boundaries and diplomatic immunity. He also regularly accepts instructions in appellate and significant commercial and public law matters. As an advocate he has appeared successfully before all major Australian courts and tribunals, including the High Court of Australia. Dr. Ward is the President of the International Law Association (Australian Branch) and sits on a number of international law committees. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University. His particular teaching and research interests lie in postgraduate international law, disputed maritime boundaries, international arbitration and human rights.

Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Mrs. Anna Joubin-Bret is the Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and Director of the Division on International Trade Law in the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations. She has been appointed on 24 November 2017. Prior to her appointment, Mrs. Joubin-Bret was a practicing Attorney-at-law of the Paris Bar. She specialized in International Investment Law and Investment Dispute Resolution. She served as arbitrator in several ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICC disputes. Prior to 2011 and for 15 years, Anna was the Senior Legal Adviser for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In this capacity, she managed the research and advisory work on international investment law issues as well as the technical assistance program on international investment agreements (IIAs). During her tenure, Anna assisted countries and governments in the formulation of investment policies and frameworks and the management of investor-State disputes. Anna has edited and authored seminal research and publications on international commercial law and international investment law, notably the Sequels to UNCTAD IIA Series. She co-edited with Jean Kalicki a book on Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in 2015. She has been appointed judge at the Commercial Court in Grenoble (France) and was elected Regional Counselor of the Rhône-Alpes Region in 1998. She lectured on international investment law in various universities and institutes all over the world.

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Dr. Abubakar Isa, Head, Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Abubakar Isa Umar, a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of international law and Jurisprudence at the Bayero University Kano, Nigeria, a PhD in international law from the Portsmouth Law School UK. Dr. Umar is an alumnus of The Hague Academy of International Law and the Paris Arbitration Academy. He teaches international law, investment arbitration and governance and has published and presented conference papers in these and other related areas.

Rose Rameau, Managing Partner, RAMEAU International Law Firm Rose Rameau, is a leading practitioner and a Fulbright Scholar in the Field of International Arbitration. Ms. Rameau was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ghana School of Law from 2014-2016 where she taught Investment and International Commercial Arbitration, General Principles of Arbitration as well as Contemporary Issues in Arbitration, and other disputes resolution such as mediation and conciliation. Prior to becoming a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, she managed her own practice in Paris, France and Tampa, Florida (USA) and worked on special consulting projects for notable international law firms. She was also an Adjunct Professor at the Université Panthéon Assas and Université Paris Est Créteil where she taught fundamentals of the English, American legal systems and international business law. Ms. Rameau is trained in both civil and common law. She was the Vice-Chair of the Africa Committee and the International Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the ABA International Law Section for four years. She represents Host States and investors in investment disputes and has been appointed sole arbitrator in commercial disputes involving Africans.

Dr. Roland Amoussou-Guenou, Partner, Vovan & Associés, Bangkok; Co-founder and President, AsiAfrica Foundation Dr. Roland Amoussou-Guenou, is a Partner at Vovan & Associes and lecturer at various institutes and universities in Thailand and Southeast Asia. He is a member (on leave) of the Paris Bar Association and former Senior Legal Adviser of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, Italy. Dr. Amoussou served as Adjunct faculty and legal advisor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand. Roland Amoussou has more than 20 years of professional experience globally, as international law expert, senior legal adviser, adviser to governments and international organizations. He specializes in International arbitration and ADR/ODR, Intellectual property law, Public private partnerships (PPPs), International Contracts, Mergers and acquisitions, Construction law, Energy law, Telecommunication law, Banking law, Cybercrime law, crypto currency emerging regulations, Personal Data Protection Law (PDPA, in Thailand) and legal coaching for CEOs and managers. Dr. Roland is an arbitrator of the ICC, member the Arbitration Commission of ICC Thailand, Arbitrator of the Thai Arbitration Center (THAC), operates as President of an international arbitration tribunal (UNCITRAL) and representative of the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CiADR) in Thailand.

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Dr. Khrushchev Ekwueme, Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Nigeria Dr. Khrushchev Ekwueme obtained his LL.B degree from Imo State University, Okigwe (now Abia State University, Uturu) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1991. He obtained both his LL.M and Ph.D degrees from University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Graduate Program of Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and an alumnus of the Hague Academy of International law, The Netherlands. Dr. Ekwueme is presently the partner in-charge of the Dispute Resolution Practice of Olaniwun Ajayi, LP and his focus is on corporate/ commercial litigation and arbitration as well as investor-state dispute settlement. He is ranked by Chambers & Partners as “possessing wide-reaching expertise in contentious proceedings, including commercial disputes”. Dr. Ekwueme has published widely in various areas of law, especially international investment law. He is the author of the book entitled “Protection of Foreign Investment in Context: Nigeria's Investment Laws, Treaties and Petroleum Agreements”. Dr. Ekwueme served as a member of the Expert Group of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on the Implementation of Trans-Boundary Projects in Africa and was one of the lead consultants of the African Union and UNECA that produced the Model Law on the Implementation of Trans-Boundary Projects in Africa, which has been adopted by the African Heads of States in the African Union Summit held in Abuja in 2018. He is currently a member of the Technical Review Committee of the Africa Arbitration Academy on Pan-Africa Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Dr. Ekwueme has published widely in various areas of law, especially

Professor Mark Feldman, Advisory Board Member, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Mark Feldman is Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational Law. He also serves as Global Associate at the National University of Singapore Centre for International Law, as vice chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Academic Council, and as a member of the ITA Executive Committee. He previously served as a member of the E15 Initiative Task Force on Investment Policy (World Economic Forum/ICTSD) and as Chief of NAFTA/CAFTA-DR Arbitration in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. As Chief, he represented the United States as a Respondent or non-disputing Party in more than a dozen investor-State disputes and provided legal counsel supporting the negotiation of U.S. bilateral investment treaties and investment chapters of free trade agreements (including TPP and U.S.-China BIT negotiations). His government experience also includes service as a law clerk to Judge Eric L. Clay on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho during South Africa's transition to democracy. In the private sector, he practiced law for several years at Covington & Burling.

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Anthony Idigbe, SAN, FCIArb (UK), Senior Partner, Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors Anthony Idigbe is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Senior Partner of PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors, full service and multidimensional law firm in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK and Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and its National Commission on Arbitration in Nigeria. He is also a member of the London Court of Arbitration. Anthony has handled many arbitration cases in the capacities of presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator or counsel in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations as per attached Note to Arbitration Experience. He has interfaced with institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb), Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) and Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (RCIAC). Anthony is the firm's author of the Nigerian Chapter for World Arbitration Reporter. He has delivered papers at several seminars and conferences on Arbitration matters. His publications in arbitration practice include; Idigbe, A. Arbitration Practice in Nigeria, Distinct Universal Limited, Lagos, 2010 ISBN 978- 33791-4-3. Idigbe, A. ADR Practice in Nigeria in ADR Client Strategies in the Middle East and Africa, Michaela Falls Ed.; Aspatore Books, 2009; pp 67 – 91. Anthony is renowned for his contribution both to domestic and international arbitration.

Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is a partner in Foley Hoag's international litigation and arbitration department and co-chairs the firm's Africa practice group. For over a decade, she has represented sovereign States from all over the world in investor-state arbitrations concerning natural resources, mining, the environment, infrastructure, and health policy before ICSID, UNCITRAL, and ICC tribunals. Tafadzwa has also advised States in disputes against other States concerning the law of the sea, maritime delimitations, territorial claims, human rights, and environmental rights before the ICJ, UNCLOS tribunals, and other fora. In addition, she has represented foreign States in U.S. federal court proceedings.

Thierry Ngoga Gakuba, Partner, Legal Line Partners Ngoga Gakuba Thierry (MCIArb) is a partner at Legal line Partners in Rwanda where he shares his time between private practice and consultancies. He specializes in arbitration with focus on Africa, commercial litigation and Business Development/policy formulation. For the last 14 years; Thierry hold earlier senior positions in different Institutions/Organizations including being first Registrar for the set-up of Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) where he participated in the business development strategy and co- administering the KIAC's arbitration. He served in different organizations in Rwanda as Board member including Transparency International Rwanda, Rwanda Society of Authors and currently as member in IBA International trade in legal Service committee. Thierry have been recently named as one of the fastest-rising stars of African arbitration by 'Who is Who Legal: Future Leaders 2017' in International Arbitration.

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Professor Rev. Fr. Edwin Obimma Ezike, Professor of Law, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Professor Edwin Obimma Ezike (Rev. Fr) obtained Bachelor of Philosophy from Urban University Rome in 1979 and Bachelor of Theology (FIRST CLASS) from the same University in 1983. He was ordained a Catholic Priest of Onitsha Archdiocese in 1983. He later proceeded to read Law and got his LLB from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1989 and BL in 1990. He joined his Alma Mater as an Assistant Lecturer in 1991. He obtained his LLM and PhD (Law) from the University of Nigeria in 1997 and 2008 respectively. In 2011 he rose to the rank of a Professor of Law thus becoming the first Priest of any denomination to become a Professor of Law in Africa. Professor Ezike has been teaching Law of Contract at the Faculty of Law of UNN for the past 29 years and Law of Arbitration and ADR in the same Faculty for the past 20 years. He has published many academic articles in both international and national journals. He is the author of Nigerian Contract Law. Father Ezike authored The Right to Resource Control in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Style Guide for Legal Research Writing.

A Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, he won Judge Bola Ajibola's prize for the Second Overall Best Candidate in the 2017 Fellowship Assessment. He is a member of the Institute's Faculty in Professional Training of Arbitrators nationwide. He is currently a member of an arbitral tribunal in an ongoing arbitration between a state government and a local contractor.

Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni, President, Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA) Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni is a Cameroonian Magistrate and currently the Director of Legislation at the Ministry of Justice in Cameroon. He has obtained a Doctorate in 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 the Habilitation to supervise Research at the University of Pau in France. Since 2008, he is Professor of business and arbitration law at the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC)-University of Yaounde II and Guest Professor at the Institute of International Studies - University of Paris II. Arbitrator and Former member of the ICC Court of Arbitration, he is currently the Corresponding member of the Paris Institute of International Arbitration in the OHADA space and a council member of the IFCAI. He is also the Editor of the “Revue Camerounaise de l'Arbitrage”, the President of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA) and, was the President of 49th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

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Thomas Kendra, Partner, Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP Thomas is a partner in Hogan Lovells' international arbitration team in Paris. His knowledge and skills are focused on the energy, telecommunications, technology, construction, banking, energy, and aerospace sectors, as well as in investment arbitration, in which he has acted for both States and investors. He is dual-qualified in England and France. Thomas is passionate about encouraging the growth of alternative dispute resolution in Africa. He collaborated in establishing the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) in Rwanda in 2012, for which he was shortlisted for Solicitor of the Year by the Law Society. Thomas is also co-founder of AFRICARB, an association aimed at promoting the use of arbitration in Africa, and he co-heads Hogan Lovells' Paris-Africa desk. He has written several publications on the AfCFTA (the African Continental Free Trade Area) and is authority on the subject.

Dr. Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist, PwC Nigeria Dr. Andrew S. Nevin, PhD has had a unique global career as a thinker and a doer, working at the complex intersection of economics, strategy, capital markets, and investment. He has over 33 years of professional experience as an entrepreneur, private equity investor, line manager, economist, and strategy consultant and is his professional career has previously lived in Asia, North America, and Europe. He has been based in Lagos, Nigeria since early 2012. In Nigeria, Andrew is an iconic figure, playing a number of key roles to advance Nigeria's and West Africa's economy and society, including: Partner – Financial Services Leader and Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria. As Chief Economist, he leads Nigeria's best economics team and is one of the pre- eminent voices speaking about the Nigerian economy, both in the media and as keynote speaker to numerous conferences, as well as directly to the government at the Federal and State level. Before joining PwC, he spent 10 years living in China. He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University, an MA in Philosophy and Politics from Balliol College, Oxford University, and a BSc (Hon) in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. In April 2011, he was named Strategy Consultant of the Year for 2010 by the Management Consultants Association in the UK.

Paul Gbededo, Group Managing Director, Flour Mills Nigeria Group Paul Gbededo, a Fellow of the Polymer Institute of Nigeria and Managing Director of FMN's Agro-Allied Business, has been appointed the Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) with effect from 1st April, 2013. He was educated at the Polytechnic of North London UK where he obtained Graduateship of Plastic and Rubber Institute and Associateship of National College of Rubber Technology in 1980, and holds MSc. Degree in Polymer Technology (1981) of Loughborough University of Technology, UK. An alumnus of Lagos Business School, he attended Pasta Machinery Use, Maintenance and Operation at FAVA, Italy in 2005. Paul's over 30 years career with FMN Group started at Nigerian Bag Manufacturing Company Plc now Bagco Divison (1982 – 1998). There, he acquired extensive experience serving in various managerial positions as Process Control Manager, Production Manager, General Manager Production and became the first Nigerian Production Director in 1993. Paul, best known for his pioneering

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role in fertilizer, pasta and rice, joined Flour Mills in 1998 as General Manager/Director in charge of fertilizer operations, pioneering development of the product, “Golden Fertilizer” the first choice of Nigerian farmers. He also served as a pioneer General Manager/Director for Golden Pasta Company Limited, a former subsidiary (now a division) of Flour Mills – which has grown to become Africa's biggest pasta plant.

Francis Anatogu, Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria and Secretary National Action Committee on AfCFTA Francis Anatogu is a Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Public Sector Matters and Secretary to Nigeria's National Action Committee on AfCFTA. In that role he heads the Secretariat that coordinates the AfCFTA readiness programmes of government ministries and agencies and private sector stakeholders. Francis was Secretary of the Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of the AfCFTA and coordinated the advocacy, impact and readiness assessment, decision analysis and stakeholder engagements that resulted in Nigeria joining the African Continental Free Trade Area. His expertise is in the areas of policy formulation and implementation, strategic planning, organizational transformation and program management.

Francis joined the Presidency from Deloitte where he was the West Africa Energy and Natural Resources Consulting Lead. Prior to Deloitte, he worked in a similar role at Accenture. Francis started his career at Shell Group working on energy and infrastructure projects around the world. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and has an MBA from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Professor Damilola Olawuyi, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Afe Babalola University; Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi is an international lawyer, professor of law, arbitrator, author, and policy consultant, with expertise in petroleum, energy and environmental law. In 2015, Professor Olawuyi was promoted to the rank of Full Professor of Law at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria at the age of 32 years. He is Deputy Vice Chancellor, Chancellor's Fellow and Director of the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute), Afe Babalola University, Nigeria. He is also a professor of petroleum, energy and environmental law at HBKU Law School, Doha, Qatar where he teaches energy and environmental law courses.

He was formerly an international energy lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Calgary, where he served on the firm's global committee on extractive resource investments in Africa. He was also formerly deputy director and head of international environmental law at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada. Professor Olawuyi has published several influential journal articles and books on natural resources, energy and environmental law. Professor Olawuyi has lectured on energy and environmental law in over 50. He has most recently received the Herbert Smith Freehills Visiting Professorship at the University of Cambridge, UK and the IAS Vanguard Fellowship of the University of Birmingham.

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H.E. Dr. Gabriel Suswam, Chairman, Senate Committee on Power Gabriel Torwua Suswam (born 15 November 1964) is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Benue State. He is a Senator of the 9th assembly, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.Gabriel Suswam was born on 15 November 1964 in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. In 1986, he was admitted into the Law Faculty of the University of Lagos. He obtained an LL.B degree in 1989, and the BL Certificate from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1990. He was called to the Bar that year. He worked for other law firms from 1990–1994, while continuing his studies. In 1994 he launched his own law firm.

In 1999 election, he ran for office in the House of Representatives for the Katsina-Ala/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency, and was elected on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He was appointed Chairman of the House Services Committee, and later Chairman, House Committee on FCT. He ran again, and was reelected in 2003. On 3 July 2003, he was appointed Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, then in August, 2005 he was appointed Chairman, House Committee on Power. Between May 2007 andMay 2015 he served as Governor of Benue State and currently serves in the Nigerian Senate as Chairman, Senate Committee on Power.

Dr. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, Managing Director, Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) Dr Nnaemeka Ewelukwa was appointed as the General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET) in March 2012. Prior to this appointment, he served as the acting Company Secretary of NBET, while concurrently working as a Technical Adviser with the Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP) where he was a member of the Regulatory and Transactions Monitoring Unit.

Nnaemeka holds an LLB from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and an LLM in International Business Law from the London School of Economics. His PhD from the Queen Mary, University of London focussed on privatization and electricity legal reform in Nigeria. He practiced commercial and corporate law after his Call to the Nigerian Bar. While in the United Kingdom, he worked with the solicitors firm, Patterson Sebastian & Co and also taught International Trade Law at Middlesex University and SOAS, University of London.

Danielle Morris, Partner, WilmerHale's International Arbitration Practice Francis Anatogu is a Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Public Sector Matters and Secretary to Nigeria's National Action Committee on AfCFTA. In that role he heads the Secretariat that coordinates the AfCFTA readiness programmes of government ministries and agencies and private sector stakeholders. Francis was Secretary of the Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of the AfCFTA and coordinated the advocacy, impact and readiness assessment, decision analysis and stakeholder engagements that resulted in Nigeria joining the African Continental Free Trade Area. His expertise is in the areas of policy formulation and implementation, strategic planning, organizational transformation and program management.

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Francis joined the Presidency from Deloitte where he was the West Africa Energy and Natural Resources Consulting Lead. Prior to Deloitte, he worked in a similar role at Accenture. Francis started his career at Shell Group working on energy and infrastructure projects around the world. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and has an MBA from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Ms. Rosecana G. Ankama, Principal Partner R.G. Ankama & Co. Bwanu Chambers) Rosecana G Ankama is a senior Lecturer with the Department of legal studies Kaduna Polytechnic. She is a Chartered Arbitrator, CEDR-Trained Mediator, Conflict Dynamics Accredited Mediator, Certified Negotiator, Notary Public, trainer and resource person with Centre for Africa studies and Journal publication. She obtained her LL.B (horns) and LL.M from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. As a member of the academia and corporate practice space, she has authored and published many papers on legal matters, ADR and allied matters in international and national Journals. She is a member of the Nigerian Red Cross society and Trustee of three NGOs promoting women, children and youth's rights. As an active member of the Nigeria Bar Association, she serves as a member of the Kaduna NBA disciplinary committee, Legal Adviser to CABSCICS, boy's brigade Kaduna Central Battalion and Kaduna Polytechnic Christian community. Rosecana G Ankama is the current alternate Chairman Kano/Kaduna branch of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb).

Professor Lawrence Boo, Head, The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore

Based in Singapore, Professor Lawrence Boo heads The Arbitration Chambers since its inception in 1996. He is widely recognised as “a practitioner who truly understands the region”, and is “regularly seen presiding over some of the biggest disputes in Asia.” (Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific). Formerly the Deputy Chairman (2004–2009), first Chief Executive Officer and Registrar (1991–1996) of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Lawrence is one of Singapore's founding voices of arbitration. In May 2017, he was appointed to the SIAC Court of Arbitration.

With more than 20 years of experience as an arbitrator, Lawrence has sat in close to 300 cases, presiding or acting as sole arbitrator in over 200 cases. He has taken on cases administered by institutions inlcuding the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, HKIAC, CIETAC, AAA, AIAC, AMTAC, SCMA, BANI, BAC, VIAC, LMAA, PCA, SCMA, as well as ad hoc matters. Lawrence is also no stranger to mediation, having mediated in no less than 100 disputes, with mediations reaching settlement at a success rate of 75%. Lawrence is on the panels of leading international arbitration and mediation bodies such as the AAA, CIETAC, CMAC, BAC, KCAB, KLRCA HKIAC, SIMC, SMC and the ICSID Panel of Conciliators. He is Singapore's nominee to ICSID's Panel of Arbitrators, as well as the National Correspondent to UNCITRAL's Case Law on UNCITRAL Text (CLOUT).

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Ben Giaretta, Partner, and Head, International Arbitration, Fox Williams LLP, London, UK Ben is a commercial disputes lawyer with a broad range of experience in litigation, mediation and expert determination, and he has particular expertise in international commercial arbitration. He has advised clients on issues arising from contracts in many different industries, including oil & gas, LNG, renewables, construction, mining, technology, M&A, shipping and commodities. He has worked on disputes all over the world, including in Africa, Europe and the Gulf region. For seven years he was based in Singapore as the Head of Arbitration in Asia for an international law firm, and he worked on disputes across the Asia-Pacific, especially relating to India, South Korea, Japan, China and Australia. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is the current Chair of the London Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has been appointed as arbitrator on many occasions and he is on the panels of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions throughout the world.

Dr. Adeyemi Agbelusi, Principal Partner, Berean Associates Dr Adeyemi Agbelusi is Principal Partner, Berean Associates. He is an Accredited Arbitrator, Chartered Mediator and Conciliator and Mediation Advisor involved in resolving disputes throughout Nigeria and other Jurisdictions. Adeyemi has served as a facilitator to resolve several complex cases and has been appointed Arbitrator and Tribunal Secretary in several Arbitrations. He is a Certified Management and Training Consultant. He is a Member of the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (UK), and a Fellow of several professional bodies including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Society of Construction Industry Arbitrators, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, and the Institute of Management Consultants. He is a member of the Nigeria Conflict Management Group International. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London, United Kingdom. He is a member of the African Arbitration Association. He is on the Panel of Neutrals (Mediation and Arbitration) of the Lagos State Multi-Door Courthouse, Lagos Court of Arbitration, Federal High Court ADR Centre and other institutional ADR Centres. He serves on the Schemes and Training committees of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also member of the ICC ADR-Commission Roundtable. He is on the Panel of Arbitral Tribunal Secretaries of the ICC Paris and CIArb.

Boli Bintou, International lawyer and ADR advisor Ben is a commercial disputes lawyer with a broad range of experience in litigation, mediation and expert determination, and he has particular expertise in international commercial arbitration. He has advised clients on issues arising from contracts in many different industries, including oil & gas, LNG, renewables, construction, mining, technology, M&A, shipping and commodities. He has worked on disputes all over the world, including in Africa, Europe and the Gulf region. For seven years he was based in Singapore as the Head of Arbitration in Asia for an international law firm, and he worked on disputes across the Asia-Pacific, especially relating to India, South Korea, Japan, China and Australia.

He is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is the current Chair of the London Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has been appointed as arbitrator on many occasions and he is on the panels of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions throughout the world.

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Edward Luke II, Managing Partner, Luke and Associates Edward W. Fashole-Luke II, Botswana Citizen, born Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 28, 1960. Admitted, 1986, England and Wales (Barrister-at-Law); 1989, Botswana (Attorney); 1993, Sierra Leone (Barrister and Solicitor). He is the Managing Partner of the firm and one of the leading lawyers in Botswana with a wealth of local and International experience, and is listed in Who's Who of Southern Africa, and the International Who's Who of professionals in Washington, D.C. He studied at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; University of London (LL.B., Hons.); and a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. He is a prolific author and served in various capacities, which includes, Vice Chair to the Foreign Legal Consultant Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law; Vice Chairman ABA International Criminal Law Committee; Member of the Steering Group for the International Litigation Committee of ABA International, and Chapter chair for Botswana of the New York State Bar Association International Law Section.

Annette Magnusson, Secretary General, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) Annette Magnusson is Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). In this capacity Ms Magnusson has initiated a number of policy initiatives including the Stockholm Treaty Lab, an international competition to innovate international law for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and The Quiet Triumph documentary film targeting the role played by international arbitration for peace and prosperity. Ms Magnusson is the author or editor of several publications on international arbitration, including Arbitrating for Peace (Kluwer, 2017) and International Arbitration in Sweden (Kluwer, 2013), a frequent speaker on international arbitration and the development of global legal services, and a dedicated thought leader. Annette Magnusson joined SCC from the law firm Mannheimer Swartling in Stockholm and before that Baker & McKenzie, Sweden. She earned her LLM at the Stockholm University in 1998 and her BA/BSc at the University of Gothenburg in 1991. She is listed as a leading practitioner in Who's Who Legal (2016, 2017, 2018). He is also member of the ICC ADR-Commission Roundtable. He is on the Panel of Arbitral Tribunal Secretaries of the ICC Paris and CIArb.

Femi Falana, Principal, Femi Falana & Co. Femi Falana, was born on May 20, 1958. Femi Falana's primary education began at St. Michael's Primary School, Ilawe, between 1963 and 1968. After which, Femi attended Sacred Heart Catholic Seminary between 1971 and 1975. Upon gaining admission into the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), he studied law between 1977 and 1981 and was called to the bar a year after. He worked with the Public Complaints Commission between 1982 and 1983 and practiced as a lawyer under the firm of Alao Aka –Bashorun & Co. between1983 and 1991. In 1991, Femi Falana began his own Chambers which is now known as Falana and Falana Chambers, having his wife Funmi as a partner a partner. Femi Falana, popularly known as a human right activist, has championed legal

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causes in support of human rights all through his legal career. He is renowned for providing free legal services to the poor and disadvantaged and had suffered long spells in detention under Nigeria's past military dictators. Femi also contested and lost the governorship election of Ekiti State in 2007 on the platform of National Conscience Party, a party he served as National Chairman in 2011. For his legal prowess, he was conferred with the rank, Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2012. Femi has published many articles, papers and books. His firm has also represented many victims of human rights violation in Nigerian Courts and the ECOWAS Community Court.

Narcisse Aka, Secretary General, OHADA Common Court of Justice Arbitration Centre Narcisse AKA is a former Judge and Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration of Ivory Coast (CACI). As a lawyer, he was a Consultant of the international Trade Centre (ITC) in Geneva. He teaches Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the OHADA Regional School of Judges (ERSUMA) and at the Felix HOUPHOUET BOIGNY University of Abidjan. He is a trainer at the Sofreco-Perspective firm in Paris. He is also the former President of the Institute of Community Law (ICL-Africa). Since february 2014, he is the Secretary General of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA (Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa, treaty signed by 17 countries). He is Vice-President of African Association of Arbitration and Mediation Centers (ACAM). He is a member of The Board of African Arbitration Association (AFAA).

Shola Oshodi-John, FCArb, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Nigeria SHOLA OSHODI-JOHN, is the Chief Executive Officer/Registrar, and member of Faculty of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, (NICArb) first Arbitration (and ADR) institute in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has extensive experience in training, policy and change management and has served as solicitor and legal adviser to corporate and not for profit organizations.

Shola is an Arbitrator and advocate for home-grown administration and development of arbitration and Alternative Dispute (ADR) practice in Nigeria (and Africa), Editor of the first and only Journal of Arbitration published by NICArb, a regular speaker at international and national conferences on Arbitration, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She holds a degree in Law, LLB (Hons) from the Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria, BL degree from the Nigerian Law School and a Master's Degree in Public Policy and Management, with a certificate in Non Profit Management from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrator, (NICArb) Advisory Board Member, Institute of Transnational Arbitration, (ITA) and Associate, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, (ICMC).

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Dr. Chidinma Thompson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Dr. Thompson is a partner with the law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada. Her practice focuses on Disputes in all forums including arbitration (domestic and international). She represents and advises clients in a broad range of sectors including oil and gas, electricity, petrochemicals, utilities, environment and climate change, real estate and land development, agriculture, automobile and other industrial undertakings. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Canada and a member of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee. She sits part-time as a member of the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board and the Public Lands Appeal Board. She has appeared before all levels of Court in Alberta, and Nigeria. She has taught various law courses at the University of Calgary's Law School and School of Business. She is a frequent speaker at law seminars and conferences. She frequently publishes in law journals and blogs, and a contributor to book chapters.

Professor Louise Barrington, Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Place Louise Barrington was one of Hong Kong's first chartered arbitrators (2001), is an accredited mediator, and is qualified to practice law in Ontario, New York and England. She worked as a barrister and solicitor in Canada for several years before moving to France to study international private law. She holds Canadian and British passports, and has been a Permanent Resident of Hong Kong since 2004. Combining practice with academic pursuits, Louise taught international and commercial law in Canada, England, Hong Kong and the USA. She has arbitrated scores of cases in Europe and in Asia, under ICC, HKIAC and UNCITRAL Rules, including wrongful dismissal, sales, banking, intellectual property, construction and shareholder disputes. In 1997 Ms Barrington arrived in Hong Kong to found ICC Asia, acting as arbitration resource for businesses throughout the region. She founded and directs the annual Vis East Arbitration Moot and is the founder and former co-president of Arbitral Women. She is a member of the ICC International Arbitration Commission (from both Hong Kong and Canada) and chaired its Working Group on Guidelines for Arbitrating Small Claims. Louise has been active since 1996 in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, having served for several years on the EAB Branch Committee until 2008 when she left to teach for 2 years in London. In December 2012 she stepped down after serving the maximum six years on the CIArb Education and Membership committee in London. She teaches arbitration practice courses around the world – most recently in Melbourne, Jakarta, Paris, Washington DC and Toronto.

Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of the CRCICA and Secretary Treasurer of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI). Dr. Ismail Selim is the Director of the CRCICA and Secretary Treasurer of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI). Dr. Selim is also a board member of the African Arbitration Association ("AfAA"). He graduated from Cairo University in 1997 with an LL.B., where he also obtained an LL.M in International Business Law from the I.D.A.I in 1999. He then earned his Master's degree in Public Administration from the E.N.A, in Paris in 2001. He also earned a Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary University of London in 2005. In 2007, he accomplished an internship program at the ICC Court of International

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Arbitration. In 2009, he earned his PhD from Burgundy University (France). Dr. Selim started off his carrier at the judiciary, until he joined Zulficar & Partners as Senior Associate in 2009 to December 2012, then promoted to Partner and leading member of the International Arbitration Group at Zulficar and Partners in January 2013 to April 2015. He has been constantly appointed as Presiding arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator and has acted as a Counsel in various ad hoc and institutional cases under various rules such as CRCICA, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL, the ICC and the DIFC-LCIA. He is enrolled on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel of arbitrators, December 2017. Board Member of Francarbi as of 1st January 2018. Dr. Selim was recognized as “Leading Individual” by Legal 500 and has published several articles in learned Egyptian and International journals and regularly speaks in international conferences in the field of arbitration and investment.

Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN, Managing Partner, Omaplex Law Firm Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN is one of the most notable professional Nigerian youth, who has distinguished himself in his professional sphere within the country and internationally. He is the youngest in the history of Nigeria to be elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. At age 34, he was conferred with the prestigious rank in September, 2019. He graduated from the Law faculty of the prestigious University of Ilorin in 2007 and was called into the Nigerian Bar in 2008. As the Managing Partner of O.M. Atoyebi, SAN and Partners, also known as OMAPLEX Law Firm, he is the team leader of the Emerging Areas of Practice of the Firm and one of the leading Senior Advocates of Nigeria in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Fintech and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has a track record of being diligent and he ensures that the same drive and zeal is put into all matters handled by the firm. He is also an avid golfer. Because of his passion for the profession and providing growth opportunities for lawyers, earlier in the year, he sponsored the Young Lawyers Forum national essay competition focused on the professional development of young lawyers and he also hosted a Tech Challenge for Nigerian Law student to promote Legal Technology and its adoption in the Profession in Nigeria.

Madame Esther Ngo Moutngui Ikoue, Judge at the CCIA, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivore

Super Scale Judge of the Cameroonian Judiciary, she was born August 21 1963. After holding a Master in Private Judicial Law in 1986 at the Bilingual Faculty of Law, Yaounde's University, she got the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Private Law in 1989. She also has Diplomas of the Institute for Judicial Power of Coruna (Spain), the School of Human Rights of the University of Nottingham in UK, and a Certificate on Mediation of Mc Gill University (Quebec-Canada). In 1985, she was admitted to the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM), and was integrated into the Judiciary, and then began a rich career during which she held in turn different positions among which Sub- Director Legislation and Sub-Director of Human Rights, President of a High Court in charge of commercial litigations. In 2017, she was elected as 1st Cameroonian Judge at the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) of OHADA where she took service in June 2018. S he trains students in OHADA Law in many schools in her Cameroon and outside Cameroon.

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Professor Oluyemisi Bamgbose SAN, Chairman, Women Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association Professor Oluyemisi Adefunke Bamgbose SAN, is a Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology and the first and only female Professor of Law in Nigeria to be conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. She studied Law at the University of Lagos to study, and then proceeded to the Nigeria Law School, Lagos for her BL and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984. She obtained her Master of Laws Degree from the University of Lagos in 1990 and became a Professor of Law in 2003. In September 2018, she was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Prof. Bamgbose SAN started her early career with the Oyo State Ministry of Justice, and then proceeded to Ogun State Ministry of Justice where she became a state counsel and rose to the position of senior state counsel and DPP. In 1987, she was employed by the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, as an assistant lecturer and rose through the ranks to become a Professor of Law. She was the first female Head of Department in the Faculty of Law. She was a Member of Nigeria's National Committee on the Reform of Discriminatory Laws against Women and was also the Chairperson of the Constitutional Review Committee for Oyo State Nigeria. She is currently the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Women Forum. Dr. Slyvie Bebohi Ebongo, Co-founder and Partner of HBE Avocats Dr Sylvie BEBOHI EBONGO is Member of the Paris and Cameroon Bars. She is the Co-founder and Partner of HBE Avocats a firm specialized in business law. She holds a PhD in Private Law from the University of Picardie Jules Verne ( Amiens- France). Her thesis on the “enforcement of arbitral awards: comparative study of ICSID and CCJA enforcement mechanisms” was awarded the best thesis in Business and community law of the OHADA High School ERSUMA 2015. Sylvie holds a certificate in mediation, negotiation and dispute Management and a certificate in International Trade Law. Her area of practice includes international arbitration, contract law, enforcement and recovery procedures. Sylvie also sits as arbitrator. She was recently appointed in a ICC arbitration cases including a state to foreign companies. She is a member of the CCJA and the Cairo Regional Center for Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) arbitrators' panels. Sylvie is also trained as a mediator. Sylvie's other role includes acting as research officer at the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa (APAA) where she acts as representative in Europe. She is member of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge Africa subcommittee, of the International Bar Association (IBA) Africa Arbitration Network and of AfriCarb a group of young legal professionals with a shared interest in Arbitration and Africa.

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Mirèze Philippe, Special Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, ArbitralWomen Co-Founder & Board Member Mirèze is a French lawyer of French and Lebanese origin. She also holds a Master in Business Administration. She speaks English, French, Arabic, German and understands Spanish. She is Special Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration that she has joined in 1984. After having administered arbitration procedures at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration including scrutinizing awards for several years, she was entrusted with numerous projects, mainly building alongside IT engineers the NetCase platform for conducting arbitrations in a secure online environment, promoting ICC arbitration in the Arab region, drafting arbitration mock cases and moderating workshops on arbitration, contributing to ICC arbitration online training. She is currently mainly in charge of coordinating internal practices, a legal training programme and the internship programme. Mirèze is ArbitralWomen co-founder and Executive Board member. She is member of the Steering Committee of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge, member of the Council of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution, member of the ABA Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Task Force, member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution, fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution (“NCTDR”), board member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (“ICODR”), member of the Advisory Board of Association Arbitri, member of Paris Place d'Arbitrage. She was also member of the UNCITRAL Working Group III on ODR (report delivered in February 2016), and member of the ICCA Diversity Task Force (report delivered in July 2020).

Ms. Alice Codjia-Sohoenou, Mediation and Conciliation Arbitration Centre of the Benin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (CAMeC-CCIB) Ms. Codjia is a lawyer in Benin Republic. She has trained in arbitration and mediation in the "Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of the Organization for Business Law in Africa (CCJA-OHADA) and Arbitration of the Arbitration Center of Mediation and Conciliation (CameC-CCIB)".

She is had served and still serves as Arbitrators-Mediators and Conciliators of CAMeC-CCIB in Benin, CCJA Arbitrators in Abidjan in Ivory Coast and Counsel to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Arusha, Tanzania.

Matthew Egbadon, Alternate Chair, Admiralty and Maritime Sectorial Committee, NICArb He obtained a 2nd Class Upper Law Degree at the University of Ife (now OAU), Ile-Ife, in 1984, and was called to Bar in 1985. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma (Maritime Law) of the London Metropolitan University, London; and a Master of Laws degree (Maritime Law) of the Queen Mary College, University of London. In addition, he holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA)degree of the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) Nigeria; and a member of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA), member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as well as a member of the Maritime Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). Before returning to private legal practice, he was appointed Secretary and Legal Adviser to the Nigerian Maritime Authority (NMA) in 2003, which was transformed into the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in 2007 as Nigeria's apex Maritime Regulatory Agency.

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Dr. Omogbai Omo-Eboh, Legal Consultant and Chartered Arbitrator LL.B. (Lagos) LL.M., Ph.D. (London); B.L., FCIArb., Chartered Arbitrator specializes in Maritime, Insurance and Arbitration. After his law education at the University of Lagos and call to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, he proceeded to the London School of Economics & Political Science of the University of London, where he obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in 1986 with Distinction. He was granted the Overseas Research Students Award by the Committee of Principals and Vice- Chancellors of United Kingdom Universities and the Professor W.G. Hart Scholarship to enable him pursue a research course of study leading to the award of a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in law. During the course of his doctoral research, Dr. Omo-Eboh was a lecturer in law at the University of Buckingham. He has written extensively on current legal issues and regulation in local and international journals and author of “The Law of Insurance Contracts in Nigeria” and “Casebook on Insurance Law in Nigeria” both published in 2012. He was consulted by the Law Commission of England & Wales on the reform of the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 1930 (UK) in March 1997, served as Chairman, Committee for the Review of Insurance Laws in Nigeria, in February, 2016, and a Commissioner, Lagos State Law Reform Commission.

He is a regular speaker, facilitator at the Maritime Law Seminar for Judges organized by the Nigerian Shippers' Council in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute and in training seminars organized by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for judges. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Bar Association; Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), foundation member, first Honorary Secretary and past President of the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (MAAN).

He has acted variously as counsel, party appointed arbitrator and Chairman of arbitration panels in references relating to Commercial Contracts, Insurance, Shipping/Maritime and Energy disputes in both domestic and international arbitrations.

Dr. Oluwole Akinyeye, Partner, Olisa Agbakoba Dr. Akinyeye is the head of the Maritime Legal Unit and has a doctorate degree in Shipping Law. He possesses a versatile knowledge of Maritime law and has a penchant for research, having written a number of articles and papers covering various aspects of the field. His doctoral thesis was the first to examine the defensibility of the justifications for exempting a harbour pilot and port authority from liability and making the shipowner and master of a ship under compulsory pilotage vicariously liable for the actionable wrongs of the pilot. As the head of the Maritime Unit, Dr. Akinyeye directs the affairs of the Unit and assigns measurable roles to team members. He represents clients in maritime related cases and provides legal advisory services to private and public entities in respect of all areas of maritime commerce.

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Jean Chiazor, Principal Counsel, Jean Chiazor and Co, Lagos, Nigeria Jean Chiazor is one of Nigeria's most prominent lawyers and a successful author, having already written three volumes of Essays in Admiralty – a comprehensive collection of essays and learned papers focused on maritime law – with a fourth volume in for publication. Jean is the Editor – In – Chief of Admiralty Law Reports of Nigeria, volumes 1 – 18 (A compendium of Judgments on Admiralty Matters in Nigeria, through the Federal High Courts to the Supreme Court of Nigeria) with a comprehensive index of cases published so far. She holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1985; Master of Laws; LLM-University of Lagos and Master in Transport Management-Ladoke Akintola University. Called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986, and sworn Notary Public, in 1990. She was awarded International Women of the Year 1997-1998 by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge in recognition of her services to law, and the International Professional of the Year 2005, for her excellent practice in the field of law. She has served as Maritime Legal Consultant to the Nigerian House of Representatives' Committee on Marine; trained the first set of the Cabotage enforcement officers for NIMASA. She is a founding member of the Committee of the Nigerian Shippers' Council, in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute on the bi-annual Maritime Seminar for Judges. Jean also presided as co-chair of the Nigerian Admiralty Law and Procedure Reform Committee, 2020.

Hassan Bello, CEO/Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council Mr. Hassan Bello is the Acting Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Shippers Council. As a lawyer, he joined the council in 1998 as Deputy Director and Head of Legal Services. He became a director in the same department, the position he held for many years before the new appointment. Before he joined the council, Bello had worked with Sokoto State Ministry of Justice and the state's Investment Company Limited where he rose to become Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

Aminu Umar, Managing Director, Sea Transport Limited Aminu Umar is founder and CEO of Sea Transport Services Nig Ltd, a refined petroleum product vessel owner and operator company, providing large vessels to both local and international petroleum products trading companies across West Africa with the business valued at $70-100 million conservatively.

He has also over time also played a significant role in shaping the maritime industry evidenced by the various roles and capacities in which he has served. He is a past president, Nigeria Ship-Owner's Association (NISA). Other key roles include: Member, Ministerial Committee on establishing Nigerian National Fleet, Member, Ministerial Committee on Nigerian Fleet Implementation Committee, Member, Advisory Council to the Executive Management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), member Ministerial Committee on Restructuring of Nigerian Ship Registry; Council Member, International Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO); Member, International Ship Owners Association (BIMCO); Governing Council Member, Nigerian Chamber of Shipping; Member, Steering Committee of West African Chamber of Shipping; Council Member, African Shipowners Association; founder and managing director Integrated Shipping Services Nig. Ltd – the biggest tanker port agency in Nigeria for crude tankers and LNG tankers calling on Nigerian waters.

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Yele Delano, SAN, Managing Partner, Akin Delano Legal Practitioners Oluyele Delano, SAN, MCI Arb is the Managing Partner at Akindelano Legal Practitioners (ALP) and an Independent Director of FBNQuest Merchant Bank. He is a respected professional with a penchant for precision and research, he commenced his practice with Chief Rotimi Williams' Chambers in 1988 having been called to the Nigerian Bar in the same year, and rose to become one of the leading counsels in Chambers with a focus on Litigation and Arbitration. In 1998 he proceeded to assume his current position in the Lagos office of ALP, and in 2006 was elevated to the Inner Bar, becoming one of the youngest Senior Advocates of Nigeria to be honoured with the Silk. He has been involved in notable multimillion-dollar transactions where he has advised key government and private sector interests, and currently serves as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Lazarus Trustee Foundation as well as being a member of the Board of Directors of Crossworld Securities Limited. Qualifications: BA Hons Law (University of Southampton in England); Member of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators United Kingdom, the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Energy Institute, London and Lagos. Hon. Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu, Federal High Court Justice Aminu currently presiding at the Federal High Court Gusau Division possesses a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Master of Laws (LL.M) and Barrister at Law (BL), degrees. She started private practice immediately after her call and thereafter established my own Chambers; Covenant Chambers at Raymond Street, Yaba, Lagos, thereafter Modibbo Raji Chambers when she relocated to Yola; appointed as a Law Lecturer at the Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola for six years before eventually joining the Adamawa State Judiciary and was at Chief Magistrate Court 1, Yola before being elevated to the Federal High Court. An avid traveler, she has attended Local and International Conferences for continuous Professional Development and have undertaken several certificate courses in prestigious institutions in the country like the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the National Judicial Institute. George M. Oguntade, SAN, Principal Partner, GMO LEGAL George attended the University of Southampton, England and graduated in 1986 with a degree in Law. He was admitted and enrolled as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in May 1989. In 1998, he obtained a Master Degree in Commercial Law from the University of Lagos. George heads the Litigation and Arbitration Services and the Intellectual Property Practice Groups. He is a seasoned legal practitioner with over 20 years cognate experience and specializes in all aspects of commercial litigation at both trial and appellate Courts in Nigeria. As a member of the Institute of Trademarks Attorney [UK], George has substantial experience in intellectual property practice both in advisory and contentions matters. He has litigated several cases against international oil companies involving multi million naira claims for damages arising from oil spillage and pollution. He has also acted as an “expert” on Nigerian Banking law in litigation before the Court of First Instance in Lausanne, Switzerland. George has acted as Counsel in several proceedings involving disputes in the Oil spillage and Gas industry. In addition to his vast litigation and arbitration experience, George has also acquired expertise in negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements and advising foreign companies on issues ranging from industry market entry and exit strategies, joint ventures with local companies, foreign exchange and taxation and corporate regulation and compliance.

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Chukuka Chukuma, Managing Partner, Racecourse Capital Chukuka is an investment banker, entrepreneur and partner at Racecourse Capital, a private investment and advisory firm. With a career spanning over twenty years at world class financial institutions like Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Salomon Smith Barney, Citibank Nigeria, Afrinvest West Africa, and Stanbic IBTC Bank, Chukuka has executed deals in corporate and project financings across multiple sectors. He specializes in structuring and raising large, complex, multi-source and multi-currency financings from cradle to grave.

Chukuka is committed to raising the economic potential of Africa through investments in human capital, the arts, technology and infrastructure where he sits on the board of several companies like; Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Africa; Evaluation & Staffing Africa (ES Africa); Hofstede Insights Nigeria (Hofstede) and DBH Solutions (DBH). Chukuka is committed to empowering more Africans and is making significant inroads through SEO Africa: a world-class training and mentorship program that is modeled after the SEO USA career program. As part of his contributions to raising the next set of entrepreneurs in Africa, he mentors new entrants in the African market and provides strategic insights on innovation.

Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Principal Partner, Pinheiro, LLP His professional background commenced in 1987 in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. He started off as a state counsel in the office of the Director of Public Prosecution and also the office of Director, Civil Litigation. Between October, 1988 and December 1988, he was a counsel in the firm of Rhodes & Rhodes, and thereafter in January, 1989 joined the firm of Abiola Oshodi & Company, Lagos State as a senior counsel. In March 1996, he founded Pinheiro & Company, later metamorphosed into Pinheiro & Oguntade where he was a partner till he established his full-fledged practice of Pinheiro & Company in 2001. He has been in active legal practice ever since and his practice cuts across a wide horizon, covering legal consultancy, advocacy, commercial and corporate practice, maritime, arbitration, insolvency, election petitions, matrimonial causes, industrial and labour disputes, intellectual property, real estate, banking and finance, probate and administration of estates, environmental law and land use and finally his passion, criminal prosecution. Of utmost interest to Kemi Pinheiro's professional career is the eradication of, and fight against corruption. He is passionately committed to the eradication of corruption in Nigeria in all its facets. To this end, he partnered with the anti-graft agency, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute high level corruption cases. He currently leads the prosecution teams against such. He holds the fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation in this regard, what is more as an attestation to his unassailable integrity to which he is held. He has also acted as sole arbitrator in various disputes.

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