Mr Babatunde Fagbohunlu
Position: Partner/Director, Aluko & Oyebode/LACIAC
Expert Overview
Babatunde Fagbohunlu is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK. He leads the disputes practice at Aluko & Oyebode, one of Nigeria’s foremost commercial law firms. Babatunde regularly acts as counsel to Nigerian as well as foreign and multinational clients in Ad Hoc and institutional arbitrations, and has served as arbitrator in several cases, including arbitrations administered by the ICC and the LCIA. He has also served on the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Committee on the Reform and Harmonization of Arbitration/ADR Laws. He co-authored the book “Arbitration in Africa: A Review of Key Jurisdictions” published by Sweet and Maxwell in 2016
International Arbitration Appointments
| No. of international arbitration appointments | 3 |
| No. of those as chair | 0 |
| No. of those as sole arbitrator | 1 |
| No. of those as wing-arbitrator | 2 |
| No. of those appointed by arbitral institutions | 3 |
| No. of those that were ad hoc arbitrations | 1 |
| Names of African co-arbitrators | Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour; Tunde Busari; Mrs. Justice Phillips; Tunde Ogowewo; Miannaya Essien |
| Names of arbitral institutions involved | London Court of International Arbitration; ICC Court of Arbitration |
| Names of appointing authority in ad-hoc arbitrations | Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) Nigeria Branch |
| Where did you sit? | London, Lagos |
| Under which applicable laws and rules? | Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghanaian laws, LCIA and ICC rules |
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