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Chief James Akingbola Akinola, SAN

Company: The Law Union

Position: Partner

Expert Overview

Chief Gbola Akinola is a practising Lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Arbitrator. He obtained a B.Sc Degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan in 1982, was called to the Nigerian Bar and admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1987.
He is a Partner in the law firm known as ‘THE LAW UNION’ with cognate experience in Corporate and Commercial Law practice and a highly skilled advocate with extensive commercial legal advisory experience.
Chief Gbola Akinola was appointed a Notary Public in May 1998, admitted as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in November 1999, elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in February 2001 and became listed as a member of the Institute's Panel of Chartered Arbitrators in August 2006.





International Arbitration Appointments

NO. OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION APPOINTMENTS 5
NO. OF THOSE AS CHAIR 2
NO. OF THOSE AS SOLE ARBITRATOR 3
NO. OF THOSE AS WING-ARBITRATOR 0
NO. OF THOSE APPOINTED BY ARBITRAL INSTITUTIONS 2
NO. OF THOSE THAT WERE AD HOC ARBITRATIONS 3
NAMES OF AFRICAN CO-ARBITRATORS Mrs. Sola Adegbonmire, C.Arb
Mr. Olatunde Busari SAN, C.Arb
NAMES OF ARBITRAL INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED ciarb Nigeria Branch
KIAC
APPOINTING AUTHORITY INVOLVED IN THE AD-HOC ARBITRATIONS? Yes
NAMES OF APPOINTING AUTHORITY IN AD-HOC ARBITRATIONS CIArb Nigeria
KIAC
WHERE DID YOU SIT? Lagos
Kigali
UNDER WHICH APPLICABLE LAWS AND RULES? Arbitration & Conciliation Act 2004
Rwanda Law No. 005-2008 on Arbitration and Conciliation in Commercial Matters.

Arbitration and conciliation Act 2004 Rules
KIAC (Kigali International Arbitration Centre) Arbitration Rules 2012








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