Dr. Adewale Adedamola

Qualifications

Ph.D. University of Bristol, UK (1995)
LL.M. (London) London School of Economics and Political Science, (1990)
Barrister at Law (BL) (1988)
LL.B. (Honors) (1987)

Dr. Adewale is an astute and articulate legal practitioner. An Arbitrator and academic with extensive knowledge, experience and expertise in manifold aspects of international business and commercial law with particular emphasis on international investment law, domestic and international commercial arbitration, corporate and maritime law. He possesses excellent national and international exposure in structuring difficult international commercial transactions and excellent execution of complex legal issues. He enjoys intellectually challenging assignments, making a constructive difference by initiating and delivering strategic solutions to business problems through Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation.

He is an accomplished academic and researcher with published works in international serials such as the Journal of African Law, the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Mediation and Dispute Management, the Journal of International Arbitration, International Arbitration Law Review and the American Review of International Arbitration on various aspects of Company law, Carriage of Goods by Sea and Arbitration. He was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2014. He is also an Associate Professor of law in the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Some of his professional affiliations includes but are not limited to;

President, Lagos Court of Arbitration
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
Fellow, Society of Construction Industry Arbitrators
Member, LCIA Users’ Council (Africa)
Member, Nigeria Bar Association
Member, International Bar Association
Member, Nigerian Maritime Law Association
Member, Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria
Member, Nigerian Law Teachers Association
Member, Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration