Martial Akakpo

Me Akakpo is an active arbitrator and litigator on local, national, and international cases. He is a member of the International Arbitration Court of International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC). Among others, Me Akakpo is an arbitrator with The ICC Court of International Arbitration (CIA) and with the Organization for Harmonization for Business Law in Africa (OHADA)’s arbitration Court (CCJA) in Cote d’Ivoire.

He has 30 years of experience as a practicing attorney, advising clients on diverse issues and disputes resolution. He has been a General Counsel to many major projects and has had his own firm for 30 years.

As a general counsel, he brought its legal expertise in helping the Regulatory Authority of the Electricity Sector in Togo “Autorité de Régulation du Secteur de l’Electricité” (ARSE) to evaluate the complex contracts for the purchase of electrical energy (PPA) by Contour Global for the benefit of the “Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo” (CEET) between November 2013 and June 2014.

Between 2015 and 2016, he led the audit of the concession of the Lomé Thermal Power Plant “Centrale Thermique de Lomé” (CTL) for the benefit of the Regulatory Authority of the Electricity Sector in Togo (ARSE). Me Akakpo is also specialised in development of investment of projects and financing of projects, in energy, railway and port infrastructure in Togo and West Africa.

Me Akakpo is a lecturer at both Universités Paris II Panthéon-ASSAS and Paris Est-Créteil in France. He is also lecturing at Ecole Régionale Supérieure de Magistrature de l’OHADA (ERSUM), a Judicial Training School for magistrates in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin.

Me Akakpo holds a doctoral degree from Université de Nice Côte d’Azur, an Executive master degree in Business Finance and Capital Market from Sciences-Po Paris, and a Post-Graduate Degree in International Business Litigation from the Université de Paris – Est Créteil Val de Marne (Paris 12), with honours. He is also a holder of a post graduate degree in Business Intelligence and Technological Monitoring at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) in Paris with honours.

Me Akakpo received a training in International Organization Development Law (OIDD-Italy) organised jointly by the Loyola School of Law and Tulane Law School (USA).

Me Akakpo is the Founder of “Mercuriales Info”, Togolese Business Law and Arbitration review and the author of the book “The protection of the weak party in the OHADA arbitration” published by Edition Harmattan, book which received Prizes of thesis in law of the academic year, issued respectively by the University Coast d’Azur university of Nice Sophia antipolis.

He was awarded the distinction of Officer of the National Order of Merit in 2009.