Arbitration & Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Nigeria

Bayo Ojo

POSITION: 33 years’ experience in active commercial law, litigation, international law and arbitration practice. His experience includes: having acted as sole arbitrator, member of arbitral panels and as counsel in numerous domestic and international arbitrations; acted as solicitor to numerous capital market issues; acted as Chairman of the review panel for the licensing round of oil blocks issued by the Nigerian authorities in 2005. As Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, he initiated key reforms in the justice sector. He has advised government on the exit of Nigeria from Paris and London Clubs and was involved in the negotiation of $2.5bn loan facility from the Chinese government for the Mambilla Hydro Project, railways rehabilitation and rural telephony. He acts as tutor for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, legal draftsman, chartered arbitrator and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

CAREER:

Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, 1978, President, Nigeria Bar Association, 2004-2005; Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2005-2007; Chairman, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria Branch 2009-2010; ICSID Panel of

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Arbitrators, Member Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Member Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Former member of the United Nations International Law Commission, Geneva, Switzerland.

MEMBER:

International Bar Association, International Insolvency Association, London Court of International Arbitration, Swiss Arbitration Association, Nigeria Bar Association, Associate Member, American Bar Association, Capital Market Lawyers Association of Nigeria, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Nigerian Maritime Arbitrators Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Nigerian Society of International Law.

EDUCATION:

LL.B (Hons) University of Lagos, Nigeria (1977), Certificate in Legal Drafting from the Royal Institute of Public Administration, London (1981), LL.M (Master of Laws), London School of Economics, University of London (1982), Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, London (1998).

LEISURE:

Reading, playing golf and community work.

Lagos Office: Zenon house, 6th Floor, No. 2 Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island Lagos. Nigeria.

Tel: +23494137250 +23416215077 Fax: +23412800763

Email: cabayoojo@aol.com Website: www.bayoojoandco.org

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Bayo Ojo & Co ITF House, 4th Floor, No. 6 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja. Nigeria.

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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011