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Biography

ADEWALE A. OLAWOYIN OBTAINED AN LL.B DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IFE (NOW OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY) IN 1987, AN LL.M WITH MERIT FROM THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE IN 1990 AND A PH.D. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL IN 1995. HE IS PRESENTLY THE MANAGING PARTNER IN THE LAW FIRM OF OLAWOYIN & OLAWOYIN, LAGOS, WHICH SPECIALISES IN BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE LAW. HE IS ALSO A PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS AND HAS PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON TOPICS IN CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA, ARBITRATION, ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION AND COMPANY LAW IN A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS SUCH AS THE JOURNAL OF MARITIME LAW & COMMERCE, JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW, JOURNAL OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. HE IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE LAGOS COURT OF ARBITRATION, A FELLOW OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS (UK) AND A SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN).