Babatunde Fagbohunlu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK, heads the Disputes Practice Group at ALN Nigeria-Aluko & Oyebode. He regularly acts as counsel to Nigerian as well as foreign and multinational clients in Ad Hoc and institutional arbitrations, and has served as arbitrator in several cases, including arbitrations administered by the ICC and the LCIA. Mr Fagbohunlu has also served on the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Committee on the Reform and Harmonization of Arbitration/ADR Laws. He co-authored the book “Arbitration in Africa: A Review of Key Jurisdictions” published by Sweet and Maxwell in 2016.  

He has served on the Court of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and on the Board of Directors of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC). He was recently appointed to the Body of Neutrals of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ADR Centre and as a delegate to represent the International Law Association at the 49th Session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform.