Esq. Seminars on the 28^th – 30^th of
October, 2014 hosted the Esq. Arbitration School 2014 at the Civic Centre in
Victoria Island, Lagos which was supported by the prestigious law firm of Aluko & Oyebode. It was a great
time for the delegates and the resounding success for the organisers. The panel
of facilitators was very impressive as it attracted some of the best
arbitration practitioners from Nigeria and also from London.

• Gbenga Oyebode MFR, Chairman, Management Board, Aluko &
  Oyebode;

• 
  Lere Fashola, CEO, Legal Blitz Limited;

• Jerome Finnis, Of Counsel, International Arbitration Group,
  Hogan Lovells LLP;

• Babatunde Fagbohunlu SAN, Partner, Head of Litigation &
  Arbitration, Aluko& Oyebode;

• Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, FCI.Arb, Managing Partner, Patrick
  Ikwueto & Co,Abuja/Lagos.;

• Chief Bayo Ojo SAN, FCIArb, Chartered Arbitrator, Senior
  Partner, Bayo Ojo& Co, Abuja. Director, International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation Abuja (ICAMA);

• Abdul Jinadu Esq, Barrister, Keating Chambers, 15 Essex
  Street, London;

• Jobalo Oshikanlu, Legal Director, ARM-Harith Infrastructure
  Fund;

• Wale Akoni SAN, Head of Chambers, Babalakin & Co.;

• Olatunde Busari, SAN, FCI.Arb, Chartered Arbitrator, Partner,
  Akinwunmi &Busari, Lagos;

• Ned Mojuetan;

• Mark Molyneux, Partner,Addleshaw Goddard LLP;

• Seyilayo Ojo FCI.Arb, Managing Counsel, Seyilayo Ojo &Co.;

• Nkiru Balonwu, CEO, Spinlet Nigeria;

• Wale Goodluck, General Manager, Commercial Legal, MTN.
  Nigeria;

• Yemi Akinsanya, Principal, Adeyemi-Akinsanya Associates;

• Oludare Senbore, Partner, Aluko & Oyebode, Nigeria,
  former Head of Legal,Infrastructure and Project Finance, StanbicIBTC;

• Seye Kosoko, Head of Legal and Company Secretary, Standard
  Chartered Bankof Nigeria;

• Irene Robinson-Ayanwale, Head, Legal Department and Council
  Secretariat,The Nigerian Stock Exchange; and

• Ace Ankomah, Head of Litigation and Arbitration,
  Bentsi-Enchill, Accra, Ghana.

Cross section of facilitators

Cross section of facilitators

Cross section of Delegates

Lunch time

Jerome and Kate

Adedunmade, Jerome & Kate

Cross section of facilitators

Cross section of facilitators

Esq. Seminars hold regular trainings on various areas of law
and it will do legal practitioners and in-house counsel out there a great deal
of good to keep an eye out for their seminars/trainings and participate in
them. We shall also do well to inform you of upcoming Esq. Seminars.