INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 1/3LY
OL UF UNK E A DEKOYA S A N
PARTNER, ÆLEX
and is a Boardmember of both the Lagos Court of Arbitration and the African Users Council of the London Court of International Arbitration. She is an activemember of the Nigerian Bar Association, having been a past Secretary of Lagos branch, and a National Officer on three occasions [past Assistant General Secretary, past Treasurer and past 1st Vice President]. She recently contested [albeit unsuccessfully] for the presidential slot. She was amember of the Committee set up to draft Bye-Laws for the newSections established in 2004 in the NBA and thereafter held office as Chairman of the Association’s Section on Legal Practice. At the international level, she is an activemember of the International Bar Association, where she has held the posts of Deputy Secretary General for Africa [West] and later Officer of its Bar Issues Commission. She was recently elected amember of the Governing Council of ICCA [International Council for Commercial Arbitration] as well as being appointed amember of theWorld Bank Group Sanctions Board. She has been a LifeMember of the International Federation Of Women Lawyers (FIDA) since 1982.
Mrs Funke Adekoya SAN is a partner at ÆLEX, a commercial law firmoperating in Lagos. She is one of the few female partners in any law firm in Nigeria andwas the pioneer Managing Partner and is now the Finance Partner. She nowheads the Dispute Resolution practice groupwhichmanages litigation and arbitrationmatters for the firm’s clients. She obtained her LL.B (2nd Upper) from the University of Ife in 1974 and her LL.M, Harvard LawSchool, Boston, Mass, USA 1977. She was appointed as Notary Public in 1986 and qualified as a Solicitor in England andWales in 2004. She has nearly 40 years’ experience in commercial litigation and corporate dispute resolution; advises clients on commercial and corporate legal issues regarding business insolvency, receivership, corporate liquidations and business turnaround issues; and regularly lectures on arbitration lawand procedure. She was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in September 2001 (at that time the5thwoman tobe soelevated). In addition to heading the dispute resolution practice group at ÆLEX, she hasmaintained an active interest in her profession, both academically and professionally. She is acknowledged within the arbitration sector where she is listed on the Energy Arbitrators List by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution,
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