International Arbitration and Africa

PROGRAM :

1. Arbitration & Africa Francophone / Lusophone seen from the ICC

Arbitration & francophone/lusophone Africa seen from the ICC

2. Arbitration & English-speaking Africa from the ICC perspective
3. The Africanization of Arbitration
4. Investment Arbitration in Africa – Trap or Opportunity?

Pan-African and regional perspectives

5. OHADA – strengths & weaknesses, the main areas of reform
6. The proliferation of the number of arbitration institutions in Africa – what should we think?

STAKEHOLDERS

Alya Ladjimi, Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Tunde Ogunseitan, Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Walid Ben Hamida, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Paris Sacly (Evry Val d’Essonne)

Rukia Baruti, Arbitrator and Founder and Managing Director at Africa International Legal Awareness (AILA)

Achille Ngwanza, Lecturer, University of Paris 2 / Chairman of the OHADA Working Group of the CFA

Tolu Obamuroh, Associate, White & Case / Former Associate General Counsel of the Lagos Court of Arbitration

Moderator: Peter Rosher, Partner, Pinsent Masons, Charles Nairac, Partner, White & Case