Personal bio
Taiye Ayotunde Oniyide, is the Principal Partner of Messrs Taiye Oniyide & Co., (Barristers, Solicitors, Arbitrators and Notaries Public).
He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B) Degree from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria in the Year 2001; Barrister of Law (BL) Degree in the Year 2003; called to the Nigerian Bar on the 1st day of July, 2003; obtained his Master of Law (LL.M) Degree at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in 2010; and, his Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) in Law at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria in the year 2023. He was appointed a Notary Public in the year 2012.
He is a Fellow, an approved Tutor, Assessor and Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and a Past Member of the Executive of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom (Nigeria Branch). He is also a Member of the African Arbitrators Association (AAA); Nigerian Bar Association (NBA); African Bar Association (ABA); American Bar Association (ABA); International Bar Association (IBA); Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA); Project Implementation Committee (PIC) of the Proposed Allied University, Oro-Ago, Ifelodun Local Government, Kwara State, Nigeria as well as the Proposed ADOKA University, Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria.
He is actively involved in litigation; has vast knowledge and experience in the teaching and practice of both domestic and international arbitration; and, has authored several articles in international and national journals as well as chapters-in-books.