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Mr Babatunde Ogunseitan Fellow

Job title: Arbitrator and Academic
Country: United Kingdom

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: London
Disciplines: Arbitration

Personal bio

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Dually qualified dispute resolution practitioner (UK and Nigeria) with practical multidisciplinary experience gained in both jurisdictions. ARBITRATOR EXPERIENCE • • Chairman in a $4 million ad hoc arbitration concerning an oil and gas services contract dispute in Africa. • Co arbitrator in a $6 million ICC arbitration concerning an oil pipeline construction dispute. • Sole arbitrator in a CIArb arbitration between entities in England and Guatemala concerning a credit agreement. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY • Arbitrator and Counsel, Ogunseitan Arbitration, Lagos, Nigeria (2020 to date) • Visiting Teaching Fellow, SOAS School of Law, SOAS University, London, UK (2020 to date) • Lecturer, Faculty of Law of Lyon Catholic University, Lyon, France (2020 to date) • Teaching Faculty, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK (2020 to date) • Counsel, International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France (2013 to 2020) • Solicitor and Barrister, Adigun Ogunseitan & Co., Lagos, Nigeria (2008 to 2013) • Solicitor, Cadawalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, London, UK (2007 to 2008) • Solicitor & Trainee Solicitor, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, London, UK (2003 to 2007) • Early Career Legal Experiences CMGL (Now, Zurich Group Limited), Curtis David Garrard (now, Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP) and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London, UK (2000 - 2003)