Uzoma Azikiwe is a partner and the head of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie's litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution team. He was elevated to the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria in 2020. He provides advice in maritime, aviation, employment and energy matters, and his specialities include advising multinationals on oil and gas law; environmental matters; the provision, manning and maintenance of vessels; cabotage issues; telecommunications; construction and infrastructure; and administrative and constitutional law.
He trained as an international commercial arbitrator with several Nigerian and international arbitration organisations, including the International Chamber of Commerce Institute of World Business Law, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK, the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (Nigeria), and the Chartered Institute of Mediation and Conciliation. He obtained a diploma in international commercial arbitration at St Anne's College, Oxford, United Kingdom, and has benefited from PIDA training in international commercial arbitration, PIDA training in international commercial contracts and training by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
Uzoma makes presentations, presents depositions and gives evidence as a legal expert on Nigerian law before various foreign courts. Most recently, he appeared in this capacity before the High Court of Justice in England (in the 2009 case of Dornoch Limited & Others v Westminster International BV & Others).
He has published articles on commercial law, including 'The Doctrine of Undisclosed Agency Revisited', as well as articles on environmental law and arbitration. His articles have been published in reputable international journals, such as The European, Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review, The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review, International Financial Law Review Dispute Resolution Guide and Chambers Global Practice Guides on International Arbitration. He presents papers at and conducts seminars for various major service companies in the oil industry in Nigeria on employment and labour matters.
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