IBOM 100: DOROTHY UDEME UFOT, SAN – FOUNDING PARTNER, DOROTHY UFOT & CO.

Dorothy Ufot is the founding partner of Dorothy Ufot & Co, a leading law firm in Nigeria since 1994, where she heads the international arbitration and litigation departments of the firm.

Dorothy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a chartered arbitrator. She is currently a member of the council of the legal practice division of the International Bar Association and a former vice-chair of the arbitration committee of the IBA.

Dorothy is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration. She has extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator in institutional and adhoc arbitrations (ICC, UNCITRAL). She is among the 467 experts in 63 jurisdictions who are listed in the 2009 edition of The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers, recognizsed as leaders in the fielsd of international commercial arbitration.

Dorothy has acted as arbitrator in several complex high volume arbitrations in oil and gas, construction, joint venture, international supply contracts and financial services, having been appointed by major multinational oil corporations, state governments, federal government agencies and large and medium sized public and private companies.

A member of the editorial board of the Journal of International Arbitration, Dorothy teaches arbitration at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has presented papers on oil and gas arbitration, professional ethics and dispute resolution at several international conferences.

Dorothy is a member of the Swiss Arbitration Association and many other professional associations. She holds a BSc degree in political science from the University of Calabar, Nigeria and obtained her law degree and a Masters degree in Law from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989.

The firm of Dorothy Ufot & Co was established in 1994 and draws together the expertise of a few lawyers who have been trained in diverse areas of Nigerian as well as international law. The firm specializes in oil & gas, arbitration and ADR, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, international trade, corporate/commercial litigation, telecommunications and documentation of local and international contracts, banking and finance.

Dorothy Ufot & Co has been listed in the 6th and 7th editions of the GAR 100 Specialist Arbitration Firms consecutively in 2013 and 2014. The firm of Dorothy Ufot & Co authors the GAR Know-How: International Arbitration, Nigeria Chapter. The firm also authors the International Law Office’s (ILO) legal updates on International Arbitration, Nigeria Chapter. The firm’s clientele include the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Exxon-Mobil, Access Bank PLC, Union Bank of Nigeria PLC, Fidelity Bank PLC, Sterling Bank PLC, Wema Bank PLC, The Securities and Exchange Commission to mention a few.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND POSITIONS HELD:

Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris. 2006 till date; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration Paris, 2004 till date; Member, Task Force on the New York Convention of the ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris; Member ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris; Vice-Chair, Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce – Nigerian National Committee (ICCN); Member, International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA); Former Executive Member of Arbitral Women, Paris; Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

International Bar Association. (i) Former Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA (2006-2008). (ii) Member of the IBA Task Force on Ad Hoc Arbitrator’s Terms. (iii) Member of the Nominations Committee of the IBA. (iv) Former Member of the Council of the Legal Practice Division (LPD) of the IBA. (v) Member of the Arbitration, Mediation, SEERIL(energy and oil & gas),Telecommunications, Maritime, Capital Market Committees of the IBA; Executive Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigerian Branch; Treasurer, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Nigerian National Committee; Swiss Arbitration Association;

Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Texas USA (Advisory Board Member); Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) Houston, Texas, USA; Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of International Arbitration; Nigerian Bar Association; Member, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Member, Capital Market Solicitors Association; Nigerian Society of International Law.
ADVANCE ARBITRATION TRAINING: - Managing the Arbitration Process. Advance Management Symposium organized by the ICDR for International Panel Members, Auckland, New Zealand, October, 2004; PIDA Courses in International Arbitration, ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris 2002 and 2004.

Dorothy sits on the board of Chevron Oil Nigeria Plc as a non-executive director. She is fluent in English.

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Hello, please how I do reach Mrs. Ufot? I have a case i would like to talk to her about. Thanks