Mrs. Dorothy Ufot, SAN has emerged the African Arbitrator of the Year 2020 in the just concluded East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) held in Kenya. Mrs Ufot, SAN who is the managing partner of Dorothy Ufot and Co, a leading commercial and dispute resolution law firm in Lagos, defeated two prominent African arbitrators namely Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdel Wahab (Egypt) and Dr. Jamsheed Peeroo (Mauritius) to win the coveted African Award. The African Arbitration Awards 2020, seeks to spotlight Africa’s Arbitration Excellence, Innovation and Achievements.

BRIEF PROFILE OF MRS. DOROTHY UFOT, SAN, FCIArb(UK)
Mrs. Ufot is the founding partner of the leading Nigerian firm Dorothy Ufot & Co. (established in 1994) where she heads the international arbitration and litigation departments of the firm.
Dorothy specialises in international arbitration, litigation and other forms of dispute resolution, including investment treaty arbitration, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, investment consulting, corporate and commercial law.
In 2009, Dorothy was elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) (equivalent to Queen’s Counsel), in recognition of her vast work in commercial litigation.
Dorothy is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and a chartered arbitrator. She is a former member of the of the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (2006-2018), and a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CIMAC), since 2016.
She is a former global vice president of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and currently a member of the council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law and vice chair of the arbitration and ADR commission of ICC Nigeria.
Dorothy is on the panels of arbitrators for the AAA/ICDR, ICSID, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) International, CIARB, HKIAC, SIAC, DIAC, KLRCA (Now AIAC), RCICAL and the Energy Arbitrator’s List.
A former vice chair of the arbitration committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), Dorothy served as a council member of the IBA’s legal practice division (2006–2010) and a member of its nominations committee for two terms (2012–2016). She is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Arbitral Women, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration as well as several other professional associations.
Dorothy has acted as an arbitrator in several complex, high-volume arbitrations in oil and gas, international construction projects, international supply contracts, infrastructure development, telecommunications and financial services. She has been appointed as an arbitrator by major multinational oil corporations, the ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, RCICAL, SCC, DIAC, state governments, federal government agencies and large and medium-sized public and private companies in arbitrations taking place in Africa, Europe and the UAE.
Dorothy was a co-arbitrator in a recently concluded US $ 3.2 billion oil dispute involving the Nigerian state oil entity. Ongoing cases include those of the LCIA in a multibillion dollar gas dispute involving an African country, the AAA/ICDR in respect of a security agreement, ICSID annulment cases including other adhoc domestic arbitration cases. Also ongoing are litigation cases in Nigerian trial and appellate courts in respect of the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, including high profile litigation cases for several Nigerian banks and other limited liability companies.
She has served as a member of the governing council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Chair of its rules and adjudication committee, and as non-executive director of several companies including Chevron Oil Nigeria PLC and MRS Oil Nigeria PLC.
Dorothy currently sits on the boards of SO&U Limited (one of Nigeria’s premier advertising and media relations companies), Dangote Cement Nigeria PLC (Africa’s largest cement producer), Dangote Cement Ethiopia, the Nigerian Prize for Leadership (NPL) and the Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum.
A member of the advisory board of the Journal of International Arbitration, Dorothy is a regular speaker on oil and gas, international arbitration and dispute resolution generally, appearing at several international and local conferences particularly those organized by the IBA and the NBA.
Dorothy is recommended as a leading expert in WWL: Commercial Arbitration (2009 to 2020).
Mrs Ufot is happily married to quintessential business man and advertising magnate Mr. Udeme Ufot, MFR, Chief Executive Officer, SO&U Group.

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May God answer you prayers Sir�

It is possible to make Nigeria great. This feat clearly validates this statement.

If only he'll be adequately supported, I know this chap will do awe-inspiring feats.

Keep winning Bennie!

Finally...

CreepyBlackpool:
The wife and best man look like they'll be fvcking each other 1 month from now

This common sense is hard for you to acquire! I pray you receive it IJN

...I'm in

It definitely has to be Simplykush. The guy is one hell crazy son of a bitch.

Yeye... smelling...party.

Clap for yourself

KardinalZik:
Congrats, Mr Limbless Pastor.

That's your identity, according to Op.

Use your head Oga...No need to call him by his predicament.

Receive sense...Mumu

We condemn the whites for having Halloween...Are we not more barbaric than them, just see the brutality.

BUHARI and Fake promises...

Indeed this is barbaric... Really wonder what the next few years holds for us.

Young men should take up the responsibility to work and not to commit crimes in a bid to make fast money.

Crime doesn't pay.

I can imagine...

duroc:
This woman really flex and flirt alot before she claimed given her life to christ..

Oga receive brain! And stop being stupid

I am sick and tired of our military personnel dying because of these useless imbeciles called BOKO HARAM,

RIP Bro!

Everybody now is popular. Abeg let me hear word, popular ni, populous ko!

Really cute puppies!

adewumiopeyemi:
see his face he be like pure water

Ooooops! Very Dry...

He should shut up his smelling urangutan mouth....what has he achieved so far...the fowl cant even pay salaries!

My brother you are just too much....keep up the good work!!!

vanquay69:
Damn a woman that doesn't menstruate...That means I could Fvck her anytime WITHOUT fearing Blood.

OP I can categorically tell you she's fine...If she collect Rod of Life na 9 months no BUSTOP!



OP she has a special gift

You are fantastically foolish...Infact your foolishness is beyond redemption. Olodo!

Jobless folks!

Shocking! Appalling! What a barbarity by a father. Some men sometimes deserve death!!!

Man arrested for impregnating 16-year-old daughter

The Lagos state police have arrested a 36-year-old man, Kennedy Michael for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter, persuaded her to have an abortion and for also molesting his neighbor’s 18-month-old baby girl.
According to the police, Michael was arrested after his neighbour Uche whose child was molested reported the case. She disclosed that: “Michael’s girlfriend, Ijeoma Ndukwe assisted in procuring abortion for his teenage daughter, Maria. Uche added that, when she discovered that something was wrong with Maria, she told her father who instructed that his lover should take her to the hospital. It was there that they discovered Maria was pregnant. After much interrogation the little girl confessed that, her father was responsible for her pregnancy. Ijeoma got angry and immediately confronted Michael who confessed to her. They both agreed to abort the pregnancy. One of their neighbours learnt about the abortion and alerted the appropriate authority. Ijeoma and Michael were arrested.”

After his arrest, Michael confessed that he has been sexually molesting his daughter since 2014, when she was about 14-years-old. However Michael and Maria’s mother separated a long time ago and he brought his daughter to Lagos, to live with him.

His neighbor revealed that: “Michael ‘fingered’ (molested) a neighbor’s 18-month-old baby.”

The child’s father, Uche said: “My wife wanted to bathe our child and discovered she had a tear inside her private part. Before then, it was only Michael that was with the baby inside his room. Upon confirmation from Mende Health Centre that our daughter had been violated, I contacted my lawyer. I also informed the police, so that he could be prosecuted. But the police swept the matter under the carpet.”

Uche added that, when he heard from Maria’s friends that her father impregnated her and procured abortion for her with the help of his lover, he knew he wouldn’t allow Michael to escape once again.

They interviewed Maria separately. She said it happened and also confessed that her father had sex with her last on Friday, July 8. It was also learnt that Michael was arrested on Tuesday, July 12, after the intervention of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Agency from Alausa, Ikeja

University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus is also indefinite strike and closure #reopenourschools

oladipo322:
when will I get such a lovely cake for my birthday

When you're dead