• Nigeria in an ICSID arbitration brought by the Korean National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and its two 75%-owned African subsidiaries under the Korea-Nigeria BIT.
• An African state in two ICC arbitrations resulting from a multibillion-dollar hydropower project.
• A subcontractor in a dispute against the main EPC contractor in relation to a refinery project in France.
• A leading European gas buyer in an arbitration over supply disruptions relating to the war in Ukraine.
• An African owner of an LNG plant in a New York-seated arbitration against a major construction company.
• An investor in the power sector in a West African country in a CCJA arbitration.
• A leading European buyer of gas concerning certain contract interpretation issues, both the pre-arbitration and arbitration phases of the dispute.
• A Middle Eastern seller of gas in a price review arbitration under a long-term gas supply contract.
• An African state in am LCIA arbitration pertaining to the privatization of an aluminium smelter company.
• Nigeria in an ICSID arbitration regarding an investment in the mining sector. 
• The Nigerian National Anti-Doping Committee (NADC) in a CAS arbitration brought by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) stemming from an alleged failure to address several requirements for its anti-doping program following an audit carried out by WADA in late 2022.
• The central bank of an African state in an intellectual property dispute.
• An African state in a dispute before a U.S. court relating to enforcement of an arbitral award against the state.
• A Nigerian oil company in a dispute with certain of its directors and shareholders, litigated in the English and Canadian courts.
• An African oil company in a dispute with its joint-venture partner in connection with an oil concession in West Africa.
• An African state-owned entity in two arbitrations under the OHADA regime in relation to a port concession.
• An African state in connection with enforcement proceedings against its assets in France.
• An African state in connection with negotiations with a cryptocurrency company.
• A Saudi oil services company in an arbitration related to a contractual dispute over a joint venture.
• A Saudi oil services company in a Singapore-seated arbitration regarding certain acts of fraud.
• A European energy company with regard to a contractual dispute with a supplier in East Africa.
• An African, Middle Eastern-owned company, in a successful ICC arbitration, with an African state, in connection with public works contracts, as well as enforcement proceedings in numerous jurisdictions worldwide and annulment actions.
• The French subsidiary of a U.S. company in a dispute regarding the construction of a plant in France and including issues related to the extension of an arbitration clause to non-signatories.
• The main contractor in a series of related ICC arbitrations against the employer relating to a major infrastructure project in Central America.
• A Middle Eastern consortium on a dispute with the employer in connection with a construction project to build hangars in Saudi Arabia.
• A European mining services company in a dispute with a West African supplier.
• A Middle Eastern developer in four related ICC arbitrations in Paris involving a dispute with a contractor concerning a major land remediation project in the Middle East, as well as ancillary court proceedings in the United States.
• A mining company on potential ICSID arbitration in a dispute with an African state.
• Several leading European buyers of gas on price revisions under various long term gas supply contracts.
• Two leading European construction companies in two ICC arbitrations regarding the construction of a hydroelectric project in Chile and including issues regarding the involvement of a non-signatory corporate parent.
• A national energy company in Eastern Europe in an ICC arbitration concerning the construction of a nuclear power plant.
• A European owner in relation to a high-profile, multibillion-dollar ICC arbitration in respect of the design and construction of a nuclear power plant.

Publications

• “Changes of circumstances as a price modifier”, Gas and LNG Price Arbitrations 3rd edition, Co-Author, November 2026 (with Michael Polkinghorne and Fabiana Pardi Otamendi)
• “Working with Juniors,” International Arbitration in Practice, chapter 38, Kluwer Law International, Co-Author, March 17, 2025 (with Menalco J. Solis)
• “Relief for unforeseeable changed circumstances in LNG,” Liquefied Natural Gas, The Law and Business of LNG 4th edition, Co-Author, October 2024 (with Michael Polkinghorne)
• “Damages and the Legal and Economic Merits of Getting the ‘Right Fit’,” organized by NERA Economic Consulting during Paris Arbitration Week, Author, March 20, 2024
• “New Arbitration Regime Comes into Force in Nigeria,” White & Case Client Alert, Co-Author, 21 June 2023 (with Tolu Obamuroh, Tania Singla) also published on Thomson Reuters Practical Law, July 5, 2023
• “Contrôle de la Compétence,” The Paris Journal of International Arbitration (Cahiers de l'Arbitage), Co-Author, July 2022 (with Elena Sevila Sanchez)
• “Ethiopia Modernizes Arbitration Framework,” White & Case Client Alert, Co-Author, May 4, 2021 (with Tolu Obamuroh)
• “Conflit de lois applicable à l'exception d'estoppel soulevée par le non-signataire de la clause compromissoire : apports et interrogations de l'affaire Setty en droit américain,” The Paris Journal of International Arbitration (Cahiers de l’Arbitage), Co-Author, July 2020 (with Nelson Dijoux Coquillas)
• “Climate Change Disputes Take Center Stage at Paris Arbitration Week (PAW),” White & Case Client Alert, Co-Author, July 27, 2020 (with Kirsten Odynski, Nika Larkimo, Dianny Wahyudhi)
• “Paris Court of Appeal refuses to set aside ICC award against non-party (Kabab-Ji v Kout Food Group),” Lexis®PSL, Co-Author, July 16, 2020 (with Niels Aujouannet-Kelner)
• “Dallah Revisited: The French and English Courts in Conflict Again Regarding Arbitral Jurisdiction Over Non-Signatories,” White & Case Client Alert, Co-Author, July 9, 2020 (with Paul Brumpton, Bryony Withers, Niels Aujouannet-Kelner)
• “Hardship and Climate Change,” Energy, Oil & Gas, Co-Author, Summer 2020 (with Kirsten Odynski and Marièle Coulet-Diaz)
• “Hardship and climate change: How to draw-up climate-resilient contracts,” Business Green, Co-Author, May 4, 2020 (with Kirsten Odynski and Marièle Coulet-Diaz)
• “The role of ICC arbitration in resolving climate change disputes,” White & Case Client Alert, Co-Author, January 2020 (with Kirsten Odynski, Michael Polkinghorne, Mark Clarke, Salma Selim)
• “Rethinking hardship clauses in times of changing climate,” Environmental Law & Management, Co-Author, January 2020 (with Kirsten Odynski and Marièle Coulet-Diaz)
• “Energy Sector Investment Protection in West Africa,” African Lax & Business, Co-Author, June 7, 2019 (Bylined by Robert Wheal, Elizabeth Oger-Gross and Bachir Carl Sayegh, with additional research by Opeyemi Longe)
• “Projecting energy sector investors in West Africa: The Energy Protocol of the Economic Community of West African States seeks to attract power-sector investment,” Africa Focus, Co-Author, Spring 2019 (with Robert Wheal and Bachir Sayegh)
• Book review of “Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria through the Cases” by Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, Arbitration International, Co-Author, October 2017 (with Charles Nairac)
• “Enforcement of awards in France—a dual system (Ryanair v Syndicate of Charente Airports),” Lexis PSL Arbitration, Co-Author, May 2017 (with Anaïs Harlé)
• “Compensatory Damages Principles in Civil and Common Law Jurisdictions – Requirements, Underlying Principles and Limits,” The Guide to Damages in International Arbitration, chapter 1, GAR, Co-Author, 2016 (with Clare Connellan, Angélica André and Heather Clark)
• “Mid-year review 2016 - arbitration developments in France,” Lexis PSL, Interviewee, July 2016 (interview with Anaïs Harlé)
• “Structural support, not a bridge: The role of amicus curiae opinions in investment arbitration,” Liber Amicorum en l'Honneur de William Laurence Craig, Co-Author, 2016, pp. 289-308 (with Michael Polkinghorne)
• “Arbitration procedures and practice in France: overview,” PLC, Co-Author, March 2016 (with Anaïs Harlé)
• “Litigation and enforcement in France: overview,” PLC Global Guide to Dispute Resolution, Co-Author, January 2016 (with A. Harlé, A. Pitchouguina and E. Valette)
• Dispute Resolution, Co-Author, January 2016 (with Anaïs Harlé, Anastasia Pitchouguina and Elodie Valette)
• “Gravitas: Persuasion and Legitimacy,” TDM, Author, July 2015
• “The Long Arm of the Law,” Commercial Dispute Resolution, Author, May 24, 2013
• “How resort to US courts – with US discovery – can backfire on a US party to an international arbitration,” Co-Author, July 29, 2010 (with Christopher Seppälä)
• “A bar to privilege,” Legal Week, Co-Author, Jan. 28, 2008 (with John Willems)

Speaking Engagements

• “Arbitrating in a Time of Conflict,” 12th East Africa International Arbitration Conference, Speaker, Sept. 26, 2025
• “Early Careers in Arbitration: from Internships to Long-Term Opportunities,” The Arbitration Event Tracker webinar, Speaker, Sept. 24, 2025
• “Food and Energy Security in Africa,” conference in Lagos, Speaker, Nov. 20, 2024
• “Women in infra” panel on “AI and Infrastructure Disputes” during Paris Infraweek, Speaker, Nov. 7, 2024
• “Dispute resolution in complex litigation,” panel during the 3rd ICC Dakar Arbitration and ADR Day, Speaker, Sept. 11, 2024
• “What to remember from 2023 in matters of litigation, arbitration and criminal business law,” White & Case Webinar, Speaker, Feb. 26, 2024
• “Arbitrating in Africa and with African Parties,” webinar ARBinBRIEF, Speaker, Dec. 6, 2023
• “Battle of the African Seats,” LACIAC, Speaker, Nov. 23, 2023
• “Risks of US litigation for French entities,” Cercle Montesquieu Grand Ouest, Speaker, Nov. 16, 2023
• “Quantum and damages in arbitration,” Netherlands Arbitration Institute Annual General Meeting, Speaker, Sept. 14, 2023
• “A discussion of the English High Court Decision in Republic of Sierra Leone V. SL Mining Ltd – A Case in Time GAP Journal Series,” Delos, Speaker, July 6, 2023
• “Le Contrôle des Sentences Arbitrales par la Chambre Internationale de la Cour d'Appel de Paris,” Paris Place d'Arbitrage during Paris Arbitration Week, Speaker, March 30, 2022
• ICC Institute Assessment for Damages Training, Sept. 21, 2021
• “Technology and Innovation in Arbitration,” 8th E.A International Arbitration Conference, Speaker, Aug. 28, 2020
• Roundtable discussion and experience sharing, Paris Arbitration webinar during Paris Arbitration Week, Speaker, July 8, 2020
• “A special regime for climate change disputes?,” Paris Arbitration Week, Speaker, July 7, 2020
• Panel discussion on the different countries responses in dealing with construction delays as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the SCL Astra/ESCL Online Webinar, Speaker, July 2, 2020
• “Virtual Hearings: How Best to Proceed,” Nigerian Bar Association, Speaker, June 3, 2020
• “Cross-Border Dispute Resolution,” Gaia Women Club Lagos Digital Workshop, Speaker, May 19, 2020
• “Contractual Caps on Damages, Including Limitations on Consequential or Indirect Damages,” Juris Conference – Eighth Annual Damages in International Arbitration: Traditional vs Non-Traditional Approaches, Emerging Trends, Methods and Techniques, Speaker, November 2019, New York, NY
• “Dispute Funding in International Arbitration,” East Africa International Arbitration Conference, Speaker, August 2019, Nairobi
• “Provisional Measures in International Arbitration,” RDAI/Queen Mary, Paris Arbitration Week, Speaker, April 2019, Paris
• “Games of Seats: Arbitral institutions in Africa and the quest for ascendancy,” White & Case, Paris Arbitration Week, Speaker, April 2019, Paris
• “Beyond the Pale: Inclusive Representation of African Practitioners in International Arbitration,” Annual Conference CIArb Nigeria Branch, Speaker, November 2018, Abuja
• “Lex extractiva and arbitral jurisprudence,” Conference of the Société Internationale de Droit Extractif (SIDE), Speaker, September 2018 Paris
• “Treaties in international arbitration – Relevance in Eastern Africa,” East Africa
• International Arbitration Conference, Speaker, August 2018, Addis Ababa
• “The Evolution of International Arbitration,” 2018 International Arbitration survey launch, Speaker, June 2018, Helsinki
• “Supporting the arbitral process,” 3rd ICC Africa Regional Arbitration Conference, Speaker, June 2018, Lagos
• “Arbitration in Natural Resources and Energy” and “Fair Play: unconscious influences in appointments and in the use of evidence in international arbitration,” Mauritius Arbitration Week, Speaker, May 2018, Port-Louis
• “Hardship and Price Review Clauses,” BBSPA Regulatory and Trading Seminar, Speaker, April 2018, Bucharest
• “Gas pricing arbitrations and res judicata,” Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association, Speaker, January 2018, Cambridge
• “Economics of Gas Development,” Gas Options North & West Africa Conference, Speaker, November 2017, Casablanca
• “In-house Perspective on the Use of International Arbitration and ADR in Resolving Corporate Disputes,” Lagos Court of Arbitration In-House Counsel Forum, Speaker, November 2017, Lagos
• “Business Outlook in Africa and Dispute Resolution,” Casablanca Arbitration Days 2017, Speaker, November 2017, Casablanca
• “Gas price disputes: When is there arbitration, and how does it work in practice?,” BBPSA Regulatory and Trading Seminar, Speaker, October 2017, Sofia
• “Addressing tough questions in international arbitration,” 5th East Africa International Arbitration Conference (I-Arb Africa), Speaker, September 2017, Kigali
• “When Doing Good Goes Bad: Resolving Impact Investment Disputes,” IILGW – Grunin Center conference Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing in US and Beyond (New York University School of Law), Speaker, May 2017, New York
• “Reforming Arbitration Law and Practice in Africa—An Update,” 2nd ICC Africa Regional Arbitration Conference, Speaker, May 2017, Lagos
• “BITs in West Africa: negotiations and alternatives,” West Africa International Arbitration Conference (I-ARB), Speaker, April 2017, Abidjan
• “Recent trends in energy-related investment disputes,” Energy Transitions Conference (University of East Finland), Speaker, March 2017, Joensuu
• “Force Majeure and Hardship in Petroleum Agreements,” Global Energy Arbitration: Current Issues and Trends (Georgetown International Arbitration Society, Georgetown Arab Lawyers’ Organization), Washington, D.C., Speaker
• ”The Inter relationship between Effective Systems of Dispute Resolution & Economic Development,” November 2016: Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria through the Case (Book presentation), Speaker, February 2017, Lagos
• “Arbitrability under Nigerian Law: New Areas of Concern,” Lagos Court of Arbitration Young Arbitrators Network (LCA-YAN), Speaker, November 2016, Lagos
• “Abuse of Process in International Arbitration and the Unwillingness of Counsel to Accept the Outcome of Arbitration in Sub-Saharan Africa - Damaging the brand,” ICC Africa Regional Arbitration Conference, Speaker, June 2016, Lagos
• “2015 International Arbitration Survey: Improvements and Innovations in International Arbitration.” White & Case, Speaker, May 2016, Paris
• “Familiarizing administrators with International Arbitration.” Institut Marocain des Administrateurs (IMA), Speaker, April 2016, Casablanca
• “The Importance of Efficiency and Economy in International Arbitration.” Hot Topics in the Practice of International Arbitration (Harvard Law School), Speaker, April 2015, Cambridge, MA
• “Transparency and Third Party Funding in Investment Arbitration.” Current Trends in International Arbitration – Penn State International Arbitration Day, Speaker, April 2015, New York