Abayomi Okubote is the prime mover behind several important arbitration initiatives in Africa. He is the Founder and President of the Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA), Co-Founder of Africa Arbitration, and Managing Editor of the Africa Arbitration Blog. He has completed secondment programs at the London offices of Baker McKenzie LLP and 4-5 Gray’s Inn. ]
Abayomi has been appointed by the Nigerian courts and has sat as an arbitrator in a number of arbitrations. He is a scholar of the International Bar Association and graduate scholar at Queen’s University, Canada; and is currently a Doctoral Researcher at Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. His research focuses on third party funding (TPF) in International Arbitration and is proposing a new framework for the regulation of TPF.
