Dr Babatunde Ajibade is the managing partner of S. P. A. Ajibade & Co, a leading corporate and commercial law firm with offices in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja, Nigeria.
He is a dispute resolution specialist and has substantial expertise in various aspects of commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration. He has acted as counsel in both ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings and also sits as an arbitrator.
He is the Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Section on Public and Professional Interest, was a Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Arbitration Commission’s Steering Committee until June 2024, a member of the ICC’s Africa Commission, a Director of ICC Nigeria, a Director of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC), and a member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA).
He was the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association for two consecutive terms ending in August 2024.
Dr. Ajibade was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989. He obtained a LLM degree in corporate and commercial law in 1990 and a PhD in private international law in 1996, both from King’s College London. He was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in December 2007. He was awarded the International Practice Fellowship of the International Bar Association in Madrid in October 2009 and became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK in January 2015.
Memberships & Professional Associations
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), International Bar Association (IBA), Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (UK), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA), Capital Market Solicitors Association (CMSA), Chartered Institute of Taxation (CITN), ICC’s Africa Commission.
