Christopher Bayo Ojo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria graduated from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in June 1977 where he obtained his LL.B and was called to the Nigerian Bar in July 1978. He started his Law practice before obtaining his LL.M from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London in 1982. He also obtained a Certificate in Legal Drafting from the Royal Institute of Public Administration, London and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London. He is a fellow of the same Institute, and a Chartered Arbitrator. Bayo Ojo is a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, past Chairman of the Nigerian Branch of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and past Chairman of the Legal Aid Board of Nigeria (1999-2004). He is a former member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations in Geneva and Council member of the Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association. He was a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, the panel of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington DC and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), Hague, Netherlands. He is a past President of the Africa Users’ Council of the London Court of International arbitration (LCIA) and former Alternate Chairman of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Appeals Tribunal in Paris. He is an expert member of the Chinese International Commercial Court (CICC) and on the Board of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration CRCICA). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Concilliators (ICMC) and the Institute of Construction Industry Arbitrators (ICIARB). He is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal studies (FNIALS), West African representative of the Foundation For International Commercial Arbitration (SICA/FICA), a Patron of the Nigerian society of International Law and a recipient of the Nigerian National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) Bayo Ojo has extensive experience in all aspects of International Law, Corporate and commercial Law, Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration. In the course of his career, he has acted as counsel, sole arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in quite a number of Domestic and International Arbitrations, which includes mining, investments, power, oil and gas, telecommunications, construction, banking and finance. He has delivered several public lectures and written articles on diverse legal topics. He is the Editor-in Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Arbitration and Mediation (NJAM) and African Journal of Arbitration and Mediation (AJAM). He is the co-author of The Handbook of Arbitration and ADR Practice in Nigeria. His hobbies include reading, community work and playing golf.