PSIAD 9

Moderator Tom Snider (GreenbergTraurig, LLP) with one of the youngest panels of Penn State International Arbitration Day 2016 discussing The Institutions and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration in Africa. 

From left to right: Tom Snider (GreenbergTraurig, LLP), Amaka Megwalu Anku (Dilikam Advisors, LLC) offered the perspective of in-house counsel advising a multinational enterprise with operations in Nigeria on if and when arbitration is the best form of dispute resolution; Jackson Kern (Addis Law Group) shared a statistical analysis of counsel representation in arbitration involving African parties, specifically considering the ubiquity of African, foreign, and mixed counsel; Aurélie Huet (Huet Law International) highlighted the success of the Mauritian LCIA-MIAC Arbitration Centre as a premier arbitral institution in Africa and shared recent Mauritius case law suggesting judicial support for arbitration; and Tolu Obamuroh (Lagos Court of Arbitration) offered insights regarding the challenges and continued growth of African arbitral institutions, particularly the Lagos Court of Arbitration