ESQ Legal Practice Magazine JUNE 2014 EDITION | Page 64

Mrs. Tinuade Oyekunle is one of
Nigeria's most respected International
Arbitrator. She is a seasoned Chartered
arbitrator, handling complex international commercial disputes under the
auspices of arbitral institutions such
as ICC, LCIA, and ICSID. The Managing
Partner & founder of Tinuade Oyekunle
& Co., Mrs Oyekunle served as
Director, Public International Law for
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as
Legal Adviser to the Council of
Ministers and Heads of States of the
Organisation of African Unity(now,
African Union),the Asian African Legal
Consultative Committee (AALCO) & the
International Maritime Consultative
Organisation (IMO). A Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK),
a member of the institute's Board of
Management & Chairman of the
Education and Membership committee;
member, Board of Governors of the
Caro Arbitration Center, Governing
Council of the Lagos International
Centre for Commercial Arbitration. She
was recognised as on of the leading
women in Arbitration by Global
Arbitration Review, “Women in
Arbitration”

the arbitral tribunal at
which arrangements for a
hearing can be discussed
and agreed and the
arbitral tribunal can
indicate to the parties
issues on which it would
like the parties to focus at
the hearing.
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