TOP MARITIME WOMEN IN NIGERIA
Adedoyin
Rhodes-Vivour
Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour is a British
Chevening Scholar and the
Managing Partner, Doyin Rhodes-
Vivour& Co (Legal Practitioners and
Arbitrators), a Chartered Arbitrator
and Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators. Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour
was called to the Nigerian Bar in
1981 and is a Notary Public of
Nigeria.
Adedoyin is one of the women who
have made their marks in the
maritime industry, having practiced
law for over three decades. She
specializes in commercial
transactions, litigation,international
and domestic arbitration and
alternative dispute resolution, and
has significant arbitral experience,
as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator
and sole arbitrator, in international
and domestic arbitration
proceedings.
Her areas of expertise include
maritime, oil and gas, energy,
construction and infrastructural
projects, banking and finance,
franchise and commercial disputes.
She is an advocate of alternative
Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour'sis listed inWho's
Who Legal Nigeria and Guide to the
World's Leading Commercial Arbitration
Experts [Expert Guide] as one of the pre-
eminent professionals in the world. She is also
listed on the panel of various
international and domestic arbitration
and ADR institutions.
dispute resolution, and she has
successfully mediated several
disputes. She has also acted as
consultant to regulatory bodies for
the drawing up of arbitration/ADR
industry specific schemes.
Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour'sis listed
inWho's Who Legal Nigeria and
Guide to the World's Leading
Commercial Arbitration Experts
[Expert Guide] as one of the pre-
eminent professionals in the world.
She is also listed on the panel of various international
and domestic arbitration and ADR institutions.
She is a member of the International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC), International Court of Arbitration and the
ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She is the
Chairperson, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Nigeria
Branch. She is a member of the International Law
Association (ILA), International Committee on International
Commercial Arbitration and the Pioneer Chair, Committee
on International Commercial Arbitration of the International
Law Association (ILA) Nigerian Branch. She is a member of
ArbitralWomen and a member of the International Steering
Committee of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge.
Doyin was the pioneer president of the Maritime Arbitrators
Association of Nigeria and a member of Nigerian Institute of
Shipping. She has written several articles on
Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution and regularly delivers
papers at international and domestic conferences and training
events. Indeed, there is no exhausting the long list of her
membership of professional associations, panel listings both local
and international and her general accomplishments.
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