Uzoma Azikiwe

Partner, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Uzoma Azikiwe is a partner and the head of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie’s litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution team. He became a senior advocate of Nigeria in 2020. He provides advice in maritime, aviation, employment and energy matters. His specialities include advising multinationals on oil and gas law, environmental matters, telecommunications, and construction and infrastructure, among other matters.

He has trained as an international commercial arbitrator with both Nigerian and international arbitration organisations, including the ICC Institute of World Business Law and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the United Kingdom. He has a diploma in international commercial arbitration from the University of Oxford and has completed PIDA training in international commercial arbitration, PIDA training in international commercial contracts and training by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.

Uzoma delivers presentations, presents depositions and gives evidence as a legal expert on Nigerian law before various foreign courts. He has published articles on commercial law and on environmental law and arbitration. His articles have been published in reputable international journals, such as The European, Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review and The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review. He presents papers at and conducts seminars for various major service companies in the petroleum industry in Nigeria on employment and labour matters.