Hamid ABDULKAREEM

Hamid, counsel in the London office, is an experienced arbitration practitioner and litigator, having regularly advised multinational companies on an extensive range of disputes, particularly within the energy and natural resources sector. He has played a lead role in multiple disputes arising from Nigeria’s deep offshore production sharing contracts, resulting in successful outcomes for his clients.

Hamid is a current co-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee’s Africa Group, having previously served as co-chair of the IBA’s Insolvency and Arbitration Workgroup. He is also co-chair of the ITA’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the Lagos Court of Arbitration’s Young Arbitrators Network.

Hamid has been recognised in Lexology Index: Future Leaders for Arbitration and as a National Leader for arbitration in Nigeria, having been described as “an exceptional advocate” who is “sharp as a tack” and “definitely one to watch”. Hamid is also recognised in The Legal 500 UK for international arbitration and public international law. He is qualified in Nigeria and was educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.