Ngo-Martins OKONMAH

Ngo-Martins Okonmah is a Partner at ALN Nigeria | Aluko & Oyebode. He is a skilled arbitration lawyer with specific expertise in construction law, oil & gas, intellectual property law. He currently heads the firm’s construction and engineering practice. He has acted as counsel or arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings conducted under the UNCITRAL, LCIA and ICC Rules governed by a variety of substantive laws and seated in jurisdictions such as Nigeria, London, Zurich and Miami, Florida. He has advised and represented clients in enforcing and recognising arbitral awards before Nigerian courts. Also, Ngo-Martins has experience advising on project development, construction and engineering contracts including FIDIC, NEC, JCT and bespoke funder’s led EPC, EPCM contracts, in a variety of sectors, including oil & gas, power, and general infrastructure. He possesses a keen understanding of the infrastructure and projects industry and takes pride in delivering top-notch legal services.

Ngo-Martins is active in several professional organisations and involved in wider efforts toward the development of construction law and arbitration in Africa, being the founder and executive director of Africa Construction Law initiative, a pan-African initiative set up to promote construction law within Africa; and a founding member and director of Africa Arbitration Academy, an initiative established to improve expertise and training of arbitration practitioners across Africa.