About Chukwuma Okoli
Dr. Chukwuma Okoli is a Postdoctoral researcher in private international law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague, Netherlands, and a Consultant for PC Mbadiwe & Co., Lagos, Nigeria??.
Prior to joining T.M.C Asser Institute, he was inter alia, a Teaching Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Luxembourg for about four years, where he taught Comparative Private International law, Comparative English Law of Contract, and Comparative English Law of Tort.
He is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria since 2008. He practised law in reputable law firms for about three years in the area of domestic and international commercial transactions. He also holds an LLM in International Commercial Law (with distinction) from the University of Aberdeen.
His principal research interest is in all aspects of Private International Law/Conflict of Laws, with a special focus on the European Union, Nigeria, and English speaking or Commonwealth Africa. He has significant publications on these subjects. He accentuates expertise in the Civil and Commercial aspects of European Union Private International Law, and serves as a leading expert in Nigerian Private International Law. He is also frequently cited in academic publications.
Entries by Chukwuma Okoli
Masterclass about International B2B Contracts and Private International Law organised by IJI and Asser Institute
/1 Comment/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliThe Asser Institute and the IJI are organising a
Symeon C Symeonides on “Private International Law Bibliography 2020: U.S. and Foreign Sources in English”
/1 Comment/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliSymeon C Symeonides recently published his regular piece with American Journal of Comparative Law titled
Arthur Poon on “DETERMINING THE PLACE OF PERFORMANCE UNDER ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE BRUSSELS I RECAST”
/1 Comment/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliArthur Poon recently published an article with International and Comparative Law Quarterly titled:
The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement
/1 Comment/in Views/by Chukwuma OkoliI am coordinating together with other African private international law experts (
Corporate Due Diligence and Private International Law
/2 Comments/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliA webinar event on “Corporate Due Diligence and Private International Law” organized by the NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment, will hold on February 25, 2021 at 15:00 – 17:30 CET. For more information on the event and how to register see
United Kingdom Supreme Court rules on a jurisdictional issue against Shell
/5 Comments/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliIn a landmark decision in the case of
First Issue of 2021’s Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
/1 Comment/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliThe first issue of
Territorial Jurisdiction relating to Succession and Administration of Estates under Nigerian Private International Law
/in Views/by Chukwuma OkoliIssues relating to succession and administration of estate of a deceased person raise significant issues in Nigerian private international law (or conflict of laws), whether a person dies testate or intestate. In the very recent case of Sarki v Sarki & Ors,
The Hague Court of Appeal holds Shell liable for oil spills in Nigeria
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliThe Hague Court of Appeal on January 29, 2021 held that Shell’s parent and subsidiary company in Nigeria were liable for oil spillage in an oil producing area in Nigeria. The Court held that Shell had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the oil spillage was caused by sabotage by a third party. The […]