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
New Private International Law Article published in the Journal of the History of International Law
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliYesterday, a new private international law open access article was published online in the Journal of the History of International Law. It is titled: León Castellanos-Jankiewicz,
The Nigerian Supreme Court now has a Specialist in Conflict of Laws
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliThe authors of this post are Chukwuma Okoli, Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws at the University of Birmingham, and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg; and Abubakri Yekini, Lecturer in Conflict of Laws at the University of Manchester. On December 21, 2023, the Nigerian Senate in line with Section 231(2) of the […]
BOOK REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF OBLIGATIONS
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliEDITED Sweet & Maxwell is offering a 15% discount on all orders of the book until January 31st 2024. To receive your discount on purchases of the hardback and ProView eBook versions of The European Private International Law of Obligations please visit Sweet & Maxwell’s estore and quote the discount code EPILOO23 at checkout OR […]
Nigeria ratifies the Singapore Convention on Mediation
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliOn 27 November 2023, Nigeria became the thirteenth country/State to ratify the
Second Issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2023
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliThe second issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2023 has just been published. It contains the following articles: DJB Svantesson & SC Symeonides, “Cross-border internet defamation conflicts and what to do about them: Two proposals” Conflicts of laws in cross-border defamation cases are politically and culturally sensitive and their resolution has always been […]
The 2023 NGPIL Lecture Series
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliOriginally posted today on the
Out Now: Choice of Law and Recognition in Asian Family Law
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliA book edited by Anselmo Reyes, Wilson Lui, and Kazuaki Nishioka on
Out Now: Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia
/in News/by Chukwuma OkoliA book edited by Kazuaki Nishioka on Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia has just been published in the Hart Studies in Private International Law -Asia. The blurb read as follows: How do Asian courts ascertain, interpret, and apply a foreign law as the law governing the merits of the case? What should judges do […]