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.
The 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 […]
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A book edited by Anselmo Reyes, Wilson Lui, and Kazuaki Nishioka on
A 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 […]
A new conflict of laws article was just published today on the African Journal of International and Comparative Law. It is titled: CSA Okoli, A Yekini & P Oamen, “The Igiogbe Custom as a Mandatory Norm in Conflict of Laws: An Exploration of Nigerian Appellate Court Decisions.” The abstract reads as follows: Under the Igiogbe custom of […]
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Description This important book systematically analyses the private international law issues regarding private antitrust damages claims which arise out of transnational competition law infringements. It identifies those problems that need to be considered by injured parties, defendants, judges and policy-makers when dealing with cross-border private antitrust damages claims in a global context. It considers […]
Franco Ferrari, Friedrich Rosenfeld, & Charles T. Kotuby Jr., Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: A Concise Guide to the New York Convention’s Uniform Regime Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2023 178 pp. Hardback : £72 eBook: £20
A new private international law article was recently published online in the Journal of Comparative Law in Africa. The title is: MK Quartey & TE Coleman,
Today, the Uniform Law Review published a private international law article titled: CSA Okoli, “