Adedoyin Oyinkan Rhodes-Vivour

Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, lawyer and arbitrator, a British Chevening Scholar is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) with over 40 years’ experience in commercial law and arbitration. She holds a Practice Diploma in International Arbitration (Law Society of England/Wales and International Bar Association). She is a Notary Public of Nigeria called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981. Adedoyin holds the Certificate of Anatomy of Shipping from the Sea trade Academy, Cambridge, England (2008). Adedoyin is a CEDR (UK) Accredited Mediator. She is the Pioneer President of the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria and has been involved in arbitrating commercial and maritime disputes since 1998. She took silk in 2019 (SAN). She was a member of the Court of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), The Hague, Netherlands. She is a member of the Court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Court of Arbitration and member of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board.

She is listed on various International Arbitration Panels including the ICDR (International division of American Arbitrators Association AAA), Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC), Nairobi International Arbitration Centre [NIAC], Shenzhen International Arbitration Centre, Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). She is listed on the Panel of Neutrals of the Lagos and Abuja Multi-door Courthouses under whose auspices she has arbitrated and mediated several disputes.

She has received various recognitions including listing in The Legal 500’s inaugural Arbitration Powerlist: Africa – 2020 a publication designed to “showcase the region’s leading arbitrators based on Independent research’. She is Listed in Women Pioneers in Dispute Resolution a publication of The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with the cooperation of Arbitral Women. She is listed by Africa Arbitration Academy as one of the Africa’s 30 Arbitration Powerlist of the year’s 2020, 2021 and 2022, named as a distinguished Arbitrator of the Year 2020 by Arbitrator Intelligence, She is listed in the new list of “Arbitrators of African Descent with a U.S Nexus” – 2020 as one of the prominent professionals in the field of Arbitration.

Over the past 40 years she has developed extensive experience as a Commercial/Maritime Arbitrator. Adedoyin has frequently been appointed as Chair of the tribunal or as sole arbitrator as well as a panel member. Her expertise is recognized in various publications including Expert Guides and Who’s Who Legal (Arbitration). She is described in Who’s Who ‘as an arbitrator grounded with outstanding ability and particularly noted for her expertise within the maritime and business law ‘and one who draws high praise for her considerable expertise acting as sole and presiding arbitrator in high value disputes’.

She has written several articles on Arbitration /Alternative Dispute Resolution and regularly delivers papers at international and domestic conferences and training events. She is an approved tutor for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is the author of the book titled: 'Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria through the Cases' published by LexisNexis.Back