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Jonathan Fernandes to speak at Experts in Litigation and Arbitration panel discussion

Events 24th July 2025

Jonathan Fernandes will speak virtually at the Experts in Litigation and Arbitration (ELA) Quarterly Hangout, about the arbitration of oil and gas disputes, including specifically: issues of corruption and illegality in international arbitration, sovereign immunity, and expert evidence techniques. The ELA is co-founded by London intern Christopher Awodimila.

Jonathan will speak alongside fellow panellists Abimbola Atitebi II (Group General Counsel, Nestoil Limited), Wole Aroge (Legal Counsel, Dangote Industries Limited), and Samuel Ehiwe (Legal Manager, Sahara Group), with Efemena Iluezi-Ogbaudu (Associate, Linklaters) moderating the discussion.

The event, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, will take place on Friday 25 July at 4:00pm WAT.

For online participation, please register here.

ABOUTĀ JONATHAN FERNANDESĀ 

Jonathan, an English-qualified solicitor advocate and Counsel based in the London office, has extensive experience acting as counsel in complex, high-value international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across a wide range of sectors (including energy, aerospace, commodity trading, mining, finance, construction, and insurance) under all major arbitration rules.