Emilia Onyema

Dr Emilia Onyema is a Professor in International Commercial Law, at SOAS, University of London; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her teaching and research covers international sales law, law and development in Africa and international commercial arbitration. She was formerly a Research Fellow at the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London, and the Alternate Tribunal Secretary of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal in London. She is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and is (np) solicitor in England & Wales. She holds a PhD in international commercial arbitration and is widely published in this area. She is the author of the Chartered Institute’s workbook on Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration and International Commercial Arbitration and the Arbitrator’s Contract.

Her research areas are:

International arbitration (commercial and investment)
OHADA law
Commercial contracts
International sale of goods
International carriage of goods
Nigerian customary laws