Dorothy Udeme Ufot SAN, FCIArb (UK), C.Arb. | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | University of Calabar, University of Lagos |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Arbitrator |
| Spouse | Udeme Ufot, MFR |
| Awards | African Arbitrator of the Year 2020 |
| Website | dorothyufotandco.com |
Dorothy Udeme Ufot SAN is a Nigerian lawyer with specialty in Commercial law. She is the first woman from Akwa Ibom State to be elevated to the rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).[1]
Dorothy is the founding partner of Dorothy Ufot & Co. a leading Nigerian full-service law firm where she heads the international arbitration and litigation departments of the firm. Dorothy specialises in international arbitration, litigation and other forms of dispute resolution, including investment treaty arbitration, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, investment consulting, corporate and commercial law.[2]
Dorothy is a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CIMAC) Morocco, since 2016. Dorothy was designated to serve a six-year term on the panel of arbitrators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in February 2017. She is a former global vice president of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and currently a member of the council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law and vice-chair of the arbitration and ADR commission of ICC Nigeria as well as the treasurer of ICC Nigeria National Committee.[2]
Dorothy is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and was the Vice President of the ICC Commission on Arbitration. In 2000, she became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London.[3]
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