Dr. Damilola S. Olawuyi
Energy Arbitrator and Associate Professor of Energy & Environmental Law, College of Law and Public Policy - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Doha, Qatar)
Oil and Gas; Renewable Energy; Clean Technology; Energy Arbitration
Ph.D, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
LL.M, Energy and Environmental Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
LL.M, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Bar Licensing, Nigerian Law School
Bachelor of Laws, Igbinedion University, Benin City, Nigeria
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Alberta, Ontario, and Nigeria
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Member of the Executive Council, International Law Association, London (also Member of the ILA Committee on Sustainable Natural Resources Development)
Co-Chair, African Interest Group, American Society of International Law (ASIL), Washington DC
Member, International Bar Association-Section on Energy, Environment, Resources and Infrastructural Law
Member, Canadian Bar Association (Natural Resources, Environmental Law and International Business Law Sections)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy
Dr. Olawuyi is an international energy Lawyer, an accredited arbitrator, eminent academic and a leading expert in the fields of natural resources, energy and environmental law in the GCC and the MENA region.
Dr. Olawuyi has published several peer-reviewed articles, books, and reports on energy finance, energy infrastructure projects, and local content requirements. His most recent publication is The Human Rights-Based Approach to Carbon Finance (Cambridge University Press, 2016). He has lectured on energy and environmental law in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Dr. Olawuyi has previously worked as an energy lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Calgary, Alberta.
Dr. Olawuyi is among the first to have clarified and compiled how local content policies have evolved in petroleum contracts in the GCC and the MENA region, therefore providing a risk analysis and assessment tool for oil and gas companies in the region.