DAMILOLA
OLAWUYI
Welcome to the official website of Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb.
Meet Professor Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb
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Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN is an international lawyer, policy adviser, professor of law and recognized expert in business and human rights, food and agriculture, natural resources, energy and environmental law. He has provided expert advice and opinion, on oil, gas (both upstream and downstream), renewable energy, mining, infrastructure development and clean technology projects, in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
AFFILIATIONS
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Courses/Current Research
Energy law and policy
International environmental law
Climate change law and policy
Natural resources law and policy
Food and agricultural law
Human rights law
PRESS
Check out latest news and updates here
Guardian Newspaper Interview with Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi
In a comprehensive interview with the Guardian, Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi called on the Nigerian Government to harness the country's enormous renewable energy potential. Read more here
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IINTERVIEW: Prof. Damilola Sunday Olawuyi speaks on the need for business enterprises in Nigeria to understand, respect and implement international law norms on business and human rights in their operations. Read here
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INTERVIEW: 'Global Pact Will Boost International Environmental Governance' Olawuyi (Guardian Newspaper, September 25, 2018). Also published in Nigerian Lawyers and All Africa News
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Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN was recently featured and interviewed by Africa’s premier law journal -The Law Digest in its Winter 2024 edition.
Read the full interview here.
Despite studying law by accident, Prof. Damilola Olawuyi became a Full Professor of Law at 32, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria at the age of 37.
Read more here.
News/Events
International Law: We Should Put Our Best Brains Forward - Olawuyi (SAN) More here
Professor Damilola Olawuyi, SAN emerges President of the International Law Association (Nigerian Branch) (Daily Independent; Nigerian Tribune, Nigerian Lawyers, The Sun,The Nation; Channels TV, TVC News, MITV News)
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In an interview with Channels Television, Professor Olawuyi, SAN has called for urgent and comprehensive accountability review to address issues of oil theft, illicit financial flows and insecurity in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. Watch here.