College of Law

Professor Emilia Onyema

Key information

Roles
Professor in International Commercial Law LLM in International Commercial and Economic Law Convenor (T1 & T3)
Department
College of Law
Qualifications
LLB (Nigeria) LLM, PhD (London)
Building
Senate House
Office
S341
Email address
eo3@soas.ac.uk
Telephone number
+44 (0)20 7898 4717

Biography

Professor Emilia Onyema is a professor in International Commercial Law.

Research interests

Emilia's areas of research and consultancy are:

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

PhD Supervision

Name Title
Aruna Bundu-Conteh The Costs, Myths and Realities of International Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Extractives Sectors and West African States.
Mark Wasunna An analysis of the Kenyan courts' attitude towards the enforcement and annulment of arbitral awards from 1996 to 2025.

Publications

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