Professor Emilia Onyema

Key information

Roles
Professor in International Commercial Law LLM in International Commercial and Economic Law Convenor (T1 & T3)
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.
Emad Eddien Hussein A Critical Assessment of the Legal Framework of International Commercial Arbitration in the Onshore UAE (Towards Certainty and Modernity for an Arbitration- Friendly Jurisdiction)
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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