Ewuwuni Onnoghen-Theophilus is a lawyer and an ADR practitioner with over 14 years of experience. Ewuwuni holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She also holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M) in construction law from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She is an arbitrator (MCIArb), a certified negotiator (Programme on Negotiation, Harvard Law School), an accredited mediator (ICMC, Nigeria), an adjudicator, and a Notary Public in Nigeria.
As an arbitrator, Mrs Onnoghen-Theophilus sits as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in commercial disputes. She is listed as a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the Uwais Dispute Resolution Centre (formerly known as the Abuja Multidoor Court House of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria), the Delta State Multidoor Court House, Delta State, Nigeria, the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, and the Dispute Resolution Centre of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nigeria. She is a member of the Executive Committee (Exco) of the Construction Projects & Infrastructure Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Institute of Construction Industry Arbitrators, Nigeria, and the Scottish Arbitration Centre, Edinburg. Mrs. Onnoghen-Theophilus is also an Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) Adjudicator.
Mrs Onnoghen-Theophilus is a leading legal authority on the Nigerian construction sector and has authored the first and only Nigerian book on construction law titled “Construction Law in Nigeria”. She regularly delivers papers and presentations at seminars, trainings, and workshops and has moderated sessions at conferences on ADR and construction law.
Ewuwuni is a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on the influence of data protection and privacy laws on the choice between arbitration and mediation in resolving international commercial disputes.
