Wole Olufunwa

Maritime and Offshore, International Trade and Energy Disputes, Emergency Response, Shipping

Wole is an England & Wales qualified international arbitration lawyer. He predominantly specialises in the Maritime and Offshore, International Trade and Energy sectors.

Wole has solid experience of handling institutionally administered arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, SCMA and ad hoc arbitrations including those conducted under the auspices of the LMAA Terms. He has acted as arbitrator in several disputes administered by institutional arbitral bodies and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Wole has been based and practising in Singapore since 2010 and acts for a range of clients including Ship-Owners, Charterers, Commodity Traders, Shipyards, EPC Contractors, Miners and Insurers. His clients are located across a broad geography including Singapore, Indonesia, HK, Japan, India, China, Malaysia, Nigeria, Kenya and Europe.

As for career highlights, Wole has enjoyed secondment spells with Shell, London (2006), Shipowners' P&I, Singapore (2011) and Rio Tinto, Singapore (2018) and had conduct of contract and pricing review arbitrations worth over USD350m as well as other general commercial disputes in the crypto-currency space. Wole also had conduct of the well-known and reported House of Lords (as it then was) shipping case, The Achilleas [2008] UKHL 48 and is specifically highlighted for his shipping expertise in Chambers Asia-Pacific as a "Notable practitioner and key contact for clients".

Wole is also the founder and President of the SALI Club (Singapore Africa Law & Investment Club): www.saliclub.com.sg

2005 – 2006: LLM Maritime Law (Distinction), University College London 2004 – 2005: LPC, BPP Law School 2003 – 2004: GDL in Law (Commendation), BPP Law School 1999 – 2002: BA Classics, University College London