Foundation Chambers

International Transportation.

Mr. L. Chidi Ilogu (SAN) is the Senior Partner of Foundation Chambers, a foremost maritime law firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, and has over 40 years' experience in legal practice.

Mr. Ilogu (SAN) acts for several Port Terminal Operators, Shipping Agencies, Shipping Lines, Logistic Companies, and Oil & Gas Companies. He consults for major maritime parastatals in Nigeria on maritime policies and legislation; acts for P&I clubs and for several international law firms specializing in maritime and oil and gas practice. He is a Consultant to the International Maritime Organization (IMO);

He is currently the President of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association and serves on the Advisory Board of the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria.

He is the Author of Essays on Maritime Law and Practice and Foundation of Carriage of Goods by Sea – The Nigerian Perspective and has published several articles on shipping and maritime law.

English; French; Igbo and Yoruba.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK); member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN); member of both the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Bar Association, and member of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association.

Mr. L. Chidi Ilogu (SAN) attended King’s College, Lagos, graduated LLB (Hons) in 1974 from the University of Ife, Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in June 1975 and holds a Masters Degree (LLM) in Maritime Law from Cardiff Law School, University of Wales (1991). He was admitted to the Inner Bar as Senior Advocate of Nigeria in July 2012.

Writing.