Force Majeure NgoMartins Okonmah MCIArb Senior Associate Aluko
Force Majeure Ngo-Martins Okonmah MCIArb Senior Associate, Aluko & Oyebode www. aluko-oyebode. com PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Force Majeure 1 Is it an event identified or described in the FM clause? 4 What do you need to do to take benefit of the relief? (timely notices, duty to mitigate) 2 Has it had the impact required by the contract? (delay, prevention) 5 What other commercial solutions are possible? 3 If both above are ‘yes’, what relief does it give you? WEBINAR SERIES: FORCE MAJEURE AND STAMP DUTIES | 2
Key Contacts Babatunde Fagbohunlu SAN Senior Partner T: +234 803 402 0537 Email: Tunde. Fagbohunlu @aluko-oyebode. com Tunde has been described in Chambers Global 2018 as someone who is highly respected in the market for “his experience and standing in the profession. ” He focuses his expertise on matters of commercial disputes resolution, especially in mandates pertaining to the oil and gas sectors. He has engaged in complex litigation and arbitration for an array of international natural resources and energy corporations. Chambers Global stated that Mr. Fagbohunlu is nicknamed "the Professor” by peers because of his cerebral style and highlighted his “rigorous legal analysis and robust conclusions –very impressive in a country where the law is always difficult and the courts often capricious”. Ranked Band 1 in Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global, 2020. Ngo-Martins Okonmah Senior Associate T: +234 810 300 2289 Email: Ngo-Martins. Okonmah @aluko-oyebode. com Ngo-Martins leads and coordinates the Construction and Infrastructure practice group. Firm’s He is a construction sector expert with over 11 years of broad legal experience including an in-depth exposure to Arbitration and Construction Law. He has gained expertise in major standard forms of construction and engineering contracts including the JCT, FIDIC, IChem. E, bespoke forms involving funder led EPC and EPCM in various projects, including refinery and Oil & Gas pipeline construction. He assists clients in negotiating construction and engineering contracts; provides legal advisory services in the implementation and delivery of construction projects; handles project claims and advises on the range of dispute resolution techniques peculiar to the construction industry, including contract adjudication, dispute boards and arbitration. WEBINAR SERIES: FORCE MAJEURE AND STAMP DUTIES | 3
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