Innovation, Technology, and the Business of Arbitration
Onyekachi Umah, FCIArb (UK), Managing Partner, SabiLaw Firm and Executive Director, SabiLaw Academy, spoke as a panellist at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Nigeria Branch 2026 Annual Conference & Gala Night.
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Onyekachi Umah, FCIArb (UK), Managing Partner, SabiLaw Firm and Executive Director, SabiLaw Academy, joined the panel on “Innovation, Technology, and the Business of Arbitration” at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Nigeria Branch 2026 Annual Conference & Gala Night, held at the EUI Centre, Port Harcourt, from 4 to 6 November 2026.
The conference theme, “Beyond Dialogue: Delivering Excellence in Arbitration and ADR”, called on practitioners to move from conversation to delivery. The panel took up that challenge by examining how technology and innovation are changing the way arbitration is practised, managed and delivered as a professional service, and what arbitrators, counsel and institutions must do to keep pace.
Onyekachi Umah shared the stage with Chinaecherem Nwaubani, MCIArb (Partner, Maikyau & Co.), Michael Jonathan Numa SAN (Managing Partner, M.J. Numa & Partners LLP) and Sotonye E. Amachree (Senior Associate, Ajumogobia & Okeke), in a session moderated by Dr. Ademola Bamgbose (Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader).
We are grateful to CIArb Nigeria Branch for the invitation and for convening a conference that continues to raise the standard of arbitration and ADR practice in Nigeria.
The panel
Thank you to CIArb Nigeria Branch
We thank CIArb Nigeria Branch, the moderator and fellow panellists for a rich conversation on the future of arbitration practice.
