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Yemi Candide-Johnson

Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN, FCIArb, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the founding Partner of Strachan Partners. He has well over two decades of Law Practice experience in the Field of Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation, Arbitration in related Fields.

Early Life

Yemi Candide-Johnson was born on July, 14 1961 in Warri Delta State, Southern Nigeria. He attended Mary Hill Convent School, Ibadan, 1963-65; All Saints Church School, Ibadan, 1965-70; International School, Ibadan, 1971-76; Leys School, Cambridge, 1976-79; University of Reading, England, 1979-83; University of London, England, 1984-85, he attended the Nigerian Law School.

Career

As the Senior Partner at Strachan Partners he is continuously engaged as the lead counsel in ongoing major and high profile commercial and public policy dispute across the court of Nigeria and has been either counsel or Arbitrator in several domestic and international commercial arbitration in the Maritime, Petroleum Banking and Construction Industries.

Leading counsel for multinational petroleum company in international arbitration in respect of expert determination in oil field utilization agreement. Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN, FCIArb has chaired or sat as co-arbitrator in a number arbitrations across construction, petroleum and public matters. He has advised the international consortium in the billion-dollar reclamation and development of Eko Atlantic City, Lagos and has continued to advice in transactions involving the Lagos State Government and Federal Government departments. He continue to represent clients' interest on other major real estate developments in Abuja and also represents investors on farming negotiations for Nigerian "marginal oil field" and petroleum bidding rounds. He is the author of several scholarly papers and he recently co-authored the book Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria, a significant and substantial contribution to arbitration practice in Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in July, 1984 and conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in September, 2003. He received LL.M degree of the University of London in 1984 and between 1984 and 1990 he was a leading Counsel in the Chambers of J. B. Majiyagbe SAN in Kano, Nigeria. He moved to Lagos in 1990 and in 1991 he led the founding of Strachan Partners. In 1988 he was appointed Notary Public of Nigeria and in 1966 a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of England (FCIArb). He was a Member Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (2006-2010).He was a former Chairman Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law. In 2016 he was appointed President Lagos Court of Arbitration and in 2018 he was appointed Board Chairman of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company Plc (NMRC). Yemi Candide-Johnson SAN is a Senior Partner at Strachan Partners a leading Commercial Law Firm based in Lagos and Abuja.

Personal Life

Yemi Candide-Johnson is married to beautiful Olatowun (Nee Caxton-Martins) and they are blessed with three Children.

Membership

Nigeria Bar Association Lagos Court of Arbitration Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of England (FCIArb)