PROF. FRANCIS NII BOTCHWAY

Francis is a Professor of Law and Sir William Blair Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution at Qatar University. He has additional responsibility as Head of Contracts and Compliance at Qatar University Research Office. He also served as Associate Dean in charge of Research and Graduate Studies for five years. He obtained law degrees from leading universities in Canada, Ghana, the U.S and the UK. He teaches and researches in International Economic Law, specifically, International Investment Law, International Law, Natural Resources Law, Comparative Law, Arbitration and Negotiations.  He has also taught at the University of Warwick Law School for six years and briefly at Hull University in the UK. Formerly, he was Adjunct Professor at Leuven University in Belgium, Warwick, and Visiting Professor at the University of Puerto Rico. He is a member of TradeLab, providing legal services to governments, NGOs and businesses.  He is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and also on the ICSID roll of arbitrators. He served for six years as Vice president of the African Society of International Law. He is consulted by law firms in the UK, the US, the Middle East and the continent of Africa, on litigation, arbitration as well as international business transactions. He has published books and dozens of articles in leading International journals in Europe, United States, Australia, Asia and Africa. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Global Journal of Comparative Law. His latest edited book is entitled Natural Resource Investment and Africa’s Development. His forthcoming book is on Defences in International Investment Law, to be published by Routledge, UK.