Yemi-Candide Johnson

Yemi is the senior partner at Strachan Partners. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in July 1984 after obtaining his LLM degree (University of London) in the same year.

He was conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in September 2003 and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of England (FCIArb), he is an approved examiner for the same institute and an honorary fellow at the Centre for International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria.

He is a supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitration Association and at home, he is member Board of Directors of the Lagos Court of Arbitration and immediate past Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Section on Business Law. Yemi an author of several scholarly papers recently co-authored the book Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria, a significant and substantial contribution to arbitration practice in Nigeria and West Africa.