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Dr. Kehinde Folake Olaoye
Assistant Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD
LLM (Transnational Law)
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Kehinde Olaoye joined Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law as an assistant professor of commercial law in 2023. At Hamad Bin Khalifa University, she teaches commercial law and business association law. Before joining HBKU, she was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Kehinde obtained degrees in law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, King’s College London, and the University of Ibadan. She is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and has worked as an international arbitration and dispute resolution trainee in the Hong Kong office of an international law firm and as a commercial lawyer in Lagos, Nigeria.
Kehinde’s research has been published in leading international law journals including the American Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, the World Trade Review, and the Journal of International Economic Law. She has served as the Managing Editor of the Asia Pacific Law Review and currently serves as a Book Review Editor for the Journal of World Investment and Trade.
PhD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2020
LLM (Transnational Law)
King’s College London, United Kingdom
2015
BL
Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus, Nigeria
2012
LLB
The University of Ibadan, Nigeria
2011
- Transnational Commercial and Financial Law
- International Economic Law (including regional integration and international organizations)
- Private International Law and Public International Law
- Corporate Responsibility (Environmental, Social, and Governance)
Assistant Professor
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
2023 - Present
Post Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
2020 - 2023
- 2021; Young Scholar Thesis Award 2020 for Most Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- 2019; Outstanding Student Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2018; 1st Prize, University of Sussex African Union Law Essay Competition
- 2014; Nigerian Law Scholar, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
- 2009; Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Scholar