About Michael Abiiba

Michael Abiiba is a new partner at Bloomfield LP. He specialises in dispute resolution and shipping matters and has appeared in landmark proceedings before superior courts, and domestic and international dispute resolution tribunals. He represents local and international clients, government departments and non-governmental organisations. Michael played a key role in the firm’s successful representation of Sea Trucks Group Limited (in liquidation) in relation to the restructuring of its operations, including the repossession of vessels chartered in Nigeria and the amicable resolution of protracted litigation before the superior and appellate courts in Nigeria. This matter remains the largest Nigerian shipping and oil services dispute to date. Michael is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association, among other professional affiliations.