Koye Akoni

Practice Areas

Koye has an international commercial practice which encompasses all aspects of shipping, commodities, energy, aviation and general commercial disputes. He regularly appears as sole and junior counsel in arbitrations and in the High Court, and has also appeared in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council. Koye has also appeared in the Belgrade Special Court as a representative of the Cypriot holding company of Miroslav Miskovic in criminal proceedings against Mr Miskovic and others.

Prior to joining Quadrant Chambers, Koye worked in the litigation team of an oil major between 2012 and 2014. Since joining Quadrant Chambers in 2014, Koye has been involved in several high profile cases across his various practice areas including “The Atlantik Confidence” which is a landmark case in the Admiralty Court regarding the breaking of limits under the Limitation Convention 1976, “The Prestige” concerning the interplay between state immunity, jurisdiction and the enforcement of European Union judgments in England, and most recently, Selevision Saudi Company v beIN Media Group LLC which concerned the availability of counterclaims in arbitration claims commenced to enforce New York Convention awards.

Career

LLB, King’s College London, 2010 (First Class).

BCL, University of Oxford, 2012 (Distinction).

BPTC, BPP Law School, 2011 (Very Competent).

Personal

Visiting Tutor, King’s College London – Elements of the Law of Contract, and The Law of Trusts and Equitable Remedies.

Worked for two years in-house within the litigation team of an energy multi-national oil major.